Story Hour : Walter The Farting Dog
Theme of Story Hour: Compassion
Kotzwinkle, William. Walter The Farting Dog. Penguin Books, 2001.
Age Level for Story Hour: 1st-2nd Grade
Setting the scene: Was there ever a time you felt embarrassed by something you couldn’t control? Have you ever looked down at someone or felt irritated by someone for something they couldn't control? Meet Walter. He is a Dog who can't stop farting. Billy and Betty love ho,, but their Dad says he has to go because he farts too much. One night their house gets broken into by burglars. Will Walter be the hero and save the day? Or will his continue with his farty ways?
Props: Walter The Farting Dog Puppet, home setting props, Characters as dolls:Betty, Billy, Dad, Burglars
Connected Books for Display in MLA Format:
Stead, Phillip. A Sick Day for Amos McGee.Roaring Book Press, 2010.
Williams, Vera. A Chair For My Mother. Green Willow Books, 1982.
Graham, Bob. How To Heal a Broken Wing.Candlewick Press, 2008.
Activity: Teaching Compassion using details from text and self connections.
Start out after reading this book with a class discussion about habits that children have that their parents or siblings are trying to change. What do people say to them and what do they wish people would say to them? How would you like to be told about your annoying habits? How would it make you feel?
Discuss COMPASSION and what it means. Give examples. Ask for details from the story.
Discussion: “Think of a time when you have been bothered by someone else's annoying habit and how would you respond to it with compassion.”
Students will write a short personal narrative on a real world example of a time where they showed compassion to someone else, or a time in their life when they witnessed someone showing compassion to another person. (depending on grade it will either be a paragraph or a sentence) Students will share their short narrative and respond to their peers with this Peer Feedback exit ticket.
Outcome: Students will use knowledge of compassion that was read throughout the story to create a sentence where they have been compassionate to someone else.
Lesson Objectives:
- Students will write a real world example about a time in their life when they have showed compassion to others. (Cognitive, Psychomotor)
- Students will share and respond their writing with peers and be able to provide feedback/comments to their writing. (Affective, Psychomotor)
Standards:
Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
AASL Standards:
3.3.5 Contribute to the exchange of ideas within and beyond the learning community.
3.1.3 Use writing and speaking skills to communicate new understandings effectively.
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