Comprehension




 * Speaking, drawing and writing about the text**

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Penny spoke, drew and wrote about the text 'Don't Forget Granny' by Michael Dugan. The following questions were used to help assess Penny's comprehension (Hill: 193):

Literal questions
Who are the guests that Red Riding Hood and the Wolf invite to their party?

Interpretive questions
Why does Jack like climbing Pot Plants? Why does Snow White think all the food is poisoned?

What have you learned about Red Riding Hood? Do you like her better in this story or the story that you know? Why?
 * Inferential questions **

Penny was able to answer literal questions, where answers are written in the text (Hill: 193). She could recall the characters that were invited to the party and recognise that they were from other fairytale's. She understood why Jack liked to climb the pot plants. Penny answered with "he is used to climbing on the bean stalk". She also understood that Snow White's character remained consistent in this new text and she was scared to eat food because she'd eaten an apple that was poisoned in the story of 'Snow white and the Seven Dwarfs'. Penny replied with “But no one will poison her, only her (step) mother would do such a thing”. Penny needed some prompting about how to answer what she learned from the story, however she could tell me what was different in this story compared to the original. Penny expressed that she liked this story better because it was funny and different.

To make the activity fun, I asked Penny to draw a picture about the book. She chose to draw Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf holding hands. She recalls Little Red Riding Hood had a red coat on but decided that the wolf should have a hat because "It makes him look cooler". I decided to draw a picture as well, in order to see how she would comment on my own drawing. My picture was of Jack climbing the pot plants. While I was drawing the character Jack from "Jack and the Beanstalk", Penny said, "that’s not the wolf" and when I said, "no, who do you think it is?" she replies with "a cool dude". Later when the pot plants are drawn she recognises the boy as Jack.

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