

With the children, label the top of each circle with the author's names.Hand each child a copy to work on while you are explaining what to do. Explain to the children what a Venn diagram is and its purpose.Bring up slide 2 from the SMART Board lesson (Venn Diagram).Reread with the children slide 1 from the Marcia Brown version.(Be sure to save the slide for future reference.) Read the Ann McGovern version of Stone Soup and fill in the information on a clone of slide 1 from the SMART Board lesson.Use slide 1 from the SMART Board lesson and fill in the information on the slide with the children.Read the Marcia Brown version of Stone Soup.Discuss what a folktale is and what an author means when saying a story is "retold." Have they ever been hungry and what did they do?Ĭ. Prior to reading Stone Soup by Marcia Brown, discuss the following topics with your class:ī.In this unit, students will read various versions of the story Stone Soup and compare and contrast them.įind various versions of Stone Soup (including the versions by Marcia Brown and Ann McGovern) and be sure to have a clone of slide 1 from the SMART lesson for each version you have, before you begin. Sequence ingredients from the Ann McGovern version of the story.Compare and contrast various versions of "Stone Soup".

This unit can be done over a period of at least 4 days, each lesson being approximately 45 minutes in length.
