Babe: The Gallant Pig
Novel Study Guide - Grades 3 to 4 - eBook - Lesson Plan
Description
Anyone can overcome their destiny in this story of a pig who saves himself from the table. Great discussion questions engage students to think deeper about the text. Students explore the concept of prejudice and give an example of this from their own experiences. Write sentences using the vocabulary words from the story. Identify statements about Babe herding ducks as true or false. Brainstorm reasons why Farmer Hogget never named his pig. Conduct an interview with Babe for the London Times. Create a trading card for one of the characters in the book. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.
About the Novel:
Everyone is astonished when sheep farmer Hogget brings home a pig from the county fair. Shortly after his arrival, the piglet is adopted by the sheepdog. Destined for the oven, Babe changes that destiny by becoming skilled at the process of sheep-herding. Babe is taken to the Sheepdog Trials, where he astonishes the judges and spectators by excelling at herding the sheep. Babe: The Gallant Pig is a charming story with an unforgettable cast of characters. A number of positive themes run throughout the novel including the dangers of prejudice and stereotyping, leadership styles, and the positive results that can come through hard work, perseverance and courage. Set in rural America, other themes are those of farm life, sheep, sheepdogs, pigs and sheepdog trials.
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Product Reviews
Loved the variety of questions. It worked great for my students to follow along with the read aloud and answer the questions.
I love that i don't have to think up the comprehension questions for each chapter! I have started it with my mixed age ELL group and so far so good. It's great to have several choices of activities for each chapter rather than doing the same thing every day. Great, thoughtful resource.
Great - very helpful. Thank you.
Worked great for my fifth grade novel study.
I used this for book clubs, worked well.
Great for my book clubs!
I taught a book/movie club as part of our community ed program about Babe to 2-5 graders. There was quite a mix of students, but they all loved the book. This packet has a nice variety of questions and activities. I used this as well as some of my own creativity. Thanks for this! It gave me some great ideas and gave the kids some food for thought!
Love how the chapters are divided into pre-reading, after-reading, writing ideas and a comprehension quiz! It's all there...
This is a great addition to the book to use in a group.