The Black Stallion Text Evidence

Provide students with a question or prompt to answer with a storyboard using textual evidence. The example prompt is, "Alec is viewed as a kind, caring person. What actions demonstrate these character traits?" Possible answers to the prompt include:

• Alec feeds the horse sugar cubes and wouldn’t leave him locked away during the shipwreck.
• Alec was disappointed that he didn’t have enough money to repay the captain.
• Alec made the horse as comfortable as possible in Henry’s barn.
• Alec brought Napoleon along on the trip to Chicago.

Other prompts might include: “Did Alec change over the course of the story? Why or why not?” and “Explain how Alec’s decision to keep the Black greatly impacted others.”

Student Instructions

Create a storyboard that answers the prompt using at least three examples from The Black Stallion. Click on "Add / Delete Cells" to change the number of examples.

1. Type the question into the central black box.
2. Think about examples from the text that support your answer.
3. Type text evidence in the description boxes. Paraphrase or quote directly from the text.
4. Illustrate each example using scenes, characters, items, etc.