Lesson Plans for SOUP AND SANDWISH level I

After Reading

Comprehending the Text
This book is fun, and most children will enjoy retelling it. A good way to see how much they understood would be to have them summarize what the story was about. It will also give you a good idea as to whether children believe something like this could happen.

Ask: What was the book about? What problem did the boy in the story have? How did he solve his problem? Was there more than one problem in the story? Was the boy able to solve both? How? Can something like this really happen? Is it ok for people to wish/dream? What would you have done differently than the boy in the story? Do you think the author was trying to teach us something? If so, what was it?

Visual Learning
Much can be gained from pictures and illustrations in books, ask the following questions to see what children learned from the illustrations in this story.
Ask: What do the pictures of the boy tell you about his mood? How does the author’s description of the character match the illustrator’s depiction? How would you have drawn the character or the pictures?


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