Fantail, Fantail 6-pack Author: Margaret Mahy ISBN: 9780478121834 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: K Reading Level: D Strategy/Skill: Comprehension strategies, Forming opinions, making judgements, Making predictions, Using texts as models for own writing Genre: General Narrative Theme/Topic: Animals, Birds, and Insects, Food Classification: Fiction Fluency: Emergent

Book Summary

A small wild bird spurns a variety of “people food” offered by a well-meaning human, leaving it to Mother Nature to dish up the ultimate delectable
morsel.

Features of the Book

• The author’s literary style, incorporating rhyme, rhythm, and repetition.
• Illustrations supporting the text.
• The rhymes – “cheese,” “peas” and “pie,” “fly,” and “good-bye.”
• Repetition for emphasis – “No. No. No.”
• One sentence spread over two pages.
• Consistent use of quotation marks for direct speech.
• The contraction “don’t.”
• The high-frequency words – “I,” “like,” “this,” and “that.”

Purpose

Fantail, Fantail can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce the following skills and strategies:

• sharing ideas about the story with others in the group
• monitoring the reading and ensuring it is making sense using meaning, structure, and visual information from the story
• predicting the story line using illustrations from the book
• innovating on the story to create own versions of stories, plays, and songs

For more information please see our Lesson Plan