To claim her uncle's unexpected bequest she must marry by her next birthday, which leaves only two months to find a malleable mate. Readers’ theatre is a fun and engaging way to motivate at- risk readers and foster reading successes.Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780380806317Īgainst her better judgment, Lady Gillian Marley needs to find herself a husband-and quickly. Readers’ theatre helps the reader to increase their reading fluency and builds confidence as the reader continues to improve their reading through practicing and performing. This controlled vocabulary book provides text that is manageable for at- risk readers, illustrations that are engaging, and dialogue between the two main characters that would work well as a readers’ theatre script.

I Broke My Trunk! Provides an excellent opportunity for teachers to incorporate a two person readers’ theatre into their instruction.

This poetry form helps the reader to structure their poem and guides them in what information to include, and when they have completed filling in their responses, the poem is generated for them. This activity is beneficial for at- risk readers because it helps them to focus on specific aspects of the book while they are reading and then create a poem to publish. The students could focus on these main points in the book and create their own poem.

A 5 W poem would work well for I Broke My Trunk! This poem asks the reader to fill in who, what, where, when, and why.

The illustrations are also supportive of the text, thus helping a struggling reader to determine what is written by referring to the illustrations. This book also includes engaging illustrations that expand upon what is written in the text and allows the reader to expand their story knowledge and form a more complete picture of the events in the story. This book is enjoyable for at- risk readers because the vocabulary is limited allowing for highly successful reading. I Broke My Trunk! Is a controlled vocabulary book that is fun and engaging to read.

Willem’s cheerful illustrations add to the humor of the book and expand upon the story, beyond what is written, as Elephant spins a tale to tell Piggie just how he broke his trunk.

In this tale Elephant has broken his trunk and explains to a, not so patient Piggie, how it happened. I Broke My Trunk! Is a lighthearted tale that includes two of Mo Willem’s well-loved characters, Elephant and Piggie. I broke my trunk! New York, NY: Hyperion Books for Children.

I Broke My Trunk! by Mo Willems