1. Rudyard Kipling No literature books today.
Have out your poem, a pen, and a piece of paper.
Rudyard Kipling

2. Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 Born in Bombay, India
World traveler (US, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, etc.)
Nobel Prize Winner (1907)
Famous for…
The Jungle Book
Kim
“If”
Just So Stories
Gunga Din
and MANY, MANY more stories….

4. “The Elephant’s Child”
Elephant’s Child (whiny/ornery voice)
Kolokolo Bird (high, shrill voice)
Bi-Coloured Python Rock Snake (ssss—cary snake voice)
Crocodile (evil voice—show lots of teeth)
Family Members (very demanding)
Baboon (monkey voice—just one line)
Cast List: Read aloud in class.

6. Exposition: Meet the Elephant’s Child
Inciting Moment: He is spanked for his “satiable curiosity”.
Rising Action: He travels to find out what the crocodile has for dinner.
Crisis: The Crocodile grabs his nose.
Falling Action: His nose grows!
Moment of Final Suspense: He spanks his “dear” family members.
Denouement: All his family members go get new noses from the crocodile.