From The Black Lagoon
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A Great Book Series
In my son's second-grade classroom this book series was tremendously popular -- especially with the boys. They would laugh out loud while reading to themselves. The fact that all the adults are monsters just tickles their funny bone.
This book can be more than a fun way to get kids to read...if you dare...
The Black Lagoon Inspires Reading & Writing
The Class Trip from the Black Lagoon
The Class Trip from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 1)
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The Talent Show from the Black Lagoon
The Talent Show from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 2)
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The Class Election from the Black Lagoon
The Class Election from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 3)
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The Science Fair from the Black Lagoon
The Science Fair from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 4)
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A Writing Prompt From The Black Lagoon
Use the Black Lagoon Adventures to inspire your young writers
What is the common thread running through the Black Lagoon Adventures?
Typical adults, performing typical jobs, who just happen to be monsters!
Let your students work in groups to brainstorm a list of typical jobs (probably should steer them away from school-related jobs as those are covered pretty well by the series) and then dream up what kind of monsters could do those jobs...
The Halloween Party from the Black Lagoon
The Halloween Party from the Black Lagoon
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The Field Day from the Black Lagoon
The Field Day from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 6)
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The School Carnival from the Black Lagoon
The School Carnival from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 7)
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Valentine's Day from the Black Lagoon
Valentine's Day from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 8)
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Another Writing Prompt from the Black Lagoon
All the Black Lagoon Adventures involve the story of some normal human activity that somehow goes horribly and humorously wrong.
Have your young writers brainstorm some normal everyday human activities that might go very wrong if only monsters were doing them...
The Christmas Party from the Black Lagoon
The Christmas Party from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 9)
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The Little League Team from the Black Lagoon
The Little League Team from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 10)
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The Snow Day from the Black Lagoon
The Snow Day from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 11)
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April Fools' Day from the Black Lagoon
April Fools' Day from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 12)
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Another writing prompt from the Black Lagoon
Some Black Lagoon Adventures incorporate holidays...ask your young writers to write a new Black Lagoon Adventure for a more obscure holiday. They will probably need to do some research to pull it off!
Back-to-School Fright from the Black Lagoon
Back-to-School Fright from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 13)
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The New Year's Eve Sleepover from the Black Lagoon
The New Year's Eve Sleepover from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 14)
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The Spring Dance from the Black Lagoon
The Spring Dance from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 15)
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The Thanksgiving Day from the Black Lagoon
The Thanksgiving Day from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 16)
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Content-area writing prompts from the Black Lagoon
Can your young writers retell a famous historical event in true Black Lagoon fashion?
Can your young writers craft a Black Lagoon tale focused on an important lesson from math, science, or social studies?
Who knows what else can creep forth from the Black Lagoon...
Learn more
- Black Lagoon Adventures by Mike Thaler
- Learn more about the books and their author
What do you think?
About the series and the writing prompts
Feel free to share any ideas for additional writing prompts and activities inspired by the Black Lagoon Adventures
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lemonsqueezy
Apr 26, 2011 @ 1:43 pm | delete
- "Typical adults, performing typical jobs, who just happen to be monsters"? Sounds fun. My son is a preschooler but I love to read and always welcome book suggestions for boys too. I'll have to remember this for when he gets a bit older.
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Irenemaria Nov 13, 2010 @ 4:10 am | delete
- Is it from this movie the music SWAMP comes?
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