Monkey and Gorilla

Monkey and Gorilla is a humorous and fictional animal fantasy story about a monkey climbing up a tree and telling Gorilla that there was a big bird in the tree. Gorilla took a look, but he was too big and the tree snapped! The story is narrated with dialogue and illustrative text.

Monkey and Gorilla is a simple narrative story. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the changes in font style like bold and illustrative text as well as the purpose, layout, and design of a sequence. There is a story sequence at the end of the book to demonstrate the order of events. An activity on drawing and writing about the features of the big bird is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (claws), high-frequency words (her), and positional words (down). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters for the beginning of names (Gorilla), full stops, commas, question marks, quotation marks, and exclamation marks. Focus on blend sk (sky), word family own (down), and suffix ing (going).

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