158 Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 9A | The Tale of Peter Rabbit
- Evaluative Why do you think Peter is not feeling well at the end of this
story?- Peter is not feeling well because he ate too much from Mr. McGregor’s
garden; he was running around too much; he was too frightened; he was
too tired; etc.
- Peter is not feeling well because he ate too much from Mr. McGregor’s
- Inferential Do you think his mother knows what happened to Peter’s
clothes?- Answers may vary, but should hint at “yes” since this is the second time
he has lost his clothes.
- Answers may vary, but should hint at “yes” since this is the second time
- Evaluative Does this story use personification? [Personification is
when animals act like people.]- Yes, this story uses personification.
Which characters act like people? - The rabbits and sparrows act like people.
[You may wish to continue filling out the personification chart.]
- Yes, this story uses personification.
Animal Things that
Animals Really Do
Things that Animals Really
Can’t Do (Personification)
oxen Pull the plow
Eat hay
Talk in a polite manner, saying
“excuse me” and “please”
wolf Prowls
Wants to eat sheep
Dresses in disguise to trick
others
fox Eats grapes
Lunges and jumps
Ta lks
chickens Live in broods Talk
rabbits Live in a rabbithole
Eat plants from the
garden
Ta lk
Wear clothes and walk on two
feet
sparrows Fly Implore Peter to exert himself
(talk)
[Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for students, as
necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the process.]