Detailed Reading

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

In the light of the moona little egglayon a leaf.

One Sunday morningthe warm suncame up and –pop!—out of the eggcamea tiny and very hungry

caterpillar.

Hestarted to look forsome food.

On Mondayheatethrough one apple. But hewasstill hungry.

On Tuesdayheatethrough two pears, but hewasstill hungry.

On Wednesdayheatethrough three plums, but hewasstill hungry.

On Thursdayheatethrough four strawberries, but hewasstill hungry.

On Friday, heatethrough five oranges, but hewasstill hungry.

On Saturdayheatethrough one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of

Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and

one slice of watermelon .

That nighthehada stomachache!

The next daywasSundayagain.

The caterpillaratethrough one nice green leaf, and after that hefeltmuch better.

Nowhewasn’thungry any more—and he wasn’ta little caterpillarany more.

Hewasa big, fat caterpillar.

Hebuilta small house, called a cocoon, around himself. Hestayedinsidefor more than two weeks. Then

henibbleda holein the cocoon, pushedhis wayoutand …

hewasa beautiful butterfly!

Recap

Where, When, Who/What What’s Who/what/how Where/when/how

how happening/
what’s doing?
In the light of the a little egg lay on a leaf
moon
One Sunday the warm sun came up
morning
out of the egg came a tiny and very
hungry caterpillar
He started to look for some food.

On Monday he ate through one apple

he was still hungry
On Tuesday he ate through two pears
he was still hungry
On Wednesday he ate through three
plums
he was still hungry
On Thursday He ate through four
strawberries
he was still hungry
On Friday, he ate through five
oranges
he was still hungry
On Saturday he ate through one piece
of chocolate cake,
one ice-cream
cone, one pickle,
one slice of Swiss
cheese, one slice
of salami, one
lollipop, one piece
of cherry pie, one
sausage, one
cupcake, and one
slice of
watermelon
That night he had a stomachache!
The next day was Sunday again.

The caterpillar ate through one nice

green leaf
he felt much better
 Now he wasn’t hungry any more
he wasn’t a little
caterpillarany
more
He was a big, fat
caterpillar
He built a small house around himself
He stayed insidefor more
than two weeks
he nibbled a hole in the cocoon
, pushed his wayout
he was a beautiful
butterfly

Follow-up on sentence making

1. Take some words out

2. Jumbled words
3. Sentence writing
4. Grammar explanation, pronoun, verbs (regular/irregular), action/relation process, verbal
process

Follow-up on stages

The beginning

The middle

The end

Follow up on Joint Rewriting

Use story chart and transfer into a new one

For example, The very Hungry Principal