Sharma Krauskopf

A story in traditional folk tale form describing how the Belted
Galloway cow got its name.
I wonder how that came to be. This book may give us some clues,
so think of that as we read it. What kind of fiction text often tells
how things came to be? What are some of the features of that
kind of text? How will that help you as you read this book?
■ Fiction, fantasy in folk tale structure
■ Third person
■ Past tense
■ Book language
■ Anthropomorphic
■ Probably some unfamiliar vocabulary
■ Extra information on inside and back covers
■ Using knowledge of the structure of a genre to assist reading
a new text in a similar form
■ Inferential reading
■ Considering author’s purpose
■ Understanding the importance of background knowledge
■ Discuss the unusual coloring/stripe of the cow in the cover
illustration (the author provides extra information on page
16).… (meer)