Chicken+Big

 = __Chicken Big__ = Page created by Elyce Josephson

Graves, K. (2010). //Chicken big.// San Francisco: Chronicle Books.   Image Retrieved July 25, 2011 from [|http://www.flr.follett.com].

__**Summary:**__ Is he an elephant? Is he an umbrella? No, he his a chicken, a big chicken to be exact. When Chicken Big is born to a small hen on a small farm, no one knows what he might be or what to do with him. Through his kindness and his bravery he hopes to fit in with his little coop of hens.

__**Online Links:**__
 * **Author's Webstite**
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 * **Interview with Author**
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 * **Read along of original "Chicken Little" story**
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__**Discussion Questions:**__
 * 1) Throughout the story, the author uses many synonyms for the word "big." What is a synonym, what were some the author used, and what are some others that you can think of?
 * 2) How would you react to the hens if they kept calling you names?
 * 3) Why do you think Chicken Big is willing to save the hens' eggs even though they haven't been very nice to him?

__**Classroom Activity:**__ Read __Chicken Big__ and "Chicken Little" with the students. Draw a digram of what is similar in both stories and what does each story have that is individual to each? Go deeper than, they both have chickens, although this might be a good example to begin with.