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Part I (Pages 1 - 63)

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Benjamin, Ali. The Thing About Jellyfish. Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

• This book is written in the first person, from the perspective of 12-year-old Suzy Swanson. It switches between the past and present tenses.

• There are interstitial sections between chapters with brief information from Suzy's seventh-grade science teacher, Mrs. Turton, about producing a science report.

• The first chapter is titled Ghost Heart. Suzy explains that jellyfish look like they have beating hearts if a person watches them long enough, even though they do not have hearts at all.

• Suzy says that her science teacher, Mrs. Turton, told the class that the average 80-year-old person has a heart that has beat 3 billion times.

• Suzy addresses an unknown person as "you" during this section. She imagines "you" at the beach, not knowing what is...

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