Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale Read Aloud Book Companion

This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa by Gerald McDermott. It includes 27 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, making this resource ideal for customizing learning to your student's specific needs and academic abilities.

Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, practice plotting story events, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more!

Students will thoroughly enjoy the captivating activities, and you'll value the time saved from scouring for advanced resources to address challenging reading concepts. The offered activities are crafted to foster higher-order thinking, prompt students to present textual proof for their reasoning, and inspire them to share their personal insights and viewpoints.

⭐️This Resource Includes:⭐️

• ◾ Elements of a Trickster Tale Anchor Chart or Notes Handout: Color and B&W

  • ◾ Making Predictions: Before reading the book, students will make predictions about the text.

  • ◾ Elements of a Trickster Tale: Students fill in the chart with the details of the story that characterize it as a trickster tale.

  • ◾ Trickster Tale Tidbits: Students will answer the questions with details from the story that proves it's a trickster tale.

  • ◾ Story Elements: Students fill in the boxes with words & pictures to represent the story elements.

  • ◾ Sequencing: Students will retell & illustrate the important parts of the story.

  • ◾ Retell the Story: Students retell the beginning, middle, and end of story with text and illustrations.

    • ◾ Recalling events in Chronological Order: Students describe and illustrate four major events in the story in chronological order.

    • ◾ Summary: Students complete the Somebody, Wanted, Because, But, So graphic organizer and write a summary of the story.

    • ◾ Story Event Sort: Students will describe a scene or event from the story that fits into each of the categories & explain how the event made them feel & how it relates to the category.

    • ◾ Making Inferences: Students use clues & schema to make inferences while reading the story.

    • ◾ Making Connections: Students make connections to an event from the story.

    • ◾ Author's Message: Students describe four important events from the story in chronological order and answer the questions about the author's message.

    • ◾ Character Inside & Out: Students include details from the story to describe what the character says, thinks, does, and feels.

    • ◾ Character Feelings: Students describe how the character's feelings change throughout the story & give examples of the events that cause them to feel the way they do.

    • ◾ Character Development: Students select the character traits that best describe the character at different times throughout the story and provide examples from the book to support each character trait.

    • ◾ Character Change: Students will explain how the character changed from the beginning to the end of the story and describe the events that caused the change to happen.

    • ◾ Sketch a Scene From the Story: Students draw a scene from the story & explain why it's important to the plot.

    • ◾ Setting Influences the Plot: Students will draw a scene from the story that takes place in one of the settings and write about what happened there and why it was important to the plot.

    • ◾ Setting the Scene: Students identify three different settings in the story and explain how they know that the setting changed.

    • ◾ Theme: Students answer the questions to determine which theme best fits the story and provide text evidence to support their choice.

    • ◾ Thinking About the Text: Students will answer the questions about the story & include examples from the text to support their answers.

    • ◾ 3-2-1: Students will list three tricks that Zomo played on the other animals, 2 lessons that can be learned from the story, and one word that describes Zomo the Rabbit.

    • ◾ The Way to Wisdom: Students identify the three things the Sky God asked Zomo in return for granting him wisdom.

    • ◾ Wanted Poster: Students create a wanted poster for Zomo the Rabbit.

    • ◾ Sorry, Not Sorry: Students state their opinion on whether Zomo is selfish or just determined. Then, based on their opinion, students will write an apology note or a note to defend Zomo's actions.

  • ◾ Wait... There's More!: Students will write about what happens next in the story.

  • ◾ Book Review: Students color in the stars to rate how much they enjoyed the book and draw a new cover & their favorite character from the story. Then, they will explain why other kids should or should not read it.

💡Need ideas for different ways you can implement these activities?

• ◾ Focus on different reading skills each day for targeted instruction, and have students complete a corresponding printable to check for understanding.

• ◾ During centers, students can independently read the story again and complete an activity that reviews a previously taught concept.

• ◾ Work with students on a reading concept they struggle with during guided reading or strategy groups.

• ◾ Students work with a partner or in literature circles to complete additional reading activities.

This resource is for extension read-aloud activities only. The book is not included.

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