A Greedy Boy Part 2

Talking about the Greedy Boy
(While-reading Activity)
Materials: / Part 2 –PowerPoint slides
a list of questions for guiding reading
Procedure:
  1. Teacher shows the PowerPoint slides of the story.
  2. Teacher pauses as appropriate to help students construct meaning and predict the story development in their reading with questions such as those suggested (see Appendix 1).
  3. Learners compare and contrast their answers while expressing their opinions.

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A Greedy Boy Appendix 1

Suggested questions

Possible responses / Suggested Teacher’s feedback
/ (a.)Look at the book cover.
Where are the two boys? / in the wood / the pictorial clue – many trees
What is the boy in the yellow shirt holding? / apples / the pictorial clue
Who is the greedy boy? / the boy in the yellow shirt / the pictorial clue – he is holding two apples
/ (b.)The dog barks at the boys.
What do they do? / run away / encourage students to use prior knowledge to predict
How do they feel? / afraid / encourage students to use prior knowledge to predict
/ (c.)The boys are at the river.They are hungry.
What do they do? / look for fish / the contextual clue
/ (d.)There are no fish. What do they do next? / look for food in other places / encourage students to use prior knowledge to predict
/ (e.)They come to a tree. Do they find any food there? / yes / the pictorial clue
What food do they find? / apples / the pictorial clue
the contextual clue
/ (f.)Robert is hungry. He is greedy too. What does he want? / eats both apples / the pictorial clue
the contextual clue
/ (g.)Mark is hungry and sad. What does he do? / look for food / encourage students to use prior knowledge to predict
/ (h.)Robert eats his apples. What happens? / there are worms inside his apples / the pictorial clue
the contextual clue
(i.)How does he feel? / hungry / encourage students to use prior knowledge to predict

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