Steve Jenkins warns his readers about the dangers of some animals in a kid-friendly fashion in Never Smile at a Monkey. Each page shares one of eighteen different creatures’ harmful characteristics. Written in a repeating structure, NEVER begins the informative paragraph using alliteration in the subsection titles. At the end of the book, more information is shared regarding each creature.
Introduce the book with this book trailer.
Jessica Ivy shares how to use the book with close reading techniques (level O). She shares her reproducible resources on Teachers Pay Teachers for free.
Savorings for Never Smile at a Monkey:
- Alliteration
- Descriptive
- Commands – Look out!
- Intertwines physic qualities with emotional characteristics – “Sharp hooves, long horns, and an extremely nasty temper”
- Dependent Clauses
- Power of 3
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