Swim Like a Fish

Synopsis:

Jake has the potential to be a champion swimmer. He trains hard, but a camping trip threatens to undo all his hard work.

Curriculum link:

Health and Physical Education: Games and sport. English: Literature

Key Concepts:

Characters can change, and these changes can be seen through their actions and dialogue. Sometimes a negative event can have a positive outcome for a character.

Reading Strategies:

Describing how and why characters changed from the beginning of the story to the end

Extent:

32

Paired Title:

What Makes a Champion?

Supporting Materials:

Lesson Plan - What Makes a Champion? / Swim Like a Fish