Book Companion for Bad Apple with Idioms Vocabulary and Verb Activities

Bad Apple : A Tale of Friendship by Edward Hemingway is a great story about an unlikely friendship between an apple and a worm. Use this book companion with apple, farm, fall, back to school, or year round activities. This literacy-based resource targets describing vocabulary, sequencing, story retelling, idioms, sorting fruit & vegetables, 5 senses, verbs, social skills, phonemic awareness (phoneme segmentation), and comprehension questions. Step-by-step lesson directions are provided. This book companion can be differentiated for a variety of elementary grade levels. Digital Slide activities are included to lead discussions about the story AND to play drag & drop idiom and verb activities.

** This resource is compatible with Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship by Edward Hemingway. You will need access to this book to use this product effectively **

The PRINTABLE resource includes:

• 9 Character/Story Element Picture Cards
• Communication Board to answer questions
• Orchard Scene to sequence and retell events
• Fruit vs. Vegetable Food Sort (18 items to sort)
• 8 Idioms to Define and Use in Sentences
• 5 Senses Cards to make observations about Apples
• 10 Verb Picture Cards
• 30 Sentence Strips with Past, Present, and Future Tense forms of each verb
• Definition Cards - Verbs, Idioms
• 8 Friendship Scenarios to Discuss and Match Feelings
• 8 Apple Feeling Cards
• 10 Sound Box Cards for Phoneme Segmentation
• Step-by-Step Detailed Lesson Plan Instructions
• Describe It! Spinners to describe vocabulary
• 9 Worksheets (Printable + EASEL)
• Data Collection Sheets
• Clickable Table of Contents to find items quickly
• Reference Page
• Black & White versions of each page
• Overview of Activities Included -

1. Pre-Story Knowledge
2. Shared Reading
3. Post-Story Comprehension Questions
4. Language Activities
5. Syntax/Grammar Activities
6. Retelling the Story
7. Pragmatics/Social Skills Discussion
8. Phonemic Awareness Activity
9. Create a Parallel Story

The DIGITAL resource includes:

• Idiom Review and Drag & Drop Game - Review the Idiom Definitions and Complete Sentences using Idioms
• Verb Activity and Drag & Drop Game - Use each verb in a sentence (SLP/Teacher Led Discussion) and Identify the Verb Tense in Sentences
• Discussion Question Digital Slides - Pre-Story Questions, Post-Story Comprehension Questions, & Friendship Discussion Questions
• Compatible with PowerPoint and Google Slides™

** Easel Digital Activities - Self-Checking, Drag & Drop, Fill-in-the-Blank

** Easel Assessment - 8 Question Self-Grading Quiz about Idioms AND 6 Question Self-Grading Story Comprehension Quiz

Additional Resources:

Fletcher & The Falling Leaves Book Companion

Apple Orchard Category Sort

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Please note: The author of this product is not affiliated with the author or publisher of Bad Apple. This product is designed to be used as a companion for Bad Apple, not as a stand alone product.