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David Pastro
The True Story of
the Three Little Pigs
by A. Wolf as told to Jon Scieszka
A Teacher’s Guide to
The True Story of
the Three Little Pigs
by A. Wolf as told to Jon Scieszka
Note to parents and teachersThe Thoughtful Books Series makes use of exemplary children’s literature to help young readers learn to read critically and to thoughtfully consider ethical matters. Critical thinkers rely on inquisitive attitudes, utilize thinking strategies, access background knowledge, understand thinking vocabulary, and apply relevant criteria when making thoughtful decisions. We refer to these attributes as intellectual tools. Each resource in this series features specific intellectual tools supporting literacy development and ethical deliberation. Teachers and parents can introduce the tools using the suggested activities in this resource, and then support learners in applying the tools in various situations overtime, until children use them independently, selectively, and naturally.
Reading as thinking
Reading is more than decoding words. It is the active process of constructing meaning. Good readers understand this process as engagement in critical thinking. They employ specific literacy competencies as they engage with text, create meaning from text, and extend their thinking beyond text. The activities in this booklet help develop the following literacy competencies:
• Accessing background knowledge: Good readers draw on what they already know to establish a foun-dation for approaching new texts. In this case, students recall familiar stories with a wolf character in order to guess which story will be told.
• Inferring: Good readers generate conclusions and hypotheses based on textual clues and evidence. In this case, students infer what qualities the wolf’s character has, based on events in the story.
• Finding important ideas: Good readers discriminate between details and key or important ideas. In this case, students identify which actions of the wolf support or call into question his story.
• Synthesizing ideas: Good readers critically think about and respond to issues and themes. In this case, students relate point of view to situations they may encounter in real life.
Ethical considerations
A second focus of the activities in this booklet is to help learners develop the intellectual tools they need to think critically about ethical considerations. It is important to teach the tools, often through modelling and illustrating with examples, and continue to apply the tools in a variety of situations over time, until learners internalize them. The following ethical considerations are addressed in this resource:
• See theother side (anotherpointof view): Critical thinkers require strategies to help them think through a situation. In this case, re-telling the story of the baker and the hungry man provides an opportunity to see differing points of view.
• Open-indednessandwillingnesstochangeone’smind: Critical thinkers exhibit values and attitudes that are conducive to careful, conscientious thinking. In this case, open-mindedness is encouraged as students consider how others see things. As well, students are invited to change their minds by reconsidering their initial perception of the wolf in light of further evidence from the non-traditional retelling of the story.
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Grade 2+3 sessions
Story
Main focus
Critical question
teacher’s guide for:The True Story of the 3 Little Pigsby A. Wolf as told to Jon Scieszka
Is the Wolf in The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs telling the truth?
The Three Little Pigs (traditional version), available at http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~odenbach/pigs/pig2.html
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by A. Wolf as told to Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith, Puffin Books (1996).
After examining the wolf’s character in the traditional story of The Three Little Pigs, readers investigate a non-traditional retelling of this story and determine, based on evidence, whether or not the wolf’s version of the story is believable.
Literacy competencies
• accessing background knowledge• inferring• finding important ideas• synthesizing ideas
Ethical considerations
• seeing the other side (point of view)• open-mindedness and willingness to change one’s mind
Levels of involvement
Consider students’ interest and their level of maturity to determine whether or not all three levels of after-reading activities are appropri-ate.
• Exposure: Describe the wolf’s character; compare the two stories; reach a conclusion about the wolf’s version.
• Investigation: Explore situations from different points of view.• Application: Connect point of view to a real-life situation.
Summary
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Activities: The Three Little Pigs (traditional story)
Session One
Before reading
➤ Cut out the picture cards of the wolf, pig, bricks, straw, and sticks found on Black-line Master #1.
➤ Tell students: “We are going to read a story you already know and I want you to guess what the story might be from the picture clues.”
➤ Show the wolf card and invite students to guess what the story might be (Little Red Riding Hood, Peter and the Wolf).
➤ Show each card until students guess The Three Little Pigs.
➤ If students guess before all the cards are shown, ask what might be shown on the remaining cards.
➤ If students do not guess correctly, ask who the story will be about based on the pictures.
During reading
➤ Read or tell the traditional story of The Three Little Pigs.
➤ Encourage students to participate in the storytelling by joining in with the repeated phrases and actions (“little pig, little pig, let me come in”).
➤ If students are very familiar with the story, invite a group of students to tell the story.
Accessing backgroundknowledge
Introduce the storyusing pictures
Read the traditional story of The Three
Little Pigs
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After reading: exposure level
➤ Show the wolf picture card again and ask:
• “What do you think about the wolf?”
• “How would you describe the wolf?”
• “Do you think the wolf is hard-working? honest? kind?”
➤ For each characteristic suggested, ask “How do you know?”
➤ Introduce the term “evidence” and explain that it is information that helps us decide what to believe. If necessary, give examples, such as that evidence of kindness is shown when someone helps others or says nice things about them.
➤ As a class, locate evidence from the story that supports each character-istic suggested. Record the characteristics of the wolf that are supported by the story.
