Fiction Readers: Boris the Basset

Boris the Basset is a humorous and fictional animal fantasy story a dog that did not like going outside. He loved indoor days! The story is narrated with illustrations. 

Boris the Basset is a simple narrative story. Illustrations match the text. Draw students’ attention to the visual features including the layout and design of the story. 

Readers develop vocabulary such as high frequency words (does) and adjectives (bright). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters at the beginning of sentences and names (Boris), question marks, and exclamation marks. Focus on long and short vowel i and suffix y (windy). 

This title is from the Fiction Readers series from Teacher Created Materials. Stimulate the imagination and promote creative thinking through real-world themes captured in entertaining stories.