The two books I chose were The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein and The Emperor's New Clothes by Marcus Sedgwick and Alison Jay.
The Giving Tree is a book about a relationship between a young boy and a tree. The tree provides the boy with everything he wants.
1. What is a giving tree?
2. How can a tree take care of a boy?
3. How can a tree give?
4. How can a tree be happy?
It is important to explain the vocabulary to the students. Words like; selfless, needs and wants, relationship. The students need to understand that the book is teaching us a lesson about life and goes beyond the pictures on the page.
The Emperor's New Clothes is a book about a king that wants to be better than his subjects and wants to have the best clothes for the up coming parade.
1. What is an Emperor?
2. How can clothes be invisible?
3. Why is a Lion the leader of the animals?
4. Why didn't the lion know that he did not have clothes on?
Preteach vocabulary for understanding. It might be interesting to bring in the original story to compare it to this version. Talk about different types of leaders in the world and maybe the students might have their own knowledge of a leader of their country. Talk about the king of the jungle to help explain why the lion might be in charge.
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