Little
Grunt and the Big Egg
by: Tomie dePaola
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Introduction
Students will read Big Grunt and the Little Egg by Tomie dePaola and create new endings to his story. The students will read about the author on a website and email the new endings to the author.
Subject: Language ArtsCalifornia State Standards Addressed
Reading Comprehension and Literary Analysis
Second Grade
Student Lesson name and URL: http://ctap295.ctaponline.org/~hfox/student/
Second Grade
Language Arts: Reading Comprehension and Literary Analysis
2.6 Recognize cause and effect relationships in a text.
3.2 Generate alternative endings to plots and identify the reason or reasons for, and the impact of, the alternatives.
Instructional
Objectives
-After
reading, the students will describe 2 connections about the cause and effect
relationships in the story to a partner.
-The
class will collaboratively brainstorm and then students will individually
invent the ending of the story using student's own ideas or ideas from
brainstorming.
-Students
will use familiar website to use links to read about author on website.
-Students
will use class email address to send author stories.
Introductory
Activity
I
will read aloud The Little Grunt and the Big Egg by Tomie
De Paola.
Enabling
Activity
The
class will discuss cause and effect in the story. Students will fill out
worksheet with a friend demonstrating knowledge of cause and effect.
Culminating
Activity
Students
will design their own endings, with a partner, to the story using their
knowledge of cause and effect. We will send our stories to Tomie dePaola.
Assessment
Pretest
(web page)
Pretest
(word document)
Post
test (web page)
Posttest
(word document)
Results
Excel Results
Excel
Web
Resources & Supplementary Materials
Enabling Activity
Tomie
dePaola Resource Page
Scholastic
Resource
Cordova Villa
Elementary School
Rancho Cordova,
CA
Heather Bendinelli
hnfoxy@hotmail.com
Last Revised:
05/19/2001