Caroline Slowinski

Education 341

Comprehension Presentation

1. Read Peter Rabbit. To prompt their comprehension throughout the read aloud, I will ask

them questions about the stages of the book when I read about important events.

2. I prepared a set of pictures from the book for the children to place in chronological order.

This is developed based on a story order from background, rising action, climax, falling

action, to resolution. For the more advanced students and for hints about the sequence of

events, I include some captions for each of the pictures.

                                           

                                                                 

                 

3. An alternative for the names of the chronological sequence of events is:

a. Somebody – Who is the main character?

b. Wanted – What did the character want?

c. But – What was the problem?

d. So – How did the character try to solve the problem?

e. Then – What was the resolution to the story?

4. My final activity is a creative one. The children will split into groups by table if they are

not there already and will work together. They will write a collaborative story through

drawings and words if they want to include them too. Students decide on the background

and characters that will be included in the story. The first student in the group will draw

the first picture to represent what happens at the beginning of the story, and the rest of the

students will follow the order and story line however they would like. They will each

communicate their drawing at the end of their turn and help their classmates understand

the meaning behind the drawing.