White, E. B. (1980). Charlotte's web.
New York: Harper Collins.
Age Level: 7 -
13
Genre: Animal Fantasy
This modern fantasy is about the trials and
tribulations of farm animals. Wilbur, a
pig saved by the farmer’s daughter, is worried about what will happen to him
when he is older. When Wilbur meets
Charlotte, a farm spider, she joins the mission to save him. So what will happen to Wilbur? Read this book and you will see!
I loved this animal fantasy because the
characters (farm animals) are personified to be ‘brought to life.’ Wilbur and the other animals can talk and
many of them have feelings very similar to humans. This story is considered a modern fantasy
because it has animal characters that are personified. This means that the animal characters do
things that only humans are able to do (walking, talking, having feelings,
etc…). I decided to read this book with my class as we are going to see the play in late April. I am so excited to connect the literature experience to the production experience. I would absolutely recommend this book to students and colleagues. My students were able to relate to this book and were very excited to read it. Many of them told me that they thought their animals could talk to other animals also.
Ideas for teaching/comprehension strategies
that can be used with this text: This
book would be great to use when teaching setting because this book has an
integral setting, meaning the setting is essential to this story. It would also be great for plot as the story is very rich in events. The chronological plot is easy to track for young children.
Questions to pose:
How would this story be different if the
setting were in New York City?Can you make a connection with this story? Explain.
How would you describe Wilbur? Give details from the text.
Additional Resources:
Great units on www.teacherspayteachers.com
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