Something Fishy
What lesson does the fish learn in the story?
That he should be happy where he is and his world under the water is beautiful.
Give two examples of how the frog was a good friend to the fish.
He came back and told the fish about all of the extraordinary things he saw.
He saved the fish´s life when the fish jumped out of the water.
Makes no sense.
Nonsense.
Look at pages 7-8 of the text. What is a question you could ask about these pages?
Example- Why is the frog leaving the pond?
How are the fish and the frog alike at the beginning of the story?
They are both like a fish; they both live in the water, both have tails, both swim, both breathe through gills.
Why does the fish imagine all of the things that frog describes to him so differently than they really are?
Because he has never seen anything outside of the pond, so he does not know what they really look like and imagines them all as partly fish.
How does the frog change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story?
He starts as a tadpole and becomes a frog.
Extraordinary.
Look at pages 13-14. What is a question you could ask about these pages?
Example- Why does fish see birds with fish bodies?
How are the fish and the frog different at the end of the story?
The frog lives on land, has legs, has lungs. The fish lives in water, has fins, has gills.
What problem does the fish have in the story?
The fish wants to see things from all over the world like the frog did but the fish cannot leave the pond.
Name 3 of the 4 stages of the frog life cycle in the correct order.
Egg, tadpole, froglet, frog.
Breathing in suddenly with an open mouth.
Gasping.
Look at pages 15-16. What is a question you could ask about these pages?
Example- Why does fish picture people as fish with clothes?
Who are the main characters in the story?
The fish and the frog.
What happened to the fish when he jumped out of the water?
He could not breathe but the frog was there to throw him back in.
What three animals did the frog see in the world and describe to the fish?
Is light, or does not have very much weight.
Weightless
Look at pages 19-20. What question could you ask about these pages?
Example- Why is the fish jumping out of the water?
What is the setting of this story?
The pond.
What did the fish learn from jumping out of the water?
The fish learned that he cannot live outside of the water and that he was not meant to be anywhere but in the pond.
Why did the frog decide to leave the pond?
In a weak way.
Feebly.
Look at pages 21-22. What is a question you could ask about these pages?
Is this story fiction or nonfiction? How do you know?
Fiction. The animals talk.