| TITLE AND AUTHOR/Illustrator: Provide the above information and write 3 informational sentences about the author. Choose information that is meaningful & helps you to understand the author. 4 pts | Title: Where the Wild Things Are By: Maurice Sendak Maurice Benard Sendak was born on June 10, 1928, in Danbury, Connecticut. He received his first formal art training at the Art Students League in New York. He received his first formal art training at the Art Students League in New York. He specializes in writing children’s books with his first comic book being Marcel Ayme’s The Wonderful Farm (1951). Since then, he has illustrated more than 80 children’s books. |
| TYPE of book: Identify this book as one or more of the following: Picture Book Board Book Concept Book Early/Easy Reader Picture/Wordless Book Rhythmic Book Young Reader/Chapter Book Middle Grades Book Young Adult Book 2 points | Where the Wild Things Are Is considered as a picture book and young reader/chapter book. It can also be considered a fairy tale. |
| INSERT A PIC OR SCREEN CAPTURE OF THE BOOK COVER 2 points | |
| PRIMARY CHARACTERS Identify both the protagonist and the antagonist. Explain whether each of the primary characters, including the protagonist and antagonist, is flat, round, static, dynamic, foil, or stock. Tell how you know that the characters are flat, round etc. Remember: The antagonist does not have to be a bad guy—just at odds with the protagonist. 4 pts | Maxwell (Max) is the protagonist of the story. Max has wild imaginations and uses all five senses including thoughts and actions to express his personality and how he interacts with his surroundings. In the story, he says, “I’ll eat you up” which made his mother send him to bed without eating. He has fun having an imaginary interaction with monsters and feels lonely after having this fun. “Wild Things” are the antagonist of the story. From Max’s imagination, the monsters roared terribly and gnashed their terrible teeth, showed their terrible claws, and rolled their terrible eyes. |
| CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT How does the author allow you to get to know the characters? Tell whether it is through their actions, words, thoughts, or any combination of the 3. include at least one quote to support your point. 4 pts. | The author allows the audience to get to know the characters through their imaginations, words, and actions. For example, he illustrates how Max is naughty because he engages in mischiefs such as chasing wild dogs with a fox. His mother refers to him as a “wild thing”, and when he challenges his mother, he is sent to bed without dinner. He is dressed in a wolf suit and turns his bedroom into an imaginary jungle where a boat appears. He sails to an imaginary jungle harboring huge monsters with claws. An example of how he let the audience know them through words is when Max decrees, “Let the wild rumpus start” when he was taming the wild things. He orders the wild things to dance in the moonlight. |
| Give a synopsis of the plot (story arc). Note that this section is worth 10 points: therefore, answers that are too brief will not receive the full 10 pts. | Exposition: The story begins with Max dressed in a wolf costume chasing his dog with a fox. His mother calls him a “wild thing” and max replies that he will eat her up. He is then sent to bed without supper. His bedroom soon turns into a forest. He goes into the jungle and finds an ocean where he finds a private sailboat. Rising Action: He sails for weeks and years before he arrives in the land of Wild Things. He finds monster-like creatures that gnash their teeth, show their terrible claws, and roll their eyes to scare away Max. Max is not afraid of the monsters and uses his magic trick to gain control over them. Climax (turning point): Max makes himself the King of all Wild Things. He becomes friends with the wild things and plays with them. He orders them to play in the moonlight as he rides on the back of the Wild Things. Falling Action: Max orders all the Wild Things to stop playing and send them to bed without supper. He then smells his food from across the ocean which makes him begin feeling lonely. He says he wants to go back to a place where someone loves him most. Resolution: boards the boat to go back home but the Wild Things try to convince him to stay. They roll their terrible eyes and gnash their terrible teeth threatening that they will eat up Max. Max bids them goodbye and sails for years to get back to his room. He finds his dinner waiting for him. |
| CONFLICT Identify the type conflict in this story and give at least 2 sentences describing the conflict. Character vs. self (internal) Character vs. character Character vs. nature Character vs the supernatural Character vs technology (There can be more than one type of conflict.) 3 pts | The major conflict in this story includes character vs. self and character vs. character. Character vs. self is illustrated when Max believes that he is a monster and not a boy. He says that he will eat up his mother for calling him a “wild thing”. He even visits an imaginary jungle where he meets and makes friends with “Wild Things”. He makes himself the king of the wild things and controls them. At the end of the imagination, he returns to his room, feels like a boy, and takes his dinner. Character vs. character conflict is illustrated when Max’s mother sends him to bed without supper. He threatened that he will eat up his mother. He also has a conflict with the Wild Things when they meet and threaten to eat him up. In the end, when he refuses to stay with the Wild Things, they also threaten to eat him up. |
| THEME What is the theme of this story, and how is the theme applicable to the lives of elementary students? (This must be a thoughtful, reflective answer, not just a few words in order to receive the full number of points.) 5 pts | The main theme of the story is surrounded by the idea of imagination and the imagination of the place can take someone. Max created an imaginary world where he can escape from reality and control his destiny. In his world, he can do whatever he wants and turns into what he wants to be. The story relates to childhood experiences where the lives of children are controlled by their parents. It also reminds adults about a time when they did not have responsibilities as they currently do. Most people forget childhood experiences as they grow older. |
| POINT OF VIEW What is the point of view of this story? (1st, 2nd, 3rd person limited or 3rd person omniscient) 2 pts | The story is narrated in the third person. The audience learns about the main and other characters through their words, actions, and thoughts. In this story, characters do not know what is going to happen until they occur. |
