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Horned Toad Prince

This document provides an overview and lesson plan for the modern fairy tale "The Horned Toad Prince" by Jackie Mims Hopkins. It discusses the genre of modern fairy tales and provides a 3 sentence summary of the story. It also outlines various comprehension skills and strategies covered in the lesson plan such as determining the author's purpose, understanding story structure and sequence, and using context clues. Vocabulary words from the story are defined. The document provides questions for discussion and activities for illustrating comprehension.

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Horned Toad Prince

This document provides an overview and lesson plan for the modern fairy tale "The Horned Toad Prince" by Jackie Mims Hopkins. It discusses the genre of modern fairy tales and provides a 3 sentence summary of the story. It also outlines various comprehension skills and strategies covered in the lesson plan such as determining the author's purpose, understanding story structure and sequence, and using context clues. Vocabulary words from the story are defined. The document provides questions for discussion and activities for illustrating comprehension.

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The Horned

Toad
Prince
Compiled by Terry Sams PES
& Latonia Wolfe DES

By Jackie Mims Hopkins


Illustrated by Michael Austin
Study Skills
 Genre: Modern Fairy Tale
 Comprehension Skill: Author’s
purpose
 Comprehension Strategy: Story
Structure
 Comprehension Review Skill:
Sequence
 Vocabulary: Context clues
Genre: Modern Fairy
Tales
 In modern fairy tales the
characters and events are
magical.
 Modern fairy tales are set in
modern or present day times .
 Modern fairy tales are similar to
regular fairy tales but are set in
the present.
Summary
On the windy prairies of
the Southwest, Reba
Jo meets a horned toad
who makes a deal with her.
When Reba Jo doesn’t hold up
to her end of the bargain, the
horned toad is offended and
asks for a simple kiss. That kiss
unlocks a magical spell and the
ugly toad becomes a prince!
Comprehension Skill
 Author’s Purpose is the author’s
reason or reasons for writing this story.
 Authors don’t usually tell you this. You
have to figure the reasons out.
 It might be to inform or teach, to
entertain, to express their feelings, and
to persuade or convince you.
Comprehension Review
Skill Sequence
 Sequence is the order of the events that occur
in a story.
 You can determine the order of events by clue
words such as first and next, in the beginning,
then, following, after, and finally.
 Some story events may occur at the same
time.
 Other clue words to indicate sequence might
be in the beginning, then, following, after, and
finally.
 Other story events, such as flashbacks, are
told out of order.
Vocabulary Skill –
Context Clues
•When you see unfamiliar words, use context
clues, or words around the unfamiliar word, to
figure out its meaning.
•The context may give a definition or an
explanation.
Example: Animals that eat other animals are
called predators
Sometimes a synonym is used as a
context clue.
Example: Komodo dragons are carnivores, or
meat-eaters.
Let’s Practice Context
Clues
TE page 111c has a
great T-chart activity to
try.
Research/Study Skill –
illustration/caption/label
 An illustration can be a
photograph, drawing, or diagram.
 A caption is the text that tells about
the illustration. It is usually found
below or next to the illustration.
 A label is a word or phrase that
names part of the illustration.
Research/Study Skill –
illustration/caption/label
 What is the purpose of an
illustration?
 How does and illustration help
you better understand the
text?
 How do the captions or labels
help you understand the
illustrations?
Question of the Week

