“The Amazing Penguin

Rescue”Mike, Brian, Gabby, Emily

Period 4

Group 2

Prompt

• Sometimes the problems of the world can seem hopeless and overwhelming.

How did the people in the two articles solve their problems? How do these

stories bring hope to readers?

•Write an essay that explains how the people in the two articles solve their

problems in seemingly hopeless and overwhelming situations. Be sure to

include evidence from both of the texts to support your ideas.

Summary

• On an island is the South Atlantic ocean, tragedy strikes. An oil spill occurs,

injuring penguins and damaging their environment. Penguins are clogged

with oil. But there is hope yet. Strange humans come to save these penguins

from their dangerous environment. The humans clean the penguins and

return them to their environment, where they live safely.

Vocabulary

• Dote: to bestow or express excessive love of fondness habitually (usually

followed by on or upon)

• Enduring: lasting; permanent

• Monumental: exceptionally great, as in quantity, quality, extent, or degree

• Lash: a violent beating or impact, as of waves or rain, against something.

• Bray: any loud, harsh sound.

Evidence

• The people in the article were faced with the huge task of saving the lives of

thousands of penguins. When all seemed hopeless, they stood sedentary,

determined to save the lives of those lesser than them. In “The Great

Penguin Rescue,” we see people from all lives and age ranges, working hand

in hand to save dozens of little lives. This shows the reader that anyone, even

them, can save thousands of lives, just like the rescuers did. It plants a seed

of hope into the ordinary person.

Saving Penguins, One

Sweater At A Time

Summary

• In September 1998, a group of rescue workers at Phillip Island National Park

in Australia noticed that there was an oil spill near the island that was

threatening the lives of little penguins. The workers quickly saved the little

penguins and cleaned them off. But before they returned them, the rescuers

had a crazy idea. Sweaters, The put donated sweaters on the penguins that

kept them while, while also keeping them from licking their toxic feathers.

Today, the workers have helped save over 1,000 little penguins.

Vocabulary

• Preen: To trim or dress with the beak or the tongue.

• Contaminate: To make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with

something unclean.

• Vulnerable: Capable or susceptible to being wounded or hurt.

• Surplus: Something that remains above what is used or needed.

• Conservation: The act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or

loss; prevention.

Evidence

• In “Saving Penguins, One Sweater at a Time,” cute little penguins are put in

mortal danger when they swim through oil. These penguins could die at a

moment’s notice. But rescue workers at Philip Island Nature Park had a

different idea. They had a crazy idea. Sweaters. Sweaters gave hope to the

penguins and the workers. Any ordinary person can knit a sweater, including

you. That gives the reader hope that by just making a sweater, the can save a

life.