| MOOD What is the mood of this story? (Mood refers to how the author’s words make YOU feel when you read it, not how the character feels..4pts | The story has many moods which include dominance and aggression and later turn to appreciation and acceptance. Max becomes aggressive when his mother punishes him by letting him go to bed without supper. Dominance is illustrated when Max makes friends with the Wild Things and declares himself as their king. He shows acceptance and appreciation when he gets back to his room and feels lonely. He learns that being punished does not mean that his mother loves him less. |
| LITERARY DEVICES Identify at least two different literary devices from this book. Quote these specifically from the text. For example: “That very night in Max’s room, a forest grew,” is an example of imagery. These must be true LITERARY DEVICES. BECAUSE MOST OF THE FOLLOWING OCCUR IN ALL STORIES,DO NOT USE THEM: CONFLICT DIALOGUE PLOT( including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) SETTING CHARACTERS MOOD TONE THEME SUSPENSE 10 pts | The two notable literary devices include imagery and parallelism. Imagery is illustrated in the land of the “Wild Things” There is an imaginary jungle with big and scary monsters. “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”. Parallelism is illustrated when Max punishes the wild things the same way his mother punished him by sending him to bed without supper. Max sent the wild things to bed without supper after they engaged in “wild rumpus”. |
| PERSONAL REFLECTION How does the theme of the story compare to your own thoughts on the subject? Again, I am looking for substantive answers here. 5 pts | The theme of the story relates to childhood experiences. Children are controlled by their parents and even sometimes get punished if they misbehave. Some children may feel that they are not loved when they are punished, but the reality is that being loved and being punished are two different worlds. Children usually have imaginations about a world that they have full control of themselves. However, that world can only exist in their imaginations. |
| 13. Provide two instructional uses (specific KAS-Kentucky Academic Skills- that can be taught) using this book in the elementary classroom. Cite the specific standards by providing both the number and text. The first skill must be a reading or language arts skill as is the example cited above. Then, briefly describe the activity that you will use to teach the standard you have chosen.. IN ORDER TO BE ASSESSABLE, THE STUDENTS MUST PRODUCE SOMETHING during or at the conclusion of the activity. TELL WHAT THE STUDENTS WILL PRODUCE.? HOW WILLYOU MEASURE WHETHER OR NOT STUDENTS LEARNED THE SKILL? ) Failure to specify specifically how you will assess student work will result in an automatic loss of 4 points. Here is an example of formative assessment using the standard above: [I will provide a rubric as a formative assessment. A student who correctly identifies 75% will have mastered the skill]. AN EXAMPLE OF A POSSIBLE ASSESSMENT STRATEGY ( IN THIS CASE, A RUBRIC) IS PROVIDED IN THE BOX ON THE RIGHT. REMOVE MY EXAMPLE AND INSERT YOUR OWN. The second KAS must address an integrated subject (science, social studies, or math.) How will you incorporate the integrated subject into your reading lesson? Repeat the same process for the integrated standard as for the reading standard. You may not use “find the main character or characters in this book” as the skill you are teaching. You may not use the same KAS standards twice in a bi-term. 12pts | Reading: Literature: RL 4.2: Differentiate different themes of the story. Students will be divided into groups consisting of 5 people and made to read the book in turn. They will then be allocated 6 minutes each to reflect on the different themes in the story. In grading the students, I will award 50 marks for students who identify more than 4 themes from the book and less than 20 points for students who name less than 2 themes. Science: Measurement of time and space. Understand the concept of time by measuring the period that one can take to travel from one place to another. In the story, we are told that Max travelled for weeks and years before arriving at the imaginary world. Travelling for a period of 1 year can take someone deep into the space. The students will be grouped and to figure out the number of years Max took to arrive at the imaginary world and if he at all visited some other planet. THEME OF “Where Wild Things Are” Explicit Evidence from the text Implicit Evidence from the text _________________________ |
| CONTINUING WITH FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT USING THIS BOOK. Write 2 questions that you can ask students orally during the activities you described above AND PROVIDE THE CORRECT RESPONSE or possible correct responses The questions must have a possible correct response.. For example: Do not use questions such as “I will ask the children to tell me about…” because that is not something that can be measured. Then, tell which level of Bloom’s each question measures. If your correct student response is “answers will vary,” you will receive no points., 4 pts | Understanding You have read the story and understood some of its key themes. Name the four notable themes from the story? Correct answer: Imagination, Independence, anger, and home. Analyzing We understand that Max traveled for weeks and years before arriving at the imaginary jungle and also years and weeks before returning to his room. How far do you think the jungle was from Max’s home? Correct answer: He must have traveled to another planet. |
| RESOURCES This is a resource to be used during instruction, not assessment. Insert a pic or screen capture of the (Marzano congruent) resource that you will use to teach the skills you described in Box 12. You may make your own (group assignment, graphic organizer, creative writing assignment, technology tool, bulletin board from Pintrest, word wall etc.) or look online at sources such as “Teachers pay Teachers” for some really great ideas. Identify which of the Marzano’s strategies your resource employs MARZANO’S ESSENTIAL 9 Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition Cooperative Learning Nonlinguistic Representation Cues, Questions, and Advanced Organizers. Summarizing and Notetaking Assigning Homework and Providing Practice Identifying Similarities and Differences Generating and Testing Hypotheses 4 pts An example is provided for you in the box on the right. REMOVE MY EXAMPLE AND ADD YOUR OWN. Score: ___________ of 75 possible points | Name Four Themes Book Title………………………………………… Themes Explanations 1. 2. 3. 4. Summary……………………………………………………………………… |
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