Write the first letter of your name very large, then draw scenes from your life or creatures from your favorite books or anything you like. The first letter of every chapter in The Neverending Story is very large and decorated with illustrations (e.g. Consider drawing them in a real-life scene with yourself. Which character from a book would you like to have as a real-life friend?ĭraw a favorite character from any book you like. Have you ever wished you could live inside a book you read? Describe it! Have you ever liked reading a book so much that you lost track of time or constantly thought about it? Which book and why? What is a never-ending story? Can a story really never end? What do you think of the old man in the bookstore? Have you ever been treated like that? Looking at the cover, what do you think this book is about?ĭiscussion topics for during/after reading: In Fantastica, a mount is any sort of creature that another smaller creature might ride)ĭid you know this book is also a movie? Have you ever seen it? You don't have to define all of them, but you are encouraged to define those you think the kids might enjoy if they could picture them, or which help them picture the world of Fantastica. Particularly in the green text, this book has a lot of nouns the kids might not know. Ask the kids if they think something powerful and mysterious is happening. 4, and have the kids model a shocked and surprised look with their mouths open) Vocabulary to define with the kids as you read it 149-151 for intriguing examples that you may want to read aloud. You won't have time to get this far in the book, so at some point explain to the kids that Bastian's real-life starts to interact with the world of Fantastica. The purple text is set in real-life, the green text is the fantasy story in the book that Bastian is readingĬonsider an appropriate time to read aloud the inside of the front book jacket to intrigue the kids Grade Level: 5th (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)īastian embarks on a wild adventure when he enters the magical world of Fantastica, a doomed land filled with dragons, giants, and monsters, and risks his life to save Fantastica by going on a very dangerous quest.
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