Garde 1 - Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide

158 Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 9A | The Tale of Peter Rabbit

5. 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.
   
   
   
   


6. 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.
   
   
   
   


7. 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.]
   
   
   
   

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.]