CHALLENGING WORDS

aroma
balcony
copper
currents
dazzling
fabled
greedy
quite
stormy
wafting

SUMMARY

Every morning and evening Sanji whiffed and sniffed the lovely smells that rose from the bakery-dark crusty bread, warm, sweet rolls, and crunchy biscuit. He whiffed and sniffed them all.

--- Conversation Questions---

(1) / Retell the story in your own words.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Share your favorite part of the story.
(2) / Estimate how long it took Sanji to travel.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Do you like to travel?
(3) / Guess what Sanji saw when he looked at Fratsia.
(Answer) / The fabled city.
(Follow Up) / Recall a time you have seen a big city.
(4) / Imagine you had to live in such a small place.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / How big is your house?
(5) / Define the word “cozy”
(Answer) / Warm and comfortable snug.
(Follow Up) / Make a sentence using the word cozy.
(6) / Find where Sanji stands to smell the bakery.
(Answer) / On the balcony.
(Follow Up) / Have you ever stood on a balcony?
(7) / List a least two things the baker said to Sanji.
(Answer) / Stop sniffing my smells or pay me.
(Follow Up) / Do you think he should pay for smelling?
(8) / Hunt for what Sanji bought at the bakery.
(Answer) / The tiniest cinnamon bun in the shop.
(Follow Up) / What would you buy?
(9) / Look on page 12 what did the baker shake at Sanji.
(Answer) / His fist.
(Follow Up) / Has anyone ever shaken his or her fist at you?
(10) / Tell me what the judge told Sanji to bring back tomorrow.
(Answer) / 5 silver coins
(Follow Up) / How much would five silver coins be?
Activities
1. / Write a recipe for a cake.
2. / Draw a picture of Sanji and his camel.
3. / List all the items the baker makes.
4. / Write a thank you to the judge.
Introductions
1. / Have some baking things lying on the table, like a bowl, rolling pin, and measuring cups.
2. / Have some different baking items, like a cake, rolls, cupcakes, and pies. Ask the children if they have ever bought any of these things at the bakery?
3. / A bowl with silver coins.

Book Title: Sanji and the Baker

Author: Robin Tzannes / Illustrator: Korky Paul
ISBN: 0-590-48272-6 / # of Text Pages: 24 AR: N/A LEX: N/A
Building Oral Vocabulary
9 / inhale / 13 / honor / 19 / tinkled
Prediction Questions
3 / Where will he live?
5 / What does he smell?
14 / Will he have 5 silver coins?

This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.