Author/Authors: James MarshallType or emotional/crisis issue(s) addressed: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Year of Publication: 1975
Publisher & Location: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
ISBN #: 0-618-07320-5
Target Age Level: Lower elementary# of Pages: 32
Quality of Illustrations: Simple illustrations with color. Same author/illustrator who does Miss Nelson is Missing.
Brief Summary:This story is about a snake who is different than other snakes. He has the ability to hear which no other snake can do. When he starts school the other snakes are not nice to him and he feels very uncomfortable about being different. However, one day his ability to hear comes in handy as he overhears bank robbers talking about robbing the bank. Thanks to his hearing, their plan is foiled and he is given a medal of honor. In the end, Snake no longer worries about being different.
Post reading activity:
Talk about what makes us the same. Make a list of all of the things that everyone in the group has. For example, hair, eyes, a mouth, need to breath, are in school, etc. Then talk about what makes us different. Make a list of differences. For example, good at math, plays piano, brown hair, blue, has a hard time writing or riding a bike, etc. Ask the following questions.
Has anyone ever made you feel especially good or bad about one of these differences? Who and why?
What do you like the most about your differences? What do you like the least?
Do you have to do things differently because of this difference?
Do you know anyone else who has the same difference?
Talk about what makes us the same. Make a list of all of the things that everyone in the group has. For example, hair, eyes, a mouth, need to breath, are in school, etc. Then talk about what makes us different. Make a list of differences. For example, good at math, plays piano, brown hair, blue, has a hard time writing or riding a bike, etc. Ask the following questions.
Has anyone ever made you feel especially good or bad about one of these differences? Who and why?
What do you like the most about your differences? What do you like the least?
Do you have to do things differently because of this difference?
Do you know anyone else who has the same difference?
No comments:
Post a Comment