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ELA 2-3 Tops and Bottoms

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts: K-12 Close Reading Task

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Standards & Objectives

Essential and guiding questions: 
  • What are the character traits of Bear and Hare? Give examples from the story to tell what they are like. Use the chart provided to answer question #1 (below). RL 3
  • “So, Hare and Mrs. Hare put their heads together and cooked up a plan.” What does the author mean when she states this in the story? RL 4
  • What do you notice about Bear in the illustrations? How does that help you as a reader to understand his character? RL 7
  • The author describes Hare as clever. Give three examples from the story of how Hare demonstrated that he was “clever”. RL 4
  • The story only mentions Hare’s family a few times. What can you tell about the Hare family just by the pictures the illustrator has provided? RL 7
  • Janet Stevens also retells and illustrates another tale that includes the character of Hare called, The Tortoise and the Hare.
  • Compare and contrast Hare’s character in the two stories. RL 9
  • What is the moral or lesson in this fable? Provide some examples from the story that lets us know that is the lesson. RL 2

Activity/Task Variations

Blooms taxonomy level: 
Understanding
Differentiation suggestions: 

Scaffolding and support for special education students, English language learners, and struggling readers:

  • ELL students will have difficulty with the vocabulary and figurative language that is introduced in this selection. These will need to be pretaught.
  • Students with writing difficulties may need to dictate their paragraph into a sound device or computer before writing.
Originator: 
Tennessee Department of Education