The Little Red Hen Meets Peter Rabbit

This important first step sets the stage for other activities by making the stories available to students in several media and through varied learning styles: • Create and display illustrations of literature genres that portray fully developed story characters [e.g.• "Margaret" in The Balallcillg Girl (Rabe, 1981) or "Anna" in Alllla's Silent \.'\kJrld (Wolf. 1977)1. • Ask older students or school volunteers to tape record the stories in the genre so that your students can listen to the narratives as they follow the text and view the illustrations. • Set aside time each day where students can take turns role-playing the part of storyteller. retelling stories from their own or a favorite character's viewpoint.