The Empty Pot

This print-and-go resource includes everything you need to supplement your reading of The Empty Pot by Demi, a fantastic story that emphasizes the importance of honesty.

This print-and-go resource includes the following activities:

• Front Cover visualization (to be completed before you read the book)
• Charting the Details: Beginning-Middle-End graphic organizer (answer key included)
• Retelling Booklet – create a 6-page booklet to retell the story
• Sequencing Events (answer key included)
• Cause & Effect (two templates – one with “cause” column filled out – answer key included - and one blank)
• Vivid Vocabulary (answer key included)
• My Favorite Scene - drawing activity
• Moral of the Story - letter writing activity
• Irony (answer key included)
• Fill the Pots – following directions and drawing activity
• Honest or Not? Critical thinking activity

This is a fantastic story that acts as a great discussion starter for conversations about the importance of honesty and acting with integrity.

Note: I am not associated with the book or the author – I just enjoy reading it with my students each year and I wanted to create print-and-go activities to help simplify your lesson planning. You can purchase the book on Amazon, at your local book store, or check it out from the library.

Resource created by Jessica Lawler

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