Unit 5

Make me laugh!


Assignment

Assignments For The Biggest Scoop In The Coop

  • You will create a Concept Map about the techniques the author used to make this story funny.
  • You will start learning about verbs.


Techniques to Make a Story Funny


The author and illustrator of The Biggest Scoop in the Coop used a variety of techniques to make you laugh. Among them are

  • a basic question that many people already know, but change to make it funny
  • silly pictures
  • funny language for descriptions
  • names that seem funny when you make connections
  • foolish behaviour of the people in the story
  • a surprise ending

Look back at the list. Can you think of a place in the story where the author and illustrator used these techniques? You are going to make a Chicken Jokes Concept Map to show how the techniques were used.

  Concept Map

Time to start your Concept Map about Chicken Jokes.

  • Go to ReadWriteThink to begin creating your Concept Map.