Pinocchio
CHALLENGING WORDS
characters
depths
enormous
formula
heel
proposition
reflection
rowboat
sneeze
teasing
SUMMARY
Pinocchio starts out as a piece of wood
then becomes a puppet. Who gets into
lots of trouble because he won’t listen
Then he finally listens and he becomes a
real boy.
--- Conversation Questions--(1) Retell the story in your own words.
(Answer)
Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
What is your favorite part of the story?
(2) Explain who Geppetto is
(Answer)
Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
What is your dad’s name?
(3) Describe how Geppetto felt because he had no son.
(Answer)
Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
How would you feel if you had no friends?
(4)
Pretend you are Geppetto how would you have felt to see
the block of wood turn into a boy.
(Answer)
Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
Have you ever seen anything change into something
else
(5) Define the word “companion”.
(Answer)
One that often accompanies another.
(Follow Up)
Make a sentence using the word companion.
(6) Recall what the first thing Pinocchio did.
(Answer)
Ran off yelling catch me if you can.
(Follow Up)
Have you ever done anything like that?
(7) Name who stopped Pinocchio.
(Answer)
The police officer.
(Follow Up)
Have you ever seen a police officer?
(8) Name who tried to get Pinocchio to behave.
(Answer)
The Blue Fairy & Crickety Cricket
(Follow Up)
Who makes you behave?
(9)
Look on page 10 and tell me who carried Pinocchio out.
(Answer)
Professor Fire-Eater
(Follow Up)
Has any one ever carried you away?
(10)
Hunt for what happened when Pinocchio listened to
Lampwick.
(Answer)
He began to grow a tail and donkey ears.
(Follow Up)
Has anyone ever told you fib?
Activities
1.
Have them draw a picture of Pinocchio.
2.
Write a note from Pinocchio to Geppeto telling him how
sorry he is for running away.
3.
Write and tell me all the things Pinocchio did.
4.
Draw a picture of Pinocchio inside the whale.
Introductions
1.
Have some pictures of Pinocchio lying on the table. Ask the
children if they have ever seen the movie Pinocchio.
2.
Ask the children why his nose grows.
3.
Have a toy cricket on the table ask the children if they think
a cricket could be someone's
Book Title: Pinocchio
Author: Carolee Goodgold
ISBN: 0-88149-046-6
2
2
8
12
companion
Illustrator: Tony Ellis
# of Text Pages: 23
Building Oral Vocabulary
8
conscience
19
Prediction Questions
AR: N/A LEX: N/A
stomach
Will he get a boy?
Will Pinocchio listen to Crickety Cricket?
Will he give away his gold coins?
This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the
Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.