"I didn't mean to..."
Title: David Gets in Trouble
Author: David Shannon
Illustrator: David Shannon
Publisher: Blue sky Press
Date of Publication: 2002
Genre: Fiction
Readability Lexile: Not Found
Summary:
This is a story about David, a little trouble maker who has all kinds of excuses to the naughty things he does on a daily basis. Some of these classic reasons are, “My dog ate my homework.”, “I didn’t mean to!”, or “Dad says it!”. In the end David learns to say that he is sorry and tells his mom he loves her.
Evaluation:
This story is super relatable for students and parents. Students can recall times that they got in trouble and the excuses they tried to get them out of trouble. Parents can see they own little troublemakers in David. The setting of this story is David’s house, school, and backyard; the three places that a little boy spends most of his time. David must realize throughout this story that he needs to say he is sorry and that he loves his mother after he is naughty. The author doesn’t use any offensive, degrading, or stereotypical language or illustrations in this story.
Literary Elements:
1. Theme: In this story, David learns how to say he is sorry for being so naughty and his mother forgives him because she loves him and knows that he is just a troublemaker. His mother loves David for who he is.
2. Tone: The author uses tone to make this story what it; a funny story of one little boy’s quest to not get in trouble. This is a light-hearted, silly story.
3. Characterization: Even though this story is very short and doesn’t have very many words, you really get the idea of who David is. The pictures also help to describe David as a person.
Illustrations:
The illustrations in this book are silly and over the top! The text rarely tells you anything about what David is doing but the pictures fill in the blanks. For example, when David says, “But Dad says it!”, without the pictures we would wonder what that means but then in the picture we see David sitting in the bathroom with a bar of soap in his mouth, therefore we know he said a swear word.
Mini-Lesson Idea:
I would use this book to teach students how to create text that is largely supported by the illustrations. I would have students use this book as a resource see how this author’s picture and text rely on each other to tell the story. Then we would develop out own David-like story.
Readability Lexile: Not Found
Summary:
This is a story about David, a little trouble maker who has all kinds of excuses to the naughty things he does on a daily basis. Some of these classic reasons are, “My dog ate my homework.”, “I didn’t mean to!”, or “Dad says it!”. In the end David learns to say that he is sorry and tells his mom he loves her.
Evaluation:
This story is super relatable for students and parents. Students can recall times that they got in trouble and the excuses they tried to get them out of trouble. Parents can see they own little troublemakers in David. The setting of this story is David’s house, school, and backyard; the three places that a little boy spends most of his time. David must realize throughout this story that he needs to say he is sorry and that he loves his mother after he is naughty. The author doesn’t use any offensive, degrading, or stereotypical language or illustrations in this story.
Literary Elements:
1. Theme: In this story, David learns how to say he is sorry for being so naughty and his mother forgives him because she loves him and knows that he is just a troublemaker. His mother loves David for who he is.
2. Tone: The author uses tone to make this story what it; a funny story of one little boy’s quest to not get in trouble. This is a light-hearted, silly story.
3. Characterization: Even though this story is very short and doesn’t have very many words, you really get the idea of who David is. The pictures also help to describe David as a person.
Illustrations:
The illustrations in this book are silly and over the top! The text rarely tells you anything about what David is doing but the pictures fill in the blanks. For example, when David says, “But Dad says it!”, without the pictures we would wonder what that means but then in the picture we see David sitting in the bathroom with a bar of soap in his mouth, therefore we know he said a swear word.
Mini-Lesson Idea:
I would use this book to teach students how to create text that is largely supported by the illustrations. I would have students use this book as a resource see how this author’s picture and text rely on each other to tell the story. Then we would develop out own David-like story.
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