What is unique
about the landscape
of the Southwest?
Day 2 - Question of
the Day
In what ways is the
Southwestern setting
important to The
Horned Toad Prince?
Day 3 - Question of
the Day –
What important
lesson did Prince
Maximillian teach
Reba Jo?
Day 4 - Question of
the Day -
How is the horned
lizard suited to life in
the Sonoran desert?
Vocabulary - Say It
bargain offended
favor prairie
lassoed riverbed
More Words to Know
sassy
frontier
twang
corral  rodeo
suspiciously
Weekly Fluency Check -
Volume of Voice TE 111a
● You will need to match your voice
volume to the size of the room or
group you are reading to.
● Go to page 99 and let’s reread
like a toad using a small voice
when he speaks and increase our
volume when we cries out .
Literary Device –Dialect
TE Pg. 111b
 Dialect helps readers gain a sense of how
characters from a particular group or region
speak. Dialect differs from the standard English
in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.
 Look at the word “howdy” on page 100
paragraph 3. What do you think it means?
 What region do you think the father’s dialect is
from?
 Let’s list as many different greetings of different
dialects as we can.
Review Questions
1. How can you tell the setting
of this story is a desert?
2. What does “a peck of trouble”
mean in this story?
3. Why does the author describe
how Reba Jo spent her time?
4. What is the most important thing
Reba Jo learns?
Review Questions
1. Why did the author write
this story?
2. Why does Reba Jo do 3
favors for the toad?
3. Why does she want to stay
near the riverbed at the
beginning of the story?
Fun Stuff
 More on The Toad and the
Prince
 Web Quest
 Quiz - Online
 More Information
 Vocabulary Quiz
bargain
An agreement
to trade or
exchange:
deal
favor
act of kindness
lassoed
roped; caught with a
long rope with a loop
on the end
offended
hurt the feelings
of someone:
made angry
prairie
large area of level
or rolling land with
grass but few or no
trees
riverbed
channel in which
a river flows or
used to flow
shrieked
made a loud,
sharp, shrill
sound
sassy
rude; lively;
spirited
twang
to make a
sharp, ringing,
sound
suspiciously
without trust,
doubtfully
corral
pen for horses,
cattle, and so on
frontier
the farthest part of a
settled country,
where the wilds
begin
rodeo
a contest or exhibition of
skill in roping cattle, riding
horses and bulls, and so
on
The sassy
little girl
was rude.
The sassy
little girl
was rude.
The teacher
shrieked when
she saw the
snake!
The teacher
shrieked when
she saw the
snake!
The Dollar Tree has a
lot of great bargains.
The Dollar Tree has a
lot of great bargains.
Would you do
me a favor?
Would you do
me a favor?
We saw fish in the
riverbed.
We saw fish in
the riverbed.
The boy was offended
because I did not like
his shirt.
The boy was offended
because I did not like
his shirt.
What type of Native
Americans would live
on a prairie.
What type of Native
Americans would live
on a prairie?
The cowboy lassoed
a calf.
The cowboy lassoed
a calf.
The bell made a sharp
twang sound.
The bell made a sharp
twang sound.
The mad, foaming at
the mouth dog was
behaving very
suspiciously.
The mad, foaming
at the mouth dog
was behaving
very suspiciously.
E-Mail te111g
 E-Mail is used every day by people with
computers and internet access.
 Each person has a specific e-mail
address and personal password.
 People use e-mail as a quick and easy
type of communication.
 It is very similar to letters.
 You may also e-mail pictures or other
fun things.
Writing Assignment
 All good writing has a purpose. In
an invitation, for example, the
purpose is to inform.
 Please write an e-mail invitation.
Remember to inform the reader
about an event and ask him or her
to attend.
(Writing Transparency 4A)
This Week’s Word Wall Words

Click and type your own


words for this week:
Spelling Words
Long e
prairie finally
calorie movie
honey country
valley empty
money city
Long e
rookie balcony
hockey steady
collie alley
breezy trolley
jury misty
CHALLENGE
 frequency
 parsley
 journey
 chimney
 attorney
Let’s review our Spelling
words. Watch carefully
because they will flash on the
screen for just a moment. We
can clap as we spell the word,
or we might just practice
reading the words.
prairie
calorie
honey
valley
money
finally
movie
country
empty
city
rookie
hockey
collie
breezy
jury
balcony
steady
alley
trolley
misty
GREAT JOB
Princes and
Princesses!

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