Eugenie Clark (ichthyologists or fish biologists)
Shark Lady by Jess Keating
1.Highlight the nouns (n), verbs (v), adverbs (adv)and adjectives(adj) in the opening paragraph.
It was Saturday, and Eugenie wanted to stay at the aquarium forever. She wanted to smell the damp salty air and stare at the glittery rainbow of fish. She wanted to keep watching her favourite animals… The sharks.
2. Onomatopœia is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Highlight some of the examples of this literary device in the following paragraph:
The salt stung her eyes, but she didn’t want to miss a single fish. Constellations of sea stars speckled the pebbled sand. She imagined a silvery fin standing strong on her back, slicing through the ocean current.
3. A metaphor (a comparison between two things not using like or as) is used in the above paragraph. State what it is and what is being compared.
4. When Eugenie was studying zoology she experienced discrimination. What types of discrimination did she experience and list which Human Right might have been violated.
5. A simile is a comparison between two things using like or as… explain the meaning in the simile, “her dream was as big as a whale shark”?
6. Even when she graduated and earned her degree, some people still doubted Eugenie? Explain why you think they doubted her.
7. How did Eugenie earn the name, Shark Lady? Explain your answer.
8. List two character traits that best describe Eugenie. Use an example from the story to explain your thinking.
1.Highlight the nouns (n), verbs (v), adverbs (adv)and adjectives(adj) in the opening paragraph.
It was Saturday, and Eugenie wanted to stay at the aquarium forever. She wanted to smell the damp salty air and stare at the glittery rainbow of fish. She wanted to keep watching her favourite animals… The sharks.
2. Onomatopœia is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Highlight some of the examples of this literary device in the following paragraph:
The salt stung her eyes, but she didn’t want to miss a single fish. Constellations of sea stars speckled the pebbled sand. She imagined a silvery fin standing strong on her back, slicing through the ocean current.
3. A metaphor (a comparison between two things not using like or as) is used in the above paragraph. State what it is and what is being compared.
4. When Eugenie was studying zoology she experienced discrimination. What types of discrimination did she experience and list which Human Right might have been violated.
5. A simile is a comparison between two things using like or as… explain the meaning in the simile, “her dream was as big as a whale shark”?
6. Even when she graduated and earned her degree, some people still doubted Eugenie? Explain why you think they doubted her.
7. How did Eugenie earn the name, Shark Lady? Explain your answer.
8. List two character traits that best describe Eugenie. Use an example from the story to explain your thinking.
The Shark Lady
Eugenie Clark grew up spending her weekends at the aquarium. Her father died when she was two, so her mother had to get creative with babysitting. When Clark was around nine years old, her mother would drop her off at the New York Aquarium before heading to work at a newspaper stand. Wandering around the old aquarium, Clark developed a love for all things ocean and wished that she could swim with the sharks in the glass tanks.
As an adult, she brought this dream to life and conducted 72 submersible dives and countless more using Scuba gear, where she studied marine life, including sharks. She was one of the only ichthyologists, or fish biologists, of her time to study living specimens in this way.
As an adult, she brought this dream to life and conducted 72 submersible dives and countless more using Scuba gear, where she studied marine life, including sharks. She was one of the only ichthyologists, or fish biologists, of her time to study living specimens in this way.
Genie's Dogfish Shark
