Farmer+in+the+Soup

Day 2
LT: I can figure out the lesson, or moral, of a story. As I read, I can make and check predictions.
 * 1) Go over what happened so far. Why did the farmer want to switch jobs with his wife? What has happened so far on the day they switched jobs?
 * 2) The farmer is going to get into even more trouble...
 * 3) review: barrel, bung, churn
 * 4) meadow, sod; getting water from a well
 * 5) As you read, good readers make predictions about what will happen, and then they check to see if they are right. For example, read the part about the farmer looking at the bung in his hand. I predict that he forgot the plug to the cider, and the cider will be all over the floor, or some other animal will have gotten into the cider. Then I read to check my prediction.
 * 6) Read to where he tied the cow up. As you read, keep your brain thinking: what will happen next? Then you check to see if that's what really happened.
 * 7) infer: plank
 * 8) Can you infer why the farmer keeps saying, "ah well, there's nothing to it."? Is there really nothing to it?
 * 9) Predictions: what do you think the author's message might be? What do you think the moral might be?

Day 3
1. Recap of what has happened and why the farmer wants to switch jobs 2. Ask: How do you think the plan is going so far? What inferences do you have? Inferences help the reader get the authors message. 3. We left off when the cow is on the roof. 4. What do you think is going to happen with the cow? Why?

Debrief: Why does the farmer say there's nothing to it? Nothing to it means no big deal. Is there really nothing to it?

What are some of your predictions about the author's message? Remember, the author hasn't told us what the message is. But we can make some inferences.

Day 4

 * 1) Let's go over what's happened so far. First, second, then, etc.
 * 2) Draw a picture of the farmer down the chimney, tied to the cow.
 * 3) "weak in the knees" -- what do you think that means? Why would someone feel that way?
 * 4) Today we are going to finish the story and see what the farmer learns.
 * 5) Finish the book.
 * 6) Return to share: how did the farmer change? What did he learn? What was the author's message?
 * 7) Do you think the farmer could learn to do his wife's job?
 * 8) How do you think she did with his job? What's your evidence? Did she learn the same lesson he learned? What did she learn?
 * 9) Do you think the author is trying to tell us that men should only do one kind of job and women should always work in the house? What's your evidence?