After Reading
Comprehending the Text
Draw the group together again and ask children to discuss the plot.
Ask: Who can summarize the plot? What happened first? How did that affect what happened next? What happened after Tom dug up the eggs? What did he and Turtle Lady do that night? What happened the next night? How does the story end?
Discuss the particular things that Tom did that determined the development of the plot.
Say and ask: Let’s now talk about what Tom did. Let’s start by discussing his actions at school when he was teased. Would he have met Turtle Lady if he hadn’t been suspended? Now think about Tom digging up the eggs. Would the plot have developed in the same way if he hadn’t dug up the eggs? Tom instantly liked Turtle Lady. What eventually happened because he liked her? What would have happened if he hadn’t liked her? How would the story have been different?
Discuss the images created by the sentences, There scuttling across the sand against the fluorescent foam from the surf were hundreds of crabs (page 21) and Starting like a trickle, then like a bigger wave, the little turtles began digging from the sandy nests and scurrying down to the surf (page 23).
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