MariahMcKinnon

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ChildrensLiteratureAssignment4thGrade
Educ128/228
1.NameofChildrensBook:
Tsuchiya, Y. (1951). Faithful Elephants. Japan. Trumpet
2.SummaryofChildrensBook(2paragraphs)
FaithfulElephantsisabeautifullywrittenbookbasedonatruestory.Thestorytakes
placeatUenoZooinTokyo.Itstartsonagorgeousdayatthezoowithabigcrowd.Two
elephantsputonashowforthecrowd,whichleadsthezookeepertoreminisceonoldertimes.
Hetellsthestoryofthreeelephantsthatoncelivedinthezoo.TheirnameswereJohn,Tonky
andWanly.BombsweredroppedonTokyoeverydaysotheworkersatthezoobecamevery
concernedwiththeanimalsescapingifabombdropped.TheArmytoldthezootheyhadto
poisonthelions,tigers,leopards,bearsandbigsnakes.
Next,itwastheelephantsturn.Theytrieddifferenttacticswithallthreeelephantstotry
topoisonthemtodeathbutitwasnotworking.Nexttheyreluctantlydecidedtostarvethe
elephants.Theelephantsputupagoodfightandtriedtogettheworkersattentiontofeedthem.
Finally,theelephantstrainergaveinandfedthem.Itwasnotenoughtokeeptheelephantsalive
though.Twoweekslatertheydiedandalloftheworkersweresosad.Nowallthatwasleftof
thethreeelephantswasthetombstoneplacedinthezoointheirmemory.

3.QuestionsyouwouldAskchildrenafterreadingthebook(910withsummaryandhigher
level,thoughtprovokingquestions).Listquestions.Bringquestioningtoclosure.Mayusepre
readingduringreadingandpostreadingformatfromyourliteracycourses.
Beforereading:
1. Basedonthetitle,whatdoyouthinkthisbookwillbeabout?
2. Lookatthecover.Wheredoyouthinkthebooktakesplace?
DuringReading:
3. Whatdoyouthinkthezooworkerswilldotokilltheelephants?
4. Whydidthezooworkersstayawayfromtheelephantscage?
AfterReading:
5. Whatkindofemotionsdidyoufeelwhilereadingthatbook?
6. Whatkindofquestiondidyouhavethroughoutthebook?
7. Whatpredictionsdidyoumakewhileyouwerereadingthebook?
8. Whydidthetrainergivetheelephantsfood?
9. Whatcouldtheyhavedonedifferentlytokeeptheelephantsalive?
10. Howwouldyouhavefeltaftertheelephantsdied?
4.ActivitiestofollowtheBook.

ACTIVITYONE:
a.ContentDiscipline:Reading/languageandwriting
b.WhatNCSSstrand(s)fitsthisactivity?
D2.His.14.35.Explainprobablecausesandeffectsofeventsanddevelopments.
Ithinkthisstandardfitswiththeactivitybecausetheywillbecomparingthemselvestothezoo
workersandtheiremotions.Theywillalsotalkabouthowtimeaffectshowwereactandwhat
wewoulddo.
c.Statethegoalorobjectiveofwhatyouplantoaccomplishinthisactivity?(Mayhave
morethanone)
Thestudentswillanalyzetheiremotionsafterreadingthisbookbydescribingtheirfeelingsin
threewords.Theywillthenhavetodescribewhytheyfeelthatwayandcomparethemselvesto
thecharactersinthebook.
d.Describetheactivity(Whatwouldyouhavekidsdo?)

Afterreadingthebooktotheclass,Iwouldhandoutaworksheettothestudents
Iwantthestudentstobeabletoreactontheirownandwritetheirownfeelingswithout
influencefromanyoneelse
Ontheirown,theywillreflectonhowthebookmadethemfeel
Theywillcompletetheworksheetusingcompletesentences
Onceeveryoneisfinished,wewillgatherasaclassagainforclassdiscussion
Iwillhavethestudentsraisetheirhandandsayoneofthewordstheywroteontheir
paper
Thestudentshadtowritethreewordsontheirpapersoweshouldhaveaprettygoodlist
going
Oncewehavethesewordswrittendown,wewilltalkaboutwhywefeltthisway
Iwilltouchontheillustrationsthroughoutthebookandtheuseoflanguage

e.Howwouldyouassessthisactivity?INCLUDEtherubricorchecklistwithspecific
performanceexpectations.
Studentsmusthavethreeemotionswrittenontheirpaper
Studentsmusthavetheirexplanationsforthesefeelingswrittenontheirpaper
Studentsmustwriteatleastonesentencecomparingthemselvestothecharactersinthe
book
Studentsmustparticipateduringclassdiscussion

