Essential and guiding questions:
- What are the character traits of Bear and Hare? Give examples from the story to tell what they are like. Use the chart provided to answer question #1 (below). RL 3
- “So, Hare and Mrs. Hare put their heads together and cooked up a plan.” What does the author mean when she states this in the story? RL 4
- What do you notice about Bear in the illustrations? How does that help you as a reader to understand his character? RL 7
- The author describes Hare as clever. Give three examples from the story of how Hare demonstrated that he was “clever”. RL 4
- The story only mentions Hare’s family a few times. What can you tell about the Hare family just by the pictures the illustrator has provided? RL 7
- Janet Stevens also retells and illustrates another tale that includes the character of Hare called, The Tortoise and the Hare.
- Compare and contrast Hare’s character in the two stories. RL 9
- What is the moral or lesson in this fable? Provide some examples from the story that lets us know that is the lesson. RL 2
