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IntroductionThis is a very wonderful story about relationships and friendships, of caring and helping one another. It is a tale about Wilbur the pig, Fern, and Charlotte the spider.
You will now embark on your own adventure learning about these charming characters through various activities. You will work with an assigned partner and must complete all the tasks in the order they are given. Keep all completed tasks in the folder provided. Have fun! Remember to share the work equally with your partner.
Task 1: View these different barns. Which one do you think Charlotte lived in? Find a barn that you like and draw a picture of it. Then write a descriptive paragraph that describes your drawing. Be sure to use many details including color, size, contents, doors, windows and what surrounds it.
Task 2: Investigate pigs and write down some facts about them. Visit a hog farm to see a slide show about hogs. When you reach this page you must select Cyber Farm Tour to view the pictures. Work with your partner and together use these facts and write a rhyming poem about pigs. Try using the vocabulary words from the story! Read this poem about penguins and use it as a model for your poem about pigs.
The Penguin by Roxanne Williams
I am a bird you know quite well,
All dressed in black and white.
And even though I do have wings
They're not designed for flight.
I waddle,waddle,waddle,
On my funny little feet.
Across the icy snow I go
To find a fishy treat!
Task 3: Learn about spiders. First visit CYBEROZ.NET. Read the information found on this page, then click on the picture of the spider web. Look at all the different spider webs. Draw the type of spider web Charlotte would have created.
Task 4: Use the Little Explorers' Dictionary at Enchanted learning site read about spiders and find the information needed to complete the spider quiz. Your teacher will print out one copy of the quiz and make copies.
Task 5: Complete the diagram of a spider by using all the information provided on the chart at Enchanted Learning. Your teacher will print out one copy of the diagram and make copies.
Task 6: Complete a Venn Diagram comparing Wilbur and Charlotte and real pigs and spiders. How are they alike? How are they different?
Task 7: When you have finished this wonderful story, complete this comprehension quiz.
Once all the tasks have been completed, check the spelling, punctuation marks, capital letters, and grammar. You may now visit the following sites to play some games! Have fun! Oink! Oink!
Charlton St. School
