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THE RAINBOW GOBLINS
by Ul De Rico
(Give after Lesson 140.)
BEFORE READING/SET PURPOSES
Display the cover of the book and read the title. Identify the author/illustrator. Talk about
what students see in the illustration. Ask them what goblins are. Ask if goblins are real or
fantasy creatures.
Take a picture walk through several spreads. Ask: Where does the story take place?
When do you see a rainbow? What do you want to find out about the rainbow goblins?
During Reading
Why do the Goblins want the Rainbow? (They eat the different colors.)
What is their plan? (They will go to the Valley and eat the Rainbow.)
How do the Rainbow Goblins catch rainbows? (They use rope lassoes, and the rainbows
disappear.)
How does the Earth spoil their plan? (The roots hear the plan, and the flowers take the colors
of the Rainbow.)
AFTER READING/RETURN TO PURPOSES
Why do you think the Earth helped the Rainbow? (Possible answer: The Rainbow is beautiful;
the Earth didn’t want the goblins to eat all of the rainbows.)
Where did the birds, butterflies, and dragonflies come from? (The Rainbow rewarded the
flowers for their help by turning them into birds, butterflies, and dragonflies.)
What do you think the author meant when he wrote the last sentence in the story?
(Possible answer: Because of the goblins, the Rainbow needs to be more careful.)
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