Written by Robert Munsch Genre: Fiction 2. Discuss dragons ...

1 Written by Robert Munsch Illustrated by Michael Martchenko Genre: Fiction Skills: 5W s Character Analysis Before Reading 1. This book reminds us of a fairy tale. Ask the students to tell about their favorite fairy tales. 2. Discuss dragons . Have them think of other stories about dragons . 3. Introduce these vocabulary words: knocker bum 4. Ask the students these questions about the words: Have you ever heard the word? Where did you hear it? What do you think it means? 5. After the questions, Discuss the meanings of the words. 6. Read the title of the book. Also do a picture walk through the book by having the book play in manual mode and turning the sound off. Have the students make predictions. Record those predictions. During Reading 1. Read the story aloud to the students first by playing the e-book in automatic mode so it is narrated and the pages turn automatically. 2.

2 Next, read the book chorally. Play the book in manual mode so that the students can follow along and turn the pages. 3. The last read could be with partners. Again play the book in manual mode. After Reading 1. Buy a pair of garden gloves. On the palm of the glove write, 5W s . Use one glove to write the 5W s. With a permanent black marker, write one of the 5W s on each finger. Who? When? Where? What? Why? 2. As the teacher touches each finger, ask these questions: Who are the characters? When did Elizabeth decide she didn t want to marry Prince Ronald? Where did the story take place? (include all the places) What was the problem in the story? Was there more than one? What was Elizabeth s plan to rescue Prince Ronald? Why did Elizabeth wear a paper bag? 3. Author s Purpose Why would the author write this book? to inform? the explain? to entertain? to persuade? 4. How do you think the story got its name?

3 5. Character Analysis: Use a word web for this activity. Use a web for each character: Prince Ronald and Elizabeth. Tell everything you know about each character, including the way they look, their personalities, how they treated people, etc. 6. In addition, go through the students predictions about the story. Check the predictions that were correct. See if the students can change some of the other predictions now that they know the events of the story. 7. Writing Activity: Ask the students this question: If you could rewrite the ending of the story, what would you change?