I Just Ate My Friend
This book is best for:
- describing
- identifying emotions
- inferencing
Review
A yellow speckled monster just ate his friend. He tries to find another friend, but soon discovers the other monsters are quite picky when it comes to friends - he’s either too small, too big, or too scary. He finally meets a green-speckled monster who agrees to be his friend but let’s just say that doesn’t work out either...
I Just Ate My Friend is a humorous story about the search for friendship and belonging. In some ways, it mimics the challenges young children face in the ever-changing rules of playground friendships. It features close-ups of the monsters’ facial expressions, making it a valuable teaching resource for identifying and drawing inferences about the characters’ emotions. The bold illustrations of monsters in different shapes and sizes makes it fun for children to practice their describing skills.
For further speech and language targets in I Just Ate My Friend, see the list below.
Book Details
Narrative Structure: Action Sequence
Story Plot: Repetitive Tale
Themes:
- friendship
- monsters
Speech and Language Targets
Speech Sounds:
- /h/ - hello
- /m/ - monster
- /n/ - no, never mind
- /r/ blends - friend
Grammar:
- modal (would)
- negative (no)
- irregular past tense verb (ate)
- possessive pronoun (my)
- subjective pronoun (I, you)
Semantics:
- identifying parts
- describing
- differences
- similarities
- identifying obstacles to an action
- making inferences
Concepts:
- descriptive concepts (big, little, slow)
Social-Emotional:
- emotions
- friendship
- greetings
- initiating conversation
Narrative:
- sequencing
- direct character speech
Book Info
Published by Allen & Unwin in 2017 (ISBN: 9781760294342)