Pistes d'exploration

Talk about the story and the funny things that happen. What is possible and what is not? 

Use a cause and effect graphic organizer to sequence the events of the story.

Make a list of all the animals in the story and write a couple of sentences to describe what each looks like. Draw a picture to illustrate your writing.

Write about an imaginary class trip where something goes very wrong.

Label pictures of elements found in the story.

Discuss other funny events that could happen on a visit to a farm.

Discuss the farm visit in the book. Do you remember an outing that didn’t turn out exactly as it should have?

Use a cause and effect graphic organizer to sequence the events of the story.

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, Previously

Mots-clés

Adventure , Humour , Picture book , cause and effect , circular story , farms , pets , snakes

Commentaire descriptif

When a young girl returns home from a class field trip, she regales her mother with all the “boring” details of her crazy day at the farm—none of which turn out to be the least bit boring. First off, the cow started crying when a haystack fell on her. All that because the farmer crashed into it with his tractor. As the chain of events unfolds in reverse order, we learn about an egg fight, a corn fight, the unruly pigs that took over the school bus and devoured the children's lunches, and classmate Jimmy's havoc-wreaking boa constrictor. The girl's deadpan delivery of all the ensuing madness, told in flashback, makes this the perfect read-aloud for children who often tell their parents: “school is boring.” Illustrated speech bubbles, spare dialogue and detailed sketches in ink, pencil and watercolour work seamlessly and succinctly to recreate the rollicking mood on this farm that is overrun with roosters, cats and schoolchildren.