Activities: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Begin New Session
Before reading
➤ Show the cover of the book and explain that this book is another version of the story of the three little pigs.
During reading
➤ After page 1, ask:
• “Who do you think is telling the story?”
➤ After page 4, ask:
• “What do you think the ‘real story’ might be?”
➤ After the wolf eats the first pig, ask:
• “What do you think of the wolf now?”
• “What do you think the wolf will do now?”
➤ After the wolf eats the second pig, ask:
• “What do you think will happen now?”
After reading: exposure level
➤ Ask students what is the same and what is different about the two sto-ries. Invite students to determine similarities and differences in an A/B partner discussion. Ask partners to share their ideas with the entire class. Record student ideas on the board, using a Venn diagram.
Introducethe story
Read the storyin chunks
Compare thetwo stories
Describe thewolf’s character
Inferring
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➤ Ask: “Why are the stories so different?”
➤ Introduce the term “point of view” and explain that it can mean looking at the other side of a story.
➤ Point out that if we believed the wolf’s version of the story, we might change our first impression of the wolf.
➤ Pose the question: “Is the wolf in The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs telling the truth?”
➤ Remind students that we need to find evidence to make this decision just as we found evidence about the wolf’s character in the first story. Tell students they are going to work like detectives and find evidence in the story to help them decide if the wolf is telling the truth.
➤ If it is more appropriate to record evidence as an entire class, create a chart similar to the one below. If students are able to work more inde-pendently, give student partners a copy of Blackline Master #2.
The wolf said I believe him I don’t believe or did . . . because . . . him because . . .
(evidence that (evidence that supports the wolf’s questions the wolf’s version) version)
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Finding evidence
The wolf said or I believe him
I don’t believe him
did . . .
because . . . because . . .
(evidence that supports (evidence that questions
the wolf’s version) the wolf’s version)
I think the wolf _______________ telling the truth because ____________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Reach a conclusionabout the wolf’s
version
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➤ Re-read the story beginning on page 6 (“Way back in Once Upon a Time …”). Invite students, either in partners using the blackline master or as a class, to find evidence that suggests whether or not the wolf is telling the truth. Encourage students to begin by recording what the wolf said or did and model this process for the first few pages of the story.
➤ As a whole class or with partners, allow students time to deliberate about whether the wolf’s actions provide evidence for or against his story. Ask students individually to make a decision about the credibility of the wolf’s story.
➤ Refer back to the list of characteristics of the wolf identified in the in-troductory activity. Ask students: “Do you still feel the same way about the wolf or did you change your mind about him?”
Begin New Session
After reading: investigation level
➤ Review the concept of point of view and the influence of point of view in students’ perception of the wolf in The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs.
➤ Say: “Sometimes seeing another side of a story causes us to change our mind.”
➤ Show students the two picture scenarios on Blackline Masters #3 and #4, about the baker and the hungry man.
Findingimportant ideas
Explore situations from different points of view
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Blackline Master #4
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Blackline Master #3
Synthesizingideas
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➤ As a class or in A/B partners, discuss what is the same and what is dif-ferent about each set of pictures.
➤ Point out that this is the same story told from two different points of view.
➤ Discuss what each character might be thinking/feeling in each picture, and together tell the story from both points of view.
• Invite students to assume one role (baker) and you might assume the other role (hungry man).
• Encourage students to tell the story in the first person (“I”) adding details and expressions to describe the feelings in each picture.
• You might model this first by beginning to tell the story from one of the roles.
➤ Discuss how the outcome of the story (the final frame) would be differ-ent if the baker and the hungry man both understood each other’s point of view.
➤ Ask: “How might this situation be resolved fairly and without anger if the baker and the hungry man both understood each other’s point of view?” Invite students to discuss this in A/B partners, as a class, and/or to draw or write their responses.
After reading: application level
➤ Ask: “Can you think of a situation when you got angry, judged someone, or reacted strongly without understanding the other person’s point of view?” Provide examples such as when someone took a toy or extra cookies or when someone hurt your feelings. Discuss familiar examples that have occurred in the classroom or on the playground.
➤ As a class, consider what the other person’s point of view might have been and how understanding that perspective might have changed the situation. For example, they didn’t think you would mind if they used your toy.
➤ Discuss how a person can see or find out someone else’s point of view (by putting yourself in their shoes, asking questions).
➤ Using a familiar example that is relevant to students, identify the points of view involved and role play a conversation or thinking process that would help reveal both points of view.
Connect point of view to a real-life
situation
Synthesizingideas
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Assessment
➤ Use the rubric Assessing perspective and open-mindedness (Blackline Master #5) to assess students’ understanding of acts of kindness.
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Name: ___________________________________________________ Blackline Master #2
Finding evidence
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I think the wolf _______________ telling the truth because ____________________________________________
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Name: ____________________________________________________ Blackline Master #3
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Name: ___________________________________________________ Blackline Master #4
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Acknowledgements
Cover Design: Merry MeredithCover Artwork: David Pastro, age 8Storyboard Artwork: Aaron PetovelloInterior Design: M. Kathie WraightProduction: M. Kathie WraightCopy editor: Catherine EdwardsReviewer: Alice Currie
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