Carrots by Shel Silverstein

In this lesson children examined the difference between figurative and literal thinking. Children also practiced making predictions on what they thought the text would be about solely looking at the illustration. I asked children if they knew what bodily function carrots help with. Some knew that they help with eye sight. Some children then made changes to their prediction. Others still unsure why their are carrots as eyes in the illustration.

In order to expand their knowledge of figurative speech were examined the following pieces of figurative speech:

·         Her hair was soft as silk.

·         Her eyes were like fireflies.

In order to expand their thinking during the book I asked some of the following questions:

·         Do you think your eyes really turn into carrots if you eat a lot of carrots?

·         Why or why not?

·         Do you think he’s using the carrots right by putting them into his eyes?

·         Why or why not?

·         What do you think people really mean when they say “carrots are good for your eyes”?