Clever+Jack+Takes+the+Cake

=__Clever Jack Takes the Cake__= Page created by Elyce Josephson

Fleming, C. (2010). //Clever Jack takes the cake.// New York: Schwartz & Wade.

Image Retrieved July 25, 2011 from [|http://www.flr.follett.com].

__**Summary:**__ Clever Jack is invited to the Princess' birthday party, but what could a poor young boy give as a Royal present? A cake! Jack prepares this special cake very carefully using only the bet ingredients he has. As he sets off through the forest to the castle, everything that could go wrong; does.

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 * **Simple Cake Recipe (for your own princess)**
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__**Discussion Questions:**__
 * 1) What do you think is the lesson in this story?
 * 2) If you were Jack, how would you handle different things destroying your cake for the princess?
 * 3) What ingredients would you need to make your favorite cake? How would you go about getting them?

__**Classroom Activity:**__ My classroom activity would be a twist on show and tell. Students would be asked to bring in one item that is special to them, and no one else. I will then pair them together so they may share with their partner why this item is special to them and why it might make a good gift to the princess. I will then have one partner explain to the class what the other partner said. It'll be similar to a pair-share.