BOX 6: ORAL RETELLING OF WILFRED GORDON McDONALD
PARTRIDGE
| WHO |
This is a story about a boy who had a very long
name - Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge. Wilfred liked to visit the
people at the home for Seniors. His favourite person was Miss Nancy
Alison Delacourt Cooper because her name was long too. |
| WHERE |
Wilfred lived next door to the place where the old
people lived. |
| WHEN |
One day |
WHAT
(the problem is) |
Wilfred had heard that MISS Nancy had lost her
memory. Wilfred didn't know what a memory was so he asked each of
the old people what a memory was. One person said it was something
warm. Another person told him it was something from long ago.
Another person told him it was something that makes you cry. Another
person told him it was something that makes you laugh. The last
person told him it was as precious as gold. |
| WHY |
Because William liked Miss Nancy, he tried to
find her memory. |
HOW
(the problem
is resolved) |
He took something warm - a hen's egg. He took
something from long ago shells from the beach. He took something
that made him cry - grandfather's medal. He took something that made
him laugh - a puppet and he took something that was as precious as
gold - a football. He took all of these things and gave them to Miss
Nancy. One by one she picked them up. Each thing reminded her of
things in her own life:
something warm, egg - blue bird's egg.
something long ago, shell - beach.
something that makes you cry, medal - brother who died.
something that makes you laugh, puppet - sister laughing.
something precious, football - the day Wilfred and she met.
Wilfred was happy that he had helped Miss Nancy find her
memory. |
III. Group Practice
The instructor:
- Introduces a new story, Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney,
Viking Press (1982):
A. Walks participants through the pre-reading activity (see
Box 7, Before Reading).
B. Guides participants in using the Directed Inquiry question
strategy while reading the first two pages of the story (see Box 7,
During Reading, for a model of how this might be done) and
then
C. Directs participants and volunteers to continue reading in
their small groups, applying the Directed Inquiry strategy on their
own (see Box 7, During Reading), reinforcing the reading
purpose as follows:
Read to identify what the goal or problem is.
Then continue to read the rest of the story to see how the problem
is resolved. Always keep in mind that the questions tell you what
is important to remember. Use the chart to direct your thinking
When you're finished, we will share the story, using the 5 w's and
h questions to help us remember what happened.
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