Frances, a young badger who insists on eating only bread and jam, quickly learns that having the same food at every meal isn’t as wonderful as she imagined. Her parents allow her to stick to her choice while the rest of the family enjoys varied, delicious meals, and Frances soon grows bored and envious of what she’s missing. After watching her friend Albert happily eat a wide assortment of foods and realizing that bread and jam alone isn’t satisfying, Frances decides to try new things. In the end, she happily embraces a balanced diet, learning that variety makes mealtimes far more enjoyable.

This resource includes independent activities, a teacher's guide, and a reproducible student booklet, a story summary, and author biography, plus creative activities.

Expectations include:

• To develop the enjoyment and appreciation of
• To reinforce and strengthen comprehension, word study and creative thinking skills.
• To develop the students' ability to read a selected piece of literature independently.
• To develop oral and written language skills. 

Introduction Includes: 

Teacher Notes:

• Novel Study Organization
  • Summary of the Story
  • Author Biography
  • Teacher Information on Badgers
• Vocabulary Lists by page
  • Ways to use the vocabulary
• Teachers Guide
  • Learning Objectives
  • Preparation of Materials
    • Independent Reading Approach
    • Guided Reading Approach
  • Discussion Questions by page
• Teacher Input Suggestions
• List of Skills
• Student Reading Checklist 

Student Booklet

• Reading Booklet
  • Booklet Cover
  • 8 pages of reading questions 

Novel Extension Activities

• A combination of half page cards and full worksheets 

• Fun with Words Activities
  1. Coping words
  2. Compound Words
  3. Copy each word
  4. Syllables
  5. Alphabetical Order
  6. Antonyms
  7. Long and Short Vowels 

• Fun to Do Activities
  1. Research the badger
  2. Make an egg collage
  3. Draw pictures of the characters in the story
  4. List the flavours of jam
  5. Make a list of the different ways eggs are cooked
  6. Make up a song about your favorite food
  7. Make a list of other books by Russell Hoban
  8. Write a letter to the author of the book
  9. Draw a picture of your favorite character
  10. Make a list of foods you don’t like
  11. Research other animals that lay eggs
  12. Research parts of an egg
  13. Acrostic Poem
  14. Write a story
  15. Limerick 

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