2. Who are the authors of the Curious George books? Did the authors like animals? Why did the authors chose a monkey? What year was Curious George first published? Why is Ted, the man in the yellow hat, a big part in these stories? What does George teach you when you read the books?

3. http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/ cgsite/history.shtml http://www.pbs.org/parents/curiousgeorge/prog ram/char_desc.html http://thepicturebookteachersedition.blogspot.c om/2012/08/curious-george-by-ha-rey.html http://www.curiousgeorge.com/ http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/ http://www.bookrags.com/research/curious- george-sjpc-01/

4. You will each be divided into 4 groups and each group will be give a different Curious George book to read. Once you have read the book each person will be a character and your group will act out your Curious George book!

5. You will be responsible for researching your character. You must know what their attitude is and what their relationship with George is. If your character is George you must learn how George interacts with all these different characters. When you act out the story that you were given you will also give a short explanation of your character and how they act in the story. You will also tell the class how you can relate to the character in the story.

6. You have now made Curious George relatable to your own life! Now you know why the authors wrote Curious George like they did. What was your favorite fact about Curious George that you learned?

7. Students will each present their books and the characters they chose. They will turn in a paragraph about their character. After knowing how characters relate to each other, they will be responsible for creating their own book about animals. They will learn different adjectives to describe the animals that they chose. We will have a movie day to watch Curious George and the students will see how other people act out the characters.

8. They will be evaluated on what they learned by submitting a paragraph on their character and how they related to the character. Students will also be encouraged to read more books about animals like the Curious George books and see how same animals act in different books.

9. CC.3.R.L.2 Key Ideas and Details: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. CC.3.R.F.3 Phonics and Word Recognition: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. CC.3.R.L.7 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).