ACTIVITYTWO
a.ContentDiscipline:Expressivearts
b.WhatNCSSstrand(s)fitsthisactivity?
D2.His.2.35.Comparelifeinspecifichistoricaltimeperiodstolifetoday.
Thestudentswillbeabletousetheirimaginationandfromreadingthebooktodrawapictureof
theirfavoritescene.Theywillthendrawapictureofhowitlooksnowtocomparehowthetime
differencehaschangedtheirscene.
c.Statethegoalorobjectiveofwhatyouplantoaccomplishinthisactivity?
Studentswillusetheircreativitytorecreatetheirfavoritescenefromthebook.Theywilldraw
twopicturestoshowthetwodifferentscenesandtheywillwriteoneparagraphabouteach
scene.
d.Describetheactivity(Whatwouldyouhavekidsdo?)

Studentswillthinkabouttheirfavoritescenefromthebookanddraw,paintorrecreate
thesceneinsomeway
Theywillhavetowriteaparagraphaboutwhytheypickedthisscene,whatishappening
inthesceneandwhatemotionstheyfeltwhilereadingthebookandcreatingthescene
Theywillthenhavetodrawasecondpictureofwhatthescenewouldlooklikenow
Theywillwriteaparagraphabouthowtimehasaffectedthescene

e.Howwouldyouassessthisactivity?INCLUDEtherubricorchecklistwithspecific
performanceexpectations.
Clipboardcruisingwouldbetheteacherswayofassessingthestudents.
Studentputeffortandthoughtintotheirrecreations
Studentsgavegoodreasoningfortheirchoiceofscene
Studentsworkedhardwhengiventimetoworkonthisactivity
Studentswereabletocompareandcontrastthetwoscenes

ACTIVITYTHREE
a.ContentDiscipline:Geographyandhistory
b.WhatNCSSstrand(s)fitsthisactivity?
D2.Geo.2.K2.Usemaps,graphs,photographs,andotherrepresentationstodescribeplacesand
therelationshipsandinteractionsthatshapethem.

Thestudentswillhavetolearnwherethisbooktakesplaceandalittleaboutthecityduringthat
timeperiod.Theywillhavetolearnthisinformationtogetafeelforwhythezooworkershadto
makethedecisionstheydid.
D3.1.K2.Gatherrelevantinformationfromoneortwosourceswhileusingtheoriginand
structuretoguidetheselection.
c.Statethegoalorobjectiveofwhatyouplantoaccomplishinthisactivity?
Thestudentswillresearchwherethesettinginthebookisandthewar.Theyneedatleastthree
factsaboutthewarandneedtomarkwhereJapanandTokyoareontheirmap.
d.Describetheactivity(Whatwouldyouhavekidsdo?)
Studentswillbegivenablankworldmaptheywillhavetousetheirresourcesinthe
roomtofigureoutwhereJapanisandmarkwhereTokyois.Thereshouldbecoloring
doneorsomesortofindicationorwherethesetwolocationsare
OncetheyfindthistheywillbegiveniPads,computersandbookstodoresearchonthe
UenoZootoseeiftheycanfindanyinformationonthesethreeelephantsIsthere
actuallyamonumentfortheelephants?
Theywillalsoneedtolookupfactsaboutthewaratthattime.Theyneedtoatleast
figureoutwhenthewartookplace,whomtheywerefightingagainstandwhenitended.
TheywillputthefactsabouttheZooandthewarontheirniftynotesworksheet
Oncetheyhavetheirbackgroundknowledgeaboutthewartheywillhavetobeproblem
solvers.Theyneedtoanswerthefollowingquestions:Howdidthetimeperiodlimittheir
optionsofthingsdowiththeelephants?Howdidthewarlimittheiroptions?Imagine
youareazookeeperinAmerica.Ifthisweretohappeninthisdayandage,whatcould
youdointhissituation?
e.Howwouldyouassessthisactivity?
Toassessthestudentstheteachershouldclipboardcruisewhilethestudentsareworkingand
researching.
StudentsneedtomarkJapanandTokyoonamap
StudentsneedtohavethreefactsaboutJapanswar
Studentsneedtohaveatleastthreedifferentoptionsforwhattheywouldhavedonewith
theelephants

References:
http://headoverheelsforteaching.blogspot.com/2013/11/mustreadmentortextfaithful
elephants.html
http://www.socialstudies.org/system/files/c3/C3FrameworkforSocialStudies.pdf