The One And Only Ivan Lesson Plans Pdf. Ivan the gorilla has lived in a cage at the exit 8 big top mall for twenty eight. The one and only ivan is a work of fiction but the inspiration for this imagined tale lies with a true story.
If you haven t read the one and only ivan by katherine applegate you are in for a real treat the story is told from the perspective of ivan a silver back gorilla in a journal like format. The one and only ivan is a work of fiction but the inspiration for this imagined tale lies with a true story. In one and only ivan ivan gets a chance to experiment with all sorts of creative mediums.
His biggest diversions are television and painting.
The one and only ivan by katherine applegate and patricia castelao. The reader learns about ivan s past through flashbacks his struggles in the present living in the small confined cage at the exit 8 big top mall and video arcade and his dreams for the future. The one and only ivan by katherine applegate hello pg 1 stella pg 29 before you read the chapter. Ivan was captured as an infant in what is now the democratic republic of the congo.
