Did you finish reading, “The Chocolate Touch” ? If not that is your very first assignment for the week because this week is all about one of Marcie’s favorite things: Chocolate.
Chocolate is actually a pretty cool food with an interesting history and before it turns into a chocolate bar or hot chocolate it starts as a cocoa pod growing from the trunk of a tree! Say what?! Watch these two videos to learn all about it :
This video is just for fun 🙂 It’s a clip from an old TV show that was known for being very funny. Watch these two best friends try to get a job working in a chocolate factory:
Next we will be writing a SENSORY POEM. Do you know all of your five senses? I want you to choose a favorite food and describe it using your five senses: What you see, what you smell, what you taste, what you hear (maybe when you chew it?) and what you feel when you hold it or how it feels in your mouth! Don’t give the name of the food away — in the clues because we are going to try to guess what food you are describing!
I wrote one for an example for you but you get to choose one of these templates to print and will write your own poem on the paper — be prepared to share it in class so we can guess!
Here is mine:
I see reds and yellows and greens
I smell fall time
I taste crisp, sweet bright flavors
I hear a nice sharp crunch
I feel it’s weight in my hand and the smoothness of it’s skin
What am I?
Did you guess that I was an apple?? Good job!
Next I want you to read this poem because it’s about valentine’s day AND chocolate:
Mother’s Chocolate Valentine by Jack Prelutsky
I bought a box of chocolate hearts,
a present for my mother,
they looked so good I tasted one,
and then I tried another.
They both were so delicious
that I ate another four,
and then another couple,
and then half a dozen more.
I couldn’t seem to stop myself,
I nibbled on and on,
before I knew what happened
all the chocolate hearts were gone.
I felt a little guilty,
I was stuffed down to my socks,
I ate my mother’s valentine…
I hope she likes the box.
BONUS VANBUCKS: Copy the poem onto a piece of paper and bring it to show me!
NEXT, I want you to survey at least 5 people to get the answer to this question:
What is your favorite type of chocolate? Dark chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Semi-Sweet Chocolate, White Chocolate and I Don’t like Chocolate
**Bring your answers to class and we will make a graph together to see what is the most popular type of chocolate from our survey!**
Finally we are going to do an art project! I want you to think creatively here and answer the question: “Everything I touch turns to _______” and then draw a picture of something you touched (a person, a pet, an object in your home) but it has turned into that food! Since our objects won’t turn to solid chocolate we have to get creative! What would a brocolli phone look like? What would a spaghetti dog look like? (this is what AI came up with, I think your creations will be even cooler!)
BONUS: One of the big lessons in this book is that sometimes what we think we want isn’t what we actually need! Copy this lesson onto a piece of paper and make it pretty! Maybe draw some chocolates on there 😉 “Sometimes what we want most isn’t what we truly need”
Check list:
Finish Book
Watch 3 Videos
Do Sensory Poem
Read Poem
Survey 5 People about Chocolate
Art Project
BONUS: Copywork Poem
Copywork quote
Woooooohoooooo