Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss is a very popular picture book amongst children. The story is very simple. Sam wants his friend to try green eggs and ham but his friend refuses. So throughout the book, Sam is trying various different ways to get his friend to try them until he finally gives in and discovers he likes green eggs and ham.
The text in the story will keep young children entertained with its unique use of word play. The illustrations are very imaginative and will capture the attention of any reader.
In my classroom I would go around the room and have each student take a chance to read a portion of the story until we finish it. At the end I would ask questions like:
- Would you eat green eggs and ham?
- why do you think Sam's friend didn't want to eat the green eggs and ham?
- What could you learn from this story?
As a motivational activity, I would have my class make green eggs and ham and then try it to see what they think. For another motivational activity, I would write the rhyming words from the story on the halves of green plastic eggs. Once finished I would take them apart and mix them up and have my students practice word rhymes by matching the appropriate halves.
Seuss, D. (1960). Green eggs and ham. New York, NY: Random House Children's books
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