Author/Illustrator: Sesyle Joslin/Maurice Sendak
http://www.amazon.com/Sesyle-Joslin/e/B000APIB7E
Sesyle Joslin is a children's literature author. She was born in Providence, RI, on August 30, 1929. She has worked as an editorial assistant and assistant editor in Philadelphia. In 1950, she married writer Al Hine and has three children.
This story is about different scenarios that most definitely will not happen the way they are described but it shows children different manners in a silly way. It describes people in different places such as the library and when you are in each place something happens to you that most likely would never happen in real life. Once this happens they ask what are you to do and you respond with how you should act in that situation. For example the first is that you are in the library reading a book and all of a sudden you are "lassoed" by someone and he says he has got you and is taking you to his ranch. The book then says "What do you do, dear? You walk through the library quietly!" This shows students that it is important to be quiet in a library but they can see that you would never be "lassoed" by anyone in a library!
Pre Reading Activity:
Activity:
Have the class discuss some things you should do to be polite to other people and show manners.Post Reading Activity:
Activity:
After reading the story, have the students draw a picture of how they use their manners with others and then have them bring you their picture and desribe it for you so you can write it down. Hang the students work in the hall for others to see their good manners!Reflection:
I think this is a cute book and good to use with younger children so they can see how important it is to use manners. I think this book uses different, but funny ways to show manners for students to be able to understand. You will never be lassoed by someone in the library but it shows the manner is to be quiet when you are entering, already inside, and leaving a library!
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