The Little Red Hen
Essay title: The Little Red Hen
LESSON REVIEW:
The Little Red Hen
I performed small group work for the duration of the week throughout the two-hour literacy block. My topic focused on the book “The Little Red Hen” where I had two of the same books however; they were altered slightly in meaning. I read them both of the books with help from the students, and tested their ability to comprehend a message from a story and asked several questions relating to the different messages that are portrayed. This tested a few children as their ability to undertake such tasks were still quite difficult.
I also demonstrated how books alter in meaning through word of mouth where we then did a small activity on Chinese whispers. This proved successful for some groups and others a disaster due to their maturity levels where the message was deliberately misconstrued into sexual talk. I needed to then deal with the group accordingly and this ultimately ruined the whole atmosphere for the rest of the students that were doing the right thing. This was a clear demonstration to me that you need to be careful what activities you chose for different groups, and how important it is to plan accordingly.