Literature Examples

Literature Examples

K-2

Title/Author	Story Line/ Activities
Title: The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids. Author; Brothers Grimm Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 0 340 39173-1	Needs: To be careful not to allow the wolf in Design: • Design a house to keep the wolf out. What will you need to do this? • Design puppets to tell the story Story outline: Nanny goat leaves seven kids alone and warns them against opening the door for the wolf. Wolf tries various strategies and eventually manages to get in.
Title: Better Move on Frog Author Ron Maris & Julia MacRae Books	Needs: Homes for different animals. Design: Design a home for a frog. What needs does a frog have? Design a home for a pet. Story outline: A homeless frog is trying to find a new home. Every home he likes is lived in by different creatures.

Age Range: G3 – G5

Title: When the Tripods Came

Author: John Christopher

Viking Kestrel Publications

Possible activities

Needs: A way to survive from the invaders.

Design:

• Design a survival shelter which would sustain over a certain period of time and be waterproof. It would need to have room for food storage.

• Design and make a Tripod based on the descriptions in the book. Use kits or assorted materials.

• Design and make a time capsule to record the way life is today. What would you use for the casement and which items would you put in it? How would you ensure that it survived for decades?

ISBN 0670 82090 3

Story outline: Part of the Tripod trilogy explaining how it all began. The tripods invaded Earth and began to take over.

Title: Stig of the Dump Author: Clive King

Possible activities Needs: A way of recycling.

Design:

• Design a place that Stig would enjoy living in that would be safe from intruders. (Use junk like Stig did.)

• Design a system for recycling. Think about collection points, and the possible end products.

ISBN

Story outline: A boy makes friends with Stig who lives in a cave at the dump. They have various conflicts with three bullies.

Title: Elidor

Author: Alan Garner

Collins Publications

Possible Activities

Need: Find a way to protect the treasure.

Design:

• Design a way/place to hide the treasure so that the dark forces can't get it. What materials or magical spells could you use?

• Design a map that shows you the way around Elidor based on what you've read in the book.

ISBN

Story outline: Some children find a street on a map and when they investigate they find the street is being demolished. They go through a church on the street and into another world, called Elidor, which is being destroyed by dark forces. They have to save that world by finding treasures and keeping them save.

Prepared by Bill Wolfson.
Last Updated 11/29/07