Goldilock’s Text Talk

Goldilocks and The Three Bears

Retold and Illustrated by:

James Marshall

Puffin Books, 1998

Summary: Goldilocks’ mother asked her to run an errand and told her to stay away from the short cut in the forest because it was dangerous. Goldilocks disobeyed her mother and took the short cut and came upon a nice little house. She entered the house and made herself at home by eating their porridge, sitting in their chairs, and sleeping in their beds. When the owners of the home arrived they found their house in a wreck and Goldilocks asleep in Baby Bear’s bed. She awoke frightened and jumped out of the window and ran away.

Comment and Questions:

Cover: Show cover and read the title. Ask children what they know about Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Page 6: What does Papa Bear mean when he says, “This porridge is scalding?”

Try to get children to use context clues. Goes on to say “I’ve burned my tongue.”

Page 8: What has Goldilocks done? Who’s house has she just went into and who’s food is she eating?

Page 12: Goldilocks wants to sit down and the biggest chair is too hard, who’s chair do you think this is?

What do you think Goldilocks will do now?

Page 15: Goldilocks finally found a chair that was “just right,” who do you think this chair belonged to?

Page 18: Goldilocks got cozy and fell asleep and didn’t hear the bears come home. What do you think the bears will do?

Page 23: Baby Bear has found his chair broken into pieces. How do you think he feels?

Page 24: Papa Bear was NOT amused to see someone had been in his bed.

What does amused mean?

How was he feeling?

Page 27: Baby Bear finds someone lying in his bed. What do you think will happen between n Goldilocks and the Bears?

Wrap Up: Where do you think Goldilocks ran to?

Do you think she will ever go back to the bear’s house?

Do you think that she will ever enter anyone else’s house again without being invited?

Vocabulary

Scalding

Amused

Scalding: In our story Papa Bear said his porridge was scalding. Scalding means very hot. What are some other things that could be scalding hot?

Ice Cream (NO)

Oatmeal (YES)

Yogurt (NO)

Amused: Papa Bear was NOT amused to find out someone had been in his bed. Amused means to think something is funny. So Papa Bear didn’t think that is was funny that someone had been in his bead. Can you think of some things that have amused you?