Kindergarden - Kings and Queens

Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 2A | King Midas and the Golden Touch 61

Discussing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes

Comprehension Questions

If students have difficulty responding to questions, reread pertinent lines

of the read-aloud and/or refer to specific images. If students give one-

word answers and/or fail to use read-aloud or domain vocabulary in their

responses, acknowledge correct responses by expanding the students’

responses using richer and more complex language. Encourage students

to answer in complete sentences. Model answers using complete

sentences for students.

1. Literal Who are the three characters in the story? [Have students
   point to each character on Response Card 1 as they name them.]
   
   
   • The three characters in the story are King Midas, Marygold, and the
     stranger.
     Who is the main character in the story?
   
   
   • The main character in the story is King Midas.
   
   
   
   


2. Literal What did King Midas want more and more of?
   
   
   • King Midas wanted more and more of gold.
   
   
   
   


3. Literal What is the Golden Touch?
   
   
   • The Golden Touch is the power to make everything you touch turn to
     gold.
   
   
   
   


4. Inferential Why did King Midas wish to have the Golden Touch?
   
   
   • He wished to have the Golden Touch because he loved gold so much
     and was not happy with the gold he had.
   
   
   
   


5. Literal What happened to Marygold when King Midas kissed her
   head?
   
   
   • Marygold turned into a gold statue.
   
   
   
   


6. Literal How did Marygold change back to become herself again?
   
   
   • King Midas filled a pitcher with water and sprinkled handfuls of water
     over her.
   
   
   
   


7. Inferential Did King Midas change his mind about having the Golden
   Tou c h? W hy?
   
   
   • Yes, King Midas changed his mind about the Golden Touch because he
     turned his daughter into a gold statue and he felt very bad about that.