NAME OF BOOK: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE by Maurice Sendak
| STANDARD 1
(READING COMPREHENSION) Write the events in the story on strips of paper. Have students put them in sequential order. |
| STANDARD 2
(WRITING PROCESS) GROUP--Discuss things that different students have imagined. Write them on a chart. INDIVIDUAL --Have students write stories about hings they have imagined. |
| STANDARD 3
(WRITING/GRAMMAR) Have students discover other words for the following words: wild terrible rumpus |
| STANDARD 4
(SPEAKING/LISTENING) Choose one child to play the part of Max. Have the rest of the students play the part of the wild things. Have them act out this part of the story. |
| STANDARD 5
(INFORMATION SOURCES) Bring in informational books about animals. Have students decide which of the animals could be classified as "wild things". |
| STANDARD 6
(LITERATURE) QUESTIONS: Is this book real or fantasy? Why? |
| STANDARD 7
(REASONING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING) Read the page in the story where Max tells his mother that he will eat her up. Then have students discuss what max should have said. Then discuss how the story might have changed if this line was different. |