Verbal/Linguistic

Read to the class the picture book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. Have the class discuss the story.

Who do they believe is telling the truth, the original version by the three pigs or the one told by Alexander Wolf in Scieszka's book?

Divide class into small groups. Have each group select another fairy tale or folk tale that might be told from a different perspective. For example, Goldilocks and the Three Bears in which the Bears tell about being burglarized by the little girl. Or, perhaps the Giant's point of view in Jack in the Beanstalk. Have each group share their ideas with the rest of the class.

Intrapersonal

Ask each student to think about a time when their brother, sister, or friend did something that seemed wrong.

Ask the students to think about how it made them feel.

Next, ask the students to think about how the other person in this incident felt. Do they think any of their feelings might have been the same? What feelings might have been different?

Ask students to write down in one or two sentences a description of the incident. Under this have them list their feelings and then list the feelings of the other person.

Ask each student to tell the story of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by A. Wolf to a parent or family member at home.

Have each student ask this person which story they believe to be true, A. Wolf's story or the original.

Tally the numbers of family members who believe the original tale is true and the number who believe that A. Wolf is telling the truth.

Visual/Spatial

The Paul Mesner Puppets production of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by A. Wolf utilizes a body puppet and rod puppets. Have the students make small rod puppets to tell a different version of a well-known tale:

Puppet Construction

1. Use 1/2" dowels cut to 12" in length. Attach a 2" Styrofoam ball to one end of the dowel with Elmer's glue or hot glue and allow to dry.

2.Out of fabric cut out two flat shapes for the body, making them 2" wider than needed.

3.Glue or sew edges of shape together along the edge, leaving two openings, one at the neck and one on the bottom.

4.When dry or sewn, stuff a small amount of polyfill stuffing into the body.

5.Insert dowel into neck opening, through body and out of bottom opening. Glue into place.

6.Decorate Styrofoam ball with yarn for hair; pompoms, corks or spools for noses; buttons or ready-made eyes for the eyes.

7.If you wish to paint the Styrofoam ball, you will need to apply a layer of Elmer's glue first. Once this is dry, the head may be painted. Do this before attaching the body.

Logical/Mathematical

Create math problems about this story. For example, ask students to make up the number of years that the wolf will have to be in prison.

Then ask the students to come up with as many different addition problems which will have this number as the final total.

Tell the students that they should have a reason for each number of years that the wolf is sentenced. For example, three years for eating the first pig, five years for eating the second pig, and one year for annoying the third pig, for a total of nine years.

Musical/Rhythmical

In the production of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by A. Wolf, the wolf makes a sandwich. Into this sandwich he puts a number of little animals including a rabbit who keeps hopping away.

Ask the students to work in small groups to create a rhythm piece using clapping, patting of thighs, stamping, and finger clicking.

Each sound will represent an animal or a sandwich-making activity. The rhythm piece should be about making the sandwich and having each animal get away.

Each group then performs their final piece for the rest of the class.

Bodily/Kinesthetic

Have the students work in small groups to build houses using their bodies for building material.

Allow each group to have a homeowner--proud pig--to show off the special features of the home to the rest of the class.