CHALLENGING WORDS

community
barbeque
irresistible
ancient
mysterious
terrifying
monstrous
colossal
naturally
scientific

SUMMARY

The small town of Mousopolis had a cook-off and summoned the creature from the volcano. Dogzilla terrorizes the town because of the smell. The down pulls together to devise a plan to stop Dogzilla.

--- Conversation Questions---

(1) / Retell how the mice stopped Dogzilla.
(Answer) / With sudsy water, shampoo and conditioner.
(Follow Up) / Name another way he could have been stopped.
(2) / Imagine you were Dogzilla. How would you have stopped them from giving you a bath?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Tell me if you like taking baths.
(3) / Assume that you were Dogzilla; name a place you would have gone.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Tell me about a time you have been to a big city.
(4) / Relate this to a time you’ve prevented yourself from being hurt.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Describe how you might have been hurt.
(5) / Define what “colossal” means.
(Answer) / Very big, huge or enormous.
(Follow Up) / Tell me something you have seen that is colossal.
(6) / Explain what the mice were doing on the first two pages of the book.
(Answer) / They were having a barbeque cook-off.
(Follow Up) / Share with me at tie you have had a barbeque.
(7) / Name what Dogzilla popped out of.
(Answer) / A volcano.
(Follow Up) / Tell me if you have ever seen a volcano on T.V.
(8) / Tell me why the mouse soldiers could not stop Dogzilla.
(Answer) / Because of his “dog breath.”
(Follow Up) / Describe what you do to keep your breath fresh.
(9) / Look on page 18; what did the mice decide to do to stop Dogzilla.
(Answer) / Give him a bath.
(Follow Up) / Tell me your favorite part of taking a bath.
(10) / Name the one thing the mice had not counted on.
(Answer) / Puppies.
(Follow Up) / Describe how you think they will stop the puppies.
Activities
1. / Make a list of what you would use to destroy the Dogzilla.
2. / Draw the puppies and give each of them a name and special talent.
3. / Write a story about what happens when the puppies come back.
Introductions
1. / Show the child a stuffed dog. Ask them how big a dog could get. Discuss dogs of different sizes. Say, “Let’s see how big the dog in our story is.”
2. / Bring in a stuffed dog. Discuss what might happen to the dog in a big city. Then discuss what might happen if the dog was giant sized. Say, “Today, let’s read about how big city reacts to Dogzila.
3. s / Show the child the book cover. Ask the child to predict what the story is going to be about.

Book Title: Dogzilla

Author: Dav Pilkey / Illustrator: Dav Pilkey
ISBN: 0-590-44639 / # of Text Pages: 29 AR: 4.2 LEX: AD720
Building Oral Vocabulary
2 / annual / 11 / colossal / 19 / assembled
Prediction Questions
4 / Guess what is in the volcano.
12 / Tell me what the dog might do.
26 / Imagine what might happen now.

This resource is made available by THE LEARNING CORPS-Barren County School system, an AmeriCorps program, funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community and Volunteer Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.