Good Night Gorilla
Written by Peggy Rathmann
Illustrated by Claudine Gevry
1. Type of Book: Picture Story Book
2. Format: Paperback with staples, half letter size.
3. Multicultural: N/A
4. Awards: N/A
5. Age Appropriate: 2 years old to five – (This book is very simple with only a few words per page. However, the teacher may creatively adapt the stories level based on the groups age.)
6. Brief Synopsis:
The night zookeeper of a city zoo says goodnight to all the animals, the first one is the gorilla who, without the keeper noticing, takes away his keys and so every time he says good night to each animal the gorilla opens its door. All the animals go to the keeper’s house to sleep when he’s not looking, but the keeper’s wife sees them and returns them to the zoo. The gorilla and the mouse, which still have the key, go back to the keeper’s house to sleep happily with him and his wife.
7. Interaction:
This book is interactive because it is predictable and the teacher can ask children what they think is going to occur next, such as the name of the animals.
8. Quality:
a) Bright Colors- Green and purple
b) Word Play- Word repetition
c) Values- Example of human kindness
d) Humor and Fantasy
e) Predictability
9. Debrief:
a) Why was the zookeeper saying good night to all the animals?
b) Why did the gorilla take the zookeeper’s key?
c) How many animals were sleeping in the zookeeper’s bedroom?
d) For who is the banana that the mouse has?
e) Why did the animals want to sleep in the house of the guardian?
f) Why did the lady wake up?
g) Why did the zookeeper’s wife return the animals to the zoo?
10. Activities:
a) The children can practice with the teacher all the greetings of the day like “good morning”, “good afternoon”, good evening”, and “good night”.
b) It is easy to create a dramatic play, were the children can represent the story of the book.
c) The teacher can organize a visit to the zoo during the day and the children can greet the animals.
e) The students can choose an animal and talk about it and why they like it.
f) The children can talk about the meaning of night and about their feelings when its dark.
g) The children can use puppets to reproduce the story.
Written by Peggy Rathmann
Illustrated by Claudine Gevry
1. Type of Book: Picture Story Book
2. Format: Paperback with staples, half letter size.
3. Multicultural: N/A
4. Awards: N/A
5. Age Appropriate: 2 years old to five – (This book is very simple with only a few words per page. However, the teacher may creatively adapt the stories level based on the groups age.)
6. Brief Synopsis:
The night zookeeper of a city zoo says goodnight to all the animals, the first one is the gorilla who, without the keeper noticing, takes away his keys and so every time he says good night to each animal the gorilla opens its door. All the animals go to the keeper’s house to sleep when he’s not looking, but the keeper’s wife sees them and returns them to the zoo. The gorilla and the mouse, which still have the key, go back to the keeper’s house to sleep happily with him and his wife.
7. Interaction:
This book is interactive because it is predictable and the teacher can ask children what they think is going to occur next, such as the name of the animals.
8. Quality:
a) Bright Colors- Green and purple
b) Word Play- Word repetition
c) Values- Example of human kindness
d) Humor and Fantasy
e) Predictability
9. Debrief:
a) Why was the zookeeper saying good night to all the animals?
b) Why did the gorilla take the zookeeper’s key?
c) How many animals were sleeping in the zookeeper’s bedroom?
d) For who is the banana that the mouse has?
e) Why did the animals want to sleep in the house of the guardian?
f) Why did the lady wake up?
g) Why did the zookeeper’s wife return the animals to the zoo?
10. Activities:
a) The children can practice with the teacher all the greetings of the day like “good morning”, “good afternoon”, good evening”, and “good night”.
b) It is easy to create a dramatic play, were the children can represent the story of the book.
c) The teacher can organize a visit to the zoo during the day and the children can greet the animals.
e) The students can choose an animal and talk about it and why they like it.
f) The children can talk about the meaning of night and about their feelings when its dark.
g) The children can use puppets to reproduce the story.
-Ana C.
No comments:
Post a Comment