Duck+and+Goose

//Duck and Goose// Author and Illustrator: Tad Hills

Duck and Goose find a ball that they mistake for an egg. While arguing about ownership, care of the “egg,” and parenting of the hatchling, they become friends. Annotation from Virginia State Reading Association http://www.vsra.org/VRC/primary_annotations08.htm

Themes:
 * Sharing
 * Friendship
 * Eggs
 * Ducks
 * Geese

Curricular Connections/Activities: - Read part/all of Duck and Goose. Show illustrations. - Ask if it is true or make-believe (fiction/non-fiction). Ask why. - Read part/all of the nonfiction book. Show the photos. - Ask if it is true or make-believe. Ask why. An extension of the above activity—Author’s Purpose—Discuss the difference in the author’s purpose between the nonfiction book and //Duck and Goose//. (English SOL 1.9) Another extension—Students can compare and contrast the features of fiction and nonfiction books and record their observations using a Venn Diagram. Another extension—Take students on a tour of the library. Point out the fiction books section, the nonfiction books section, and have students reflect on the characteristics of the two types of books.
 * Identify the traits and motives of characters and support with text references –Read //Duck and Goose//. Identify the main characters. Have students identify the character traits and motives of the characters. (English SOL K.8, SOL 2.8)
 * Distinguish between fiction/nonfiction—Choose a nonfiction book to be presented with //Duck and Goose//. Several suggested titles are listed below. Tell students that they will have to decide whether the book is true or make-believe. Ask students to watch for clues to share at the end of the story. (English SOL K.8, 1.9, 2.7, 2.8)

Related Resources: Sequels to //Duck and Goose// are //Duck, Duck, Goose// and //What’s Up, Duck// (to be released in January, 2008)

Easy nonfiction books about eggs: //Egg to Chick// by Millicent E. Selsam; illustrations by Barbara Wolff //The Egg// by Gallimard Jeunesse and Pascale de Bourgoing; illustrations by René Mettler //Eggs and Chicks// by Fiona Patchett; illustrations by Tetsuo Kushii and Zoe Wray //From Egg to Chicken// by Gerald Legg; illustrations by Carolyn Scrace //Inside an Egg// by Sylvia A. Johnson; photographs by Kiyoshi Shimizu //Eggs// by Lynn Stone //What Hatches?// by Don L. Curry

Activity sheets http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/teachers_guides/9780375836114.pdf http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/pdf/storyhours_jan06_duckgoose.pdf

· //unitedstreaming™ Resources//:
 * [|Peep and the Big Wide World: Quack Hatches an Egg](10:18) Quack Hatches an Egg Quack decides that a baby duck would make his pond even more perfect than it already is.

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