Think about the chapter title after reading each chapter as well. Do you better understand why the author chose that title? Does is make better sense? Are you curious why that title was chosen?
Finally, after finishing the book, does looking back at the chapter titles help you recall the story's events? Do some titles take you back to certain parts? Certain emotions? Certain reactions?
(In the book the chapters are not numbered. They are numbered here to help us find where we left off each day and to help locate certain ones in class discussions.)
The One and Only Ivan - Chapter Titles
- hello
- names
- patience
- how I look
- the exit 8 big top mall and video arcade
- the littlest bit top on earth
- gone
- artists
- shapes in clouds
- imagination
- the loneliest gorilla in the world
- tv
- the nature show
- stella
- stella’s trunk
- a plan
- bob
- wild
- picasso
- three visitors
- my visitors return
- sorry
- julia
- drawing bob
- bob and julia
- mack
- not sleepy
- the beetle
- change
- guessing
- jambo
- lucky
- arrival
- stella helps
- old news
- tricks
- introductions
- stella and ruby
- home of the one and only ivan
- art lesson
- treat
- elephant jokes
- children
- the parking lot
- ruby’s story
- a hit
- worry
- the promise
- knowing
- five men
- comfort
- crying
- the one and only ivan
- once upon a time
- the grunt
- mud
- protector
- a perfect life
- the end
- vine
- the temporary human
- hunger
- still life
- punishment
- babies
- beds
- my place
- nine thousand eight hundred and seventy-six days
- a visit
- a new beginning
- poor mack
- colors
- a bad dream
- the story
- how
- remembering
- what they did
- something else to buy
- another ivan
- days
- nights
- project
- not right
- going nowhere
- bad guys
- ad
- imagining
- not-tag
- one more thing
- the seven-o’clock show
- twelve
- H
- nervous
- showing julia
- more paintings
- chest-beating
- angry
- puzzle pieces
- finally
- the next morning
- mad human
- phone call
- a star again
- the ape artist
- interview
- the early news
- signs on sticks
- protestors
- check marks
- free ruby
- new box
- training
- poking and prodding
- no painting
- more boxes
- good-bye
- click
- an idea
- respect
- photo
- leaving
- good boy
- moving
- awakening
- missing
- food
- not famous
- something in the air
- a new tv
- the family
- excited
- what I see
- still there
- watching
- she
- door
- wondering
- ready
- outside at last
- oops
- what it was like
- pretending
- nest
- more tv
- it
- romance
- more about romance
- grooming
- talk
- the top of the hill
- the wall
- safe
- silverback
