chicken+BIG+(Alice)



Alice Harrison Book Connections Wiki **//__ChickenBig__//** (2011). //Barnes andnoble.// Retrieved from [] Graves, K. (2010). //Chickenbig.// Stevens Point, WI: Worzalla. //__Summary__// Chicken Big hatches from an enormous egg, but his chicken coop is too small for him to live in. Living, also, in this tiny chicken coop is a flock of four chickens who cannot accept Chicken Big as he is – a chicken!This is a frolicking tale of the flock of four as they encounter life events and are trying to deduce what Chicken Big really is. Chicken Big reacts to the flock of four with rational, common sense. Will Chicken Big be accepted by the flock of four as a chicken and be able to live with them in the coop? They will soon discover, though, that a hero is in the making! //__Onlinelinks__// Author Keith Graves: [] Read Aloud: [] Author You Tube (Keith Graves is also the illustrator andthis displays some of his art): [] Lesson Plans and Activities: [] [] //__DiscussionQuestions__// //__ClassroomActivities__// Play Production Materials needed: Book, //Chicken Big// and props (paper, poster boards, markers, paints) Divide the class into groups of seven to perform this book as a play. Each group will choose a narrator, Chicken Big, four chickens and a fox as the main characters in their play. The students will use the narrative as it is written in the book; however, to bring out their creativity,they could write their own narrative using the same storyline. In addition, have each group design simple props to use in their play production. Lastly, have each group perform their play in front of the other groups in your class or in front of other classes.
 * 1) “A very small hen laid a big, humongous egg.” What would you predict from this statement that would be the small hen’s reaction to such a large chick when it is born?
 * 2) How does the flock of four chickens contrast in their thought processes to Chicken Big’s thinking and reactions?
 * 3) The flock of four chickens thinks Chicken Big is EVERYTHING but a chicken! What criteria would you use to access their reasons why he is not a chicken?
 * 4) Chicken Big wishes he were a chicken. What do you think about Chicken Big’s feelings concerning himself and the flock of four?
 * 5) What evidence can you list for the flock of four’s reasoning in negatively and fearfully reacting to every situation that crosses their paths?