The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and Illustrated by Lane Smith
Summary: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is a retelling of the original Three Little Pigs, but from the wolf’s point of view. The wolf wants to make a cake for his grandmother and goes to the three pig’s houses to borrow a cup of sugar. Unfortunately, he has a cold and sneezes at each house, knocking them down and killing the pigs. He doesn’t want to see food go to waste so he gobbles up the pigs.
Text to Self: This book is a good example of a text people can relate to on a personal basis. Children can relate this book to themselves because everyone has been misunderstood at one time or another. Sometimes it is hard to get ones side of the story out when evidence supports the other side. For example, it is very common in the classroom when a teacher is trying to supervise 20 plus students and a child is reprimanded for talking when they were only trying to help another student.
Summary: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is a retelling of the original Three Little Pigs, but from the wolf’s point of view. The wolf wants to make a cake for his grandmother and goes to the three pig’s houses to borrow a cup of sugar. Unfortunately, he has a cold and sneezes at each house, knocking them down and killing the pigs. He doesn’t want to see food go to waste so he gobbles up the pigs.
Text to Self: This book is a good example of a text people can relate to on a personal basis. Children can relate this book to themselves because everyone has been misunderstood at one time or another. Sometimes it is hard to get ones side of the story out when evidence supports the other side. For example, it is very common in the classroom when a teacher is trying to supervise 20 plus students and a child is reprimanded for talking when they were only trying to help another student.
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry
Summary: The Great Kapok Tree is about a man who falls asleep under a tree which he intends to chop down. However, he ultimately decides it would be best to leave the tree. While sleeping a variety of animals whisper into his ear about the harmful effects that take place when trees are not present. As a result, he wakes up and leaves the tree unharmed.
Text to World: This book can be related to the world because it helps children understand the dangers the rainforest faces. This book can be tied into a Social Studies unit on the rainforest and saving it. It is a good way to simplify the topic for students.
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Summary: The Lorax is about a boy who goes to see the Once-ler to here about the Lorax and how the world came to be. This story tells about a world that once had beautiful Truffula Trees. However, once the Once-ler came to town and started chopping down all the trees to make a garment called a Thneed. The business got out of control and a factory was built which dumped pollution into the water and all the animals including the Loraz had to leave.
Text to Text: The story of The Lorax can be related to The Great Kapok Tree because they both discuss the consequences of chopping down trees. However, one shows the results of not changing harmful ways and they other makes a change in time to save the forest.
1 comment:
I love the true story of the little pigs! I created a lesson plan based on this book, comparing it to the orginal version. I think there are many fun ideas when using this book. When I did this lesson plan at templeton the students all wanted to be in my group because I had this book. I think fairy tales are good books to have because most children are familiar with them. Then getting different versions can be really fun becasue they can use their prior knowledge to help compare and contrast the versions.
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