Title: Where the Wild Things Are
Author: Maurice Sendak
Publisher: HarperCollins Books for Children
Genre: Children, fantasy
Age level: Grades 1-3
Themes: Fantasy, adventure, exploring the unknown
Synopsis: After getting in trouble with his mother for pretending to be a wolf, Max is sent to his room. He discovers a forest in his room as well as oceans and the rest of the world. He sails to where the wild things are. When Max becomes lonely, he sails back home.
Synopsis: After getting in trouble with his mother for pretending to be a wolf, Max is sent to his room. He discovers a forest in his room as well as oceans and the rest of the world. He sails to where the wild things are. When Max becomes lonely, he sails back home.
About the author: Sometimes dark, sometimes gleefully silly, but always inventive, intelligent, and colorful, Maurice Sendak's imaginatively illustrated children's books never forget their audience. Although his classic Where the Wild Things Are was criticized upon its initial publication for being too frightening, children responded with enthusiasm to both its wonderfully zany artwork as well as to its honesty. Forty years later, they still do.
Pre-reading activities: As a class, discuss what we think wild things are. Everyone will take a turn giving wild things a different adjective.
Post-reading activities: In order to practice writing, students will create their own ending to Where the Wild Things Are. They will pretend as if they are Max and design their own solution to the story in one paragraph.
Reflection: I read Where the Wild Things Are as a read-aloud to my second graders during my student teaching experience. Even though I had read it as a child, I had forgotten a great deal of what happened and it was great to revisit this classic.
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I've never had a chance to read this book but I've heard it's such a good book from so many people. It definitely seems that it's a book about a young boys crazy and wild imagination. It would be fun to have children create their own stories, because that way you'd be able to hear what kind of imaginations the children in your class have.
ReplyDeleteI like how you have creating your own ending to the story. This would be extremely fun because all kids are different and I'm sure they would all have a very different and interesting ending to this story.
I think the students could also draw their own pictures to go along with their creative endings. It would allow the students to be even more creative because they can imagine the scenes and draw them out.
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