Honesty
Francine’s Tough Day Materials
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Arthur Character Cards: Francine, Binky, Mr. Ratburn, Muffy
Aesop Anderson, Hans Christian Breathed, Berkeley Cocca-Leffler, Maryann Demi Farrell, Darren McKissack, Patricia C. Rankin, Laura
Vocabulary List (optional)
Objective: Students explore the interactive comic with buddies to help them gain an understanding of what it means to be honest and how telling the truth can sometimes be hard to do.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Emperor’s New Clothes Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big Princess K.I.M. and the Lie That Grew The Empty Pot Doug-Dennis and the Flyaway Fib The Honest-to-Goodness Truth Ruthie and the (Not So) Tiny Lie
20–45
minutes
HO NE S T Y BIG Buddy S ession 1:
Introduction Preview the story
Introduce the concept and main idea of the story. You might want to say: During our next session with our Little Buddies, you will read and listen a story called Francine’s Tough Day. The main characters in the story are: Francine, Mr. Ratburn, Binky, and Muffy. Display character cards. In Francine’s Tough Day, there are three different stories where Francine has a hard time being honest and telling the truth. She forgets to do her homework and lies about it. Then she exaggerates her role in a soccer game. Finally, she can’t decide whether or not to tell the truth when she is invited to a sleepover but her friend Sue Ellen is not invited. Explain
68 Big Buddy Session: Francine’s Tough Day
