Yesterday, this paper turned up in one of my old blog
binders. I had used the back of it to do
some planning.
BLACK BEAUTY was in the classroom library when I was in
grade two, and I loved it. One of the
things it taught was not to be cruel to animals.
The questions I developed can be used in a variety of
ways. A teacher could read the book to a class. Alternatively, of course, a child could read
the book alone. For parents, however, I
would recommend, reading with the child.
Take turns reading aloud. Then do
these questions:
1.
The
main idea in Chapter 2 was:
(a) A hare
was killed.
(b) A hunt in which people riding horses that
followed dogs was described.
(c) Black
Beauty’s mother was upset because a horse was killed.
2.
There are still hunts in England where people
ride horses and follow hounds chasing a fox.
These people enjoy hunting as a sport.
Other people say it is cruel.
What do you think? Why?
3.
Put numbers in front of the following
sentences to show in what order events happened.
---- People were riding in all
directions: to the doctor’s, to the farrier’s, and to Squire Gordon’s.
____ The colts heard hounds.
____
A terrified hare went by the colts.
____
A black coach went by.
____
The colts saw the hounds.
____
A huntsman held up the dead hare.
____ The horsemen went by.
____
A gun went bang.
____
The dead man was taken to the house.
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I
was a school librarian for ten years
collaborating
with teachers (Betty Balon on the left).
Then,
I asked for a classroom and was a teacher for over twenty years.
Reading was always my passion and I developed novel study
after novel study so that my students could have an individualized program –
each kid reading a good book at his/her own level.
The questions were designed to check comprehension and to
develop different skills such as identifying main ideas and making judgements.
I sent some of them to Rainbow Publishing in North
Battleford and received a lump sum; no royalties. These are still available if you’re
interested. Just google:
P.S. The BLACK BEAUTY questions were among the many novel
studies I never got around to sending to the publisher.
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