| Discussion Starters
1. What’s your favorite kind of food?
2. What is your favorite animal?
3. A lot of traditional societies believe
that each of us has a guide or protector in the form of an animal Kind
of like a guardian angel. If you had a Animal protector what would it
be?
4. Do you think animals have feelings?
5. In Western culture, human beings have
historically considered themselves to be above the animals. But lately a
number of people have begun to feel that we are not more important than
animals and do not have a right to keep destroying important wildlife
habitat. How do you feel about this?
6. When the United States was formed,
Benjamin Franklin suggested the Wild Turkey, as our national animal
symbol, but the Bald Eagle was chosen instead. If you were to chose an
animal to symbolize the United States today what would you choose?
Why?
7. What would you choose to be our
national food? Why?
8. If you were to add a verse to
"Porcupine Ice Cream" what would it be? Remember the pattern:
My favorite Ice Cream in the whole wide
world is __________________________________ ice cream
Except when it
_________________________________________________________
(or)
My favorite Ice Cream in the whole wide
world is __________________________________ ice cream
Especially when it
_______________________________________________________
example: My favorite Ice cream in the
whole wide world is dog and cat ice cream
except when it has to go to the vet
My favorite ice cream in the whole wide
world is jalapeno pepper ice cream
Especially when it makes my brain
sweat!
Notice where the rhyme occurs.
What weird flavors can you come up
with?
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