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A Quick Synopsis of Tops and Bottoms (Contains Plot Spoilers)

Bear is lazy. His father, being a smart business bear, gave Bear all his money and land, but all Bear wanted to do was sleep, all the time!

Hare lived down the road from Bear. He and his family were in very bad shape. Hare had lost a bet to a tortoise and had to sell his land to Bear to pay off his debt. They had no money and the children were starving, so Hare and his wife came up with a plan.

Hare went to see Bear, who was, of course, asleep. Hare said he and his family would plant, harvest, and do all the work on the farm, if they could use Bear’s field. Then when the crops were ready they would split it 50/50. With the condition that Bear would get the top half of everything, Bear agreed.

Bear went back to sleep and Hare and his family went to work. Harvest arrived, Hare woke up Bear and then he dug up the radishes, carrots, and beets. He pulled off all the tops and tossed them in a pile for Bear and the bottoms for himself. Bear knew he had been tricked; Hare had a wonderful pile of vegetables, while he had a pile of useless tops. He ordered Hare to plant again, this time he would get the bottoms and Hare would get the tops.

While Hare’s family worked planting the second round of crops, Bear slept. When it was time for the harvest, Hare woke up Bear. Hare piled up lettuce, broccoli, and celery for his pile and tossed the bottoms into Bear’s pile. Bear looked at his pile and was furious because he had been tricked again. He ordered Hare to plant the crops again but this time he would get the tops AND the bottoms.

Bear was asleep again while the Hare family planted, watered, and weeded the third round of crops. Harvest arrived and they brought in what they had planted, cornstalks. Hare pulled off the roots at the bottom and the tassels at the top, putting them in a pile for Bear. Then he collected the ears of corn in the middle and put them in his pile. Bear was really awake now and told Hare that he would plant his own crops from now on, so he could keep the tops, bottoms, and middles.

Bear never slept through another planting season, and Hare was able to buy his land back from Bear and open a vegetable stand. Bear and Hare learned to live happily as neighbors, but they never became business partners again.

Essential Questions for Tops and Bottoms

1. Is there a time when being lazy is all right? Explain.
2. Is it ok to trick someone?
3. Why is it important to do things for yourself, rather than depending on others to do them for you?

Other activities could include:

• Research different vegetables and how they grow. For example, root vegetables grow underground.
• Create a storyboard depicting one of the themes from the story. For example: “hard work pays off”.
• Give three examples from the story of Hare demonstrating that he was “clever”.
• Chose three events to illustrate and narrate from Bear’s point of view.
• Janet Stevens also retells and illustrates another tale that includes the character of Hare called, The Tortoise and the Hare. Compare and contrast Hare’s character in the two stories.

Pogosto zastavljena vprašanja o zgornjih in spodnjih delih Janet Stevens

Kakšna je glavna lekcija v knjigi Tops and Bottoms Janet Stevens?

Glavna lekcija v Tops and Bottoms je, da trdo delo in pametno razmišljanje prinašata uspeh, medtem ko lenoba vodi v zamujene priložnosti. Učenci spoznavajo vrednost dela za sebe in ne od drugih.

Kako lahko hitro in zanimivo poučujem o Tops and Bottoms?

Uporabite dejavnosti, kot so risanje zgodb, primerjanje lika Zajca v različnih zgodbah in raziskovanje, kako rastejo zelenjava. Te praktične metode naredijo učenje zanimivo in učinkovito razložijo sporočila zgodbe.

Kakšne so zabavne dejavnosti za plani pouka Tops and Bottoms?

Zabavne dejavnosti vključujejo ustvarjanje zgodbovnih tabel, ilustriranje dogodkov iz Zajčeve perspektive, dajanje primerov Zajčeve pametnosti in primerjanje Zajca v tej zgodbi z Želvo in Zajcem. Te dejavnosti spodbujajo ustvarjalnost in kritično razmišljanje.

Zakaj je pomembno, da stvari delaš sam v Tops and Bottoms?

Delo za sebe je pomembno, ker poučuje odgovornost in zagotavlja, da koristiš od lastnih prizadevanj. V zgodbi je odvisnost Medveda od Zajca povzročila razočaranje, medtem ko Zajec s svojo iniciativo pomaga družini uspeti.

Kakšna je razlika med Zajcem in Medvedom pri delovni etiki v Tops and Bottoms?

Zajec je pameten in delaven, ki rešuje probleme in pomaga družini z napori in načrtovanjem. Medved je len in zamudi nagrade, ker se zanese na druge in spi med sadilnimi sezonami.