170 Stories: Supplemental Guide 10A | Tu g- of-Wa r
Picture Walk- Tell students that you will take a picture walk through this story together.
- Ask students what they would call a person who draws the pictures of
a story. - Tell students that this story is a trickster tale from Africa. Its author is
unknown.
Show image 10A-1: Turtle bragging - Have students identify the animals in this image.
- Tell students that the main character of this story is the turtle.
Show image 10A-2: Turtle talking to Elephant - Have students identify who the turtle is talking to.
- Ask whether a turtle and an elephant can be friends.
Show image 10A-3: Turtle giving Elephant one end of a vine - Ask students to guess what the turtle is doing.
- Point to the vine and have students say vine with you. Explain that a
vine is a long and thin plant that grows up and over things.
Show image 10A-4: Turtle talking to Hippopotamus - Have students identify a new character—the hippopotamus. Have
students say hippopotamus with you three times. - Ask whether a turtle and a hippopotamus can be friends.
Show image 10A-5: Elephant and Hippopotamus tugging - Identify the setting as next to a river in the jungle.
- Ask students what the animals are doing.
Show image 10A-6: Elephant and Hippopotamus tumbling down - Have students guess what is happening in this picture.
Show image 10A-7: Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Turtle together- Have students guess what happens at the end of this story.
- Give each student Response Card 9 (Tug-of-War) from Instructional
Master 10A-1. Have students point out the characters of the story.
Have students point to the river and the vine. Tell students to use this
Response Card to refer to “Tug-of-War.”