Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

We will travel across the sea with Max to where the wild things are. Learn about characters, plot, sequencing and complete many fun art activities.

 

Don't just have your students read and forget Where the Wild Things Are. Use this Study.com lesson plan to examine plot and characters. Go back to the text to examine theme, sequence events, and analyze illustrations.

Learning Objectives

After this lesson, students will be able to:

• ask and answer questions about the text
• order and sequence events in a story
• analyze and explain how illustrations impact a story
• use various materials to create Wild Things Creatures
• examine the plot and characters
• examine the theme of the story
• build vocabulary skills

 

Materials

• Chart paper
• Art supplies, such as paper, pencils, crayons, etc.
• The book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

How we will do it?

• We will listen to the story Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• We will sequence the main story ideas and write simple summaries and illustrate them
• Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
• Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
• Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)
• We will create wild things creature by following directions by the teacher with the use of color pencils and water colors
• Watch the film as a culmination of the project

What will be assessed?

• • The student will be able to orally retell the story through the use of sequencing.
  • The student will be able to describe the characters.
  • The student will be able  to create/draw by following visual and oral directions a Wild Thing.

Läroplansmål

Syfte

• formulera sig och kommunicera i tal och skrift,
• läsa och analysera skönlitteratur och andra texter för olika syften,

Centralt innehåll

• Framställning av berättande bilder, till exempel sagobilder.
• Teckning, måleri, modellering och konstruktion.
• Olika element som bygger upp en bild: färg, form, linje, yta samt för- och bakgrund.
• Att lyssna och återberätta i olika samtalssituationer.
• Berättande texter och poetiska texter för barn från olika tider och skilda delar av världen. Texter i form av rim, ramsor, sånger, bilderböcker, kapitelböcker, lyrik, dramatik, sagor och myter. Berättande och poetiska texter som belyser människors upplevelser och erfarenheter.
• Några skönlitterära barnboksförfattare och illustratörer.