The Boy Who Cried Wolf

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Retold by B.G. Hennessy

Illustrated by Boris Kulikov

Lesson Plan

This activity was done as a response to literature for our Book of the Month, Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big. Both books are about a boy who told lies all the time, and are great for comparing/contrasting.

Step 1: Setup ... cover the ending picture (after the townsfolk don’t come when the boy cries wolf). Have the PowerPoint activity up on the LCD screen and ready to go. Have MS Word document “Informatial Writing” open and minimized on the computer/screen.

Step 2: Pass out the audience participation cards at random. Separate the audience with sheep in one section, wolves in another section, and the shepherd boys in the last section. Hint: I give the shepherd boy cards to my speech students so I can pull them to the side to work on some speech goals later.

Step 3: Preteach vocabulary – see word card.

Step 4: Read the story, pointing to each section of the audience for the appropriate sound effects. (Sheep: “Baa, Baa, Baa”; Wolves: “Grrr, Grrr, Grrr”; Boys: “Wolf! Wolf! Wolf”).

Step 5: When you get to the end that is covered up, refer to the second slide of the PowerPoint – making predictions. Discuss how fairy tales are very old and often have different versions. After students make guesses at how the story will end, remove the cover-ups and read the end of the story. Go back to the PowerPoint now and begin discussing consequences.

Step 6: When you get to the last slide of the PPT that says “Informational Writing”, exit the PPT and open the word document on the big screen where you can enter the students’ responses for them to use later in their writing.

Step 7: Go back to the pictures in the book and discuss what the students know are facts about sheep and wolves. List them on the screen.

Step 8: Have each student who is holding a sheep card turn it in for a sheep writing paper. Same for wolves. Those students go back to their seats and do their informational writing about the animal they had. The shepherd boys joing the SLP at a separate part of the room to work on speech goals, such as vocabulary, or to get more direct help doing their informational writing.

Curriculum Standards:

ELA1R5.a Vocabulary

Reads and listens to a variety of texts and uses new words in oral and written language.

ELA1R6.b Comprehension

Makes predictions using prior knowledge

ELA1R6.c Comprehension

Asks and answers (implicit, explicit, and evaluative) questions about essential narrative elements (e.g., beginning-middle-end, setting, characters, problems, events, resolution) of a read-aloud or independently read text.

ELA1R6.e Comprehension

Distinguishes fact from fiction and identifies literary forms

ELA1R6.g Comprehension

Identifies the explicit (literal) and implicit (inferential) main idea and supporting details of informational text and fictional text read or heard.

ELA1R6.i Comprehension

Recognizes cause-and-effect relationships in text.

ELA1R6.l Comprehension

Recognizes plot, setting, and character within texts, and compares and contrasts these elements among texts.

ELA1R6.m Comprehension

Recognizes and uses graphic features (e.g., labels, tables, charts) and text features (e.g., headings, labels, table of contents, captions, bold print, glossary) and graphic organizers to understand text.

ELA1W1.k Writing Process

Begins to use a variety of resources (picture dictionaries, the Internet, books) and strategies to gather information to write about a topic.

Uses appropriate end punctuation (period and question mark) and correct capitalization of initial words and common proper nouns (e.g., personal names, months).

ELA1LSV1.c Listening/Speaking/Viewing

Responds appropriately to orally presented questions.

Element: ELA1LSV1.d Listening/Speaking/Viewing

Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge.

Element: ELA1LSV1.e Listening/Speaking/Viewing

Communicates effectively when relating experiences and retelling stories read,

heard, or viewed.

Element: ELA1LSV1.f Listening/Speaking/Viewing

Uses complete sentences when speaking.

Websites:

narration of text to read along; has lang arts activities at the end

site to download book online and coloring book version to print out

black and white animated story (very brief) – different ending

animated/narrated story – need to have Flash Player installed

Expressions: “A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”