Noodlephant

Noodlephant
Virginia Standards of Learning
3.5; 4.5; 5.5
Author
Jacob Kramer
Grade Level
Time Frame
30-45 minutes
Lesson Goals
  1. Identify feelings and motivations of characters
  2. Determine the fairness of unjust laws
Summary

This story takes place in the fictional world of Noodlephant and her various friends. Noodlephant is an elephant who loves pasta and throwing parties for all community members. However, the larger community is not always so welcoming and festive. Rich kangaroos run the city and are responsible for making all laws. Unfortunately for pasta-loving Noodlephant, the mighty kangaroos make a new law that bans anyone from eating pasta except kangaroos! Elephants must now eat acacia. Noodlephant tries to follow the new law initially but becomes emboldened to figure out ways to eat pasta again. With the help of her friends, they invent a new machine that can turn anything into pasta. Noodlephant’s pasta parties resume, but this time there is trouble. A kangaroo arrests Noodlephant for breaking the pasta law, placing her in the city zoo. While there, Noodlephant stages a hunger strike and refuses to eat acacia or follow the pasta law. Friends rally in protest of the law, and some kangaroos even agree that the law is unfair. Noodlephant’s friends boldly move to free her and the community from the kangaroo’s unjust laws. The story talks about how one person, supported by friends, can take a stand against injustice.

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