LESSON 10 What Really Happened Humpty Dumpty to Humpty

Teach comprehension: setting - at the Wall - at the Wall - near Pigs’ Compare and contrast texts - at Old Mother Hubbard’s house Use What Really Happened to Humpty? and - at Chicken Little’s house the board. - at the Three Bear’s house

Briefly review What Really Happened to main Humpty: Humpty: Humpty? and the original Humpty Dumpty. characters - fell off the wall - fell off the wall Remind children that What Really Happened Joe: to Humpty? is a re-imagined fairy tale based - believes Humpty was All the kings horses on the nursery rhyme, Humpty Dumpty. Have pushed and all the king’s men: - couldn’t put Humpty children briefly summarize what each story is Big Bad Wolf back together again. about in one or two sentences. - blows Humpty off of the wall while blowing the Chart the similarities and differences on Pigs’ house down the board. Explain to children that they Little Miss Muffet: will compare and contrast the . - helps Wolf commit Focus on the setting, characters, and plot the crime by stealing events, including problem and solution. Ask binoculars for muffins children questions to elicit the similarities and Chief Goose: differences. For example, ask, “Where does - police chief What Really Happened to Humpty? take place? (Mother Gooseland) What about the original plot - Joe believes Humpty was Humpty falls off Wall Humpty Dumpty?” (at a wall) Ask children pushed. and couldn’t’ be pieced how the settings are similar and different. - He investigates the crime. back together (They are similar because they include a wall. - He figures out that Wolf blew Humpty off Wall. They are different because one also takes place all around the village.)

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SK_2_BCTG_B12_64849.indd 88 11/2/15 8:50 AM Continue to elicit the similarities and Remind children of the words both, like, and Practice Page 20 differences in the characters and plots of the similar, to express how things are alike. Point Name What Really Happened to Humpty?, Lesson 10 two stories. Prompt children with leading out that we use the words …but…, unlike, Compare and Contrast Complete the chart to show how the stories What Really Happened to Humpty? and the original questions as needed. Allow children to refer and different to express differences. Model an Humpty Dumpty are similar and diff erent. Possible answers shown. back to the stories if they need to. example of each expression. For example say, Similarities Differences

Humpty Dumpty is a What Really Happened “Both stories are about Humpty Dumpty. In character. to Humpty? has more Discuss how to talk about similarities and characters. What Really Happened to Humpty?, the main Humpty Dumpty falls differences. Write the following expressions of from a wall. They solve the crime in character is Humpty’s brother Joe, a detective, the end. comparison and contrast on the board. The king’s horses and but in the original Humpty Dumpty, the main king’s men try to help. character is Humpty Dumpty.”

Now write one sentence to describe a similarity and one sentence to describe a diff erence in the two both …but… Encourage children to discuss the similarities stories. Use words from the word bank in your sentences. Answers will vary. like unlike and differences they found in the two stories both like similar …but… unlike different

using the words on the board. 1. Reproducible Page © Zaner-Bloser, Inc. similar different 2.

Practice Page 20

Introduce Practice Page 20. Tell children to complete the chart to show similarities and differences between What Really Happened to Humpty? and Humpty Dumpty.

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