Skills Unit 2 Teacher Guide - EngageNY

Discussion Questions on “The Frog Race”
1. Literal What was the setting of “The Frog Race” and “The Jumping
Frog?” (Acceptable answers include: Wild West, Old West, a long time
ago, outside.)
2. Literal Who were the characters in the story? (Big Jim and Pete were
the characters in the story.)
3. Literal What was the plot of the story? (Big Jim brags about his frog
and places a wager (bet). Pete accepts the wager and tricks Big Jim
by feeding limes to the frog so the frog can’t jump.)
4. Literal How did Pete trick Big Jim? (Pete tricked Big Jim by feeding the
frog limes so the frog couldn’t jump. This is the part that makes this a
trickster tale.)
5. Literal What type of fiction genre is the story? (The genre is a trickster
tale.)
Supplemental Materials
• Decodable words:
1. book
2. food
3. good
4. look
5. soon
6. too
7. took
8. cool
9. wood
10. spook
11. roots
12. shampoo
13. igloo
• Sentences and phrases:
1. No problem.
2. So what?
3. Cool it!
4. looking good
5. Knock on wood.
6. man in the moon
7. wooden ships
8. looks like fun
9. take root
10. bad mood
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