The Selfish Giant: read-along
The Selfish Giant as a read-along for the projector: 13 pages, 1396 words, level 11, grade 6.
Page 1 of 13
Every afternoon, on their way home from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden. It was a large and lovely garden, carpeted with soft green grass, and here and there above the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars. There were twelve peach trees that in springtime broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore magnificent fruit. The birds perched in the branches and sang so sweetly that the children would interrupt their games to listen to them. "How happy we are here!" they called to one another, and the garden seemed to agree with them completely.
Keys: ← → or Page Up and Page Down turn the page, Space starts and pauses the voice, Home and End jump, F fills the screen. Tapping the right side of a page goes on; the left side goes back.
How to use it
- Press Full screen (F) to put the book on the projector.
- Press Read to me (Space), or read it yourself and turn pages with the arrow keys or a tap. Pick the Pace that suits the class.
- After the last page, three questions come up to talk about.
About this book
- Level 11, Grade 6
- 13 pages, 1396 words, about 10 minutes aloud
- A classic tale, gentle
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About The Selfish Giant
The children play in the Giant's beautiful garden every afternoon, until the Giant comes home and builds a high wall to keep them out. Then the spring refuses to come, and winter settles in the garden for good.
Words to preview
- ogre (OH-ger)
- a giant
- gruff
- rough and grumpy
- trespassers (TRESS-pass-erz)
- uninvited visitors
- prosecuted (PROSS-uh-kyoo-tid)
- taken to court
- slates (SLAYTS)
- roof tiles
- linnet (LIN-it)
- small songbird
- feeble (FEE-bul)
- weak
Questions that fit any book
- What happened at the beginning, in the middle and at the end?
- Which page was your favorite? Why?
- How did the main character feel at the end? What tells you?
Questions
How long does The Selfish Giant take to read aloud?
It has 13 pages and 1396 words, so about 10 minutes at the Steady pace and a little less at Quick. If you stop to talk on the way, plan for more.
What reading level is The Selfish Giant?
Level 11, Grade 6. The library numbers its levels from 0 to 18 and puts the level of a book on its cover; level 11 sits at grade 6. A level is a guide for choosing, so look at the pages yourself.
Whose voice is it?
Your browser's own. Read to me uses a speaking voice already on the computer, so it sounds like that computer and works without a sign-in. Voices differ: some light each word as it is spoken, and some do not, in which case the highlight follows a steady pace instead. Some browsers use an online voice; if yours does, the browser, not us, sends the words of the page to its speech service. If no voice is installed, turn the pages and read it aloud yourself.
Do students need an account?
No. Nothing is asked of anyone and nothing is sent to us. Project the page, or share the link and let students open it on their own screens.
Is this the original text?
No. It is a retelling in Peabody's own words at this reading level, so it may differ from the edition you know.
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