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TEACHER NOTES: OVERVIEW

OVERVIEW
The following graphic organizers and activities have been designed for you to
use with the different needs of your students.
• Limited text to keep the design simple and clear. Those pages with more text
are for more independent work.
• The boxes on many pages can be used for illustrations or writing, depending
on your needs.
• The purple text on the 'Teacher Notes' pages is specific to the book. The ideas
are my interpretation, but they give you a head start.
• Some pages have book-related text and images (e.g., cause & effect).

BOOK SUMMARY
The author, David Shannon, wrote No, David! Based on his own writings and
drawing as a young boy and all the mischief he got up to. As a consequence of
his actions, all he heard his mother say was “no, David!”

The book takes the reader through everything he does that upset his mother. This
includes dragging mud into the house. Making lots of noise, leaving a lot of mess
and flooding the bathroom.

David doesn’t seem to take on board his mother’s words until he accidentally
breaks a vase with his baseball bat. His mother makes him sit in the corner to
reflect on his behaviour. With tears in his eyes, he apologises to his mother and
reaches out for a hug. She takes him in her arms and tells him she loves him.

BOOKS IN THE SERIES

No, David! (1999), David Goes to School (1999), David Gets in Trouble (2002), It's
Christmas, David! (2010), Grow Up, David! (2018)

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TEACHER NOTES: RETELLING

Retelling involves reading a story and telling, without the book, what happened.
It requires remembering details, along with an understanding of the text. The
graphic organizers include different ways to retell the story, including images.

PROMPTS & QUESTIONS

• Retell the story in your own words.
• Retell the most important events from the beginning, middle and end.
• Retell the most important events in order.
• Who was the story about?
• How did the story begin?
• What happened at the beginning?
• When did the story happen?
• What was the setting(s)?
• What happened next? Then what happened?
• What’s happened to [character] so far?
• What did [character] do next?
• What did [character] do after [event/action]?
• What was the [character’s] problem?
• How did [character] solve the problem?
• How did the story end?

RETELLING IN NO, DAVID!

• Beginning: David gets up to all sorts of mischief, doing things he shouldn’t.
David is constantly being told "No" by his mother.
• Middle: David continues to get into more mischief. His actions include tracking
mud into the house, jumping on his bed, playing his music too loudly, and
making a mess during bath time. His mother responds with, "No, David!".
• End: David's mother gives him a time-out. David feels sad, and his mother
reassures him that she still loves him.

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David reaches for cookies on David walks into the house David plays in a bath David eats with his mouth
a high shelf. covered in mud. overflowing with water. open.

David jumps on the bed David plays with his bat and He sits in the corner of the David hugs his mother, and
dressed as a superhero. ball in the house. room next to a broken vase. she tells him she loves him.

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TEACHER NOTES: SEQUENCING

Sequencing involves putting events in a logical order, along with character names
and specific details, promoting understanding of the story structure.
The graphic organizers include different ways to sequence story events. There are
also images from the book to cut out and sequence.

PROMPTS & QUESTIONS

When sequencing a story, encourage your students to use first, then, next,
finally/last. They are important transition or signal words and help your students
think about the order of events. Others include:
Beginning: In the beginning, First of all, Once upon a time, Once there was
Middle: Meanwhile, After that, Suddenly
End: In the end, Finally, After all

SEQUENCING IN NO, DAVID!

1. David reaches for cookies on a high shelf.
2. David walks into the house covered in mud.
3. David plays in a bath overflowing with water.
4. David runs naked down the street.
5. David makes lots of noise by banging a pot.
6. David plays with his food and eats with his mouth open.
7. David jumps on the bed dressed as a superhero.
8. David picks his nose.
9. David watches TV in a messy room.
10. David plays with his baseball bat and ball in the house.
11. David sits in the corner of the room next to a broken vase.
12. David hugs his mother, and she tells him she loves him.

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He sits in the corner of the David hugs his mother, and David walks into the house David plays in a bath
room next to a broken vase. she tells him she loves him. covered in mud. overflowing with water.

David eats with his mouth David plays with his David reaches for cookies David jumps on the bed
open. baseball bat in the house. on a high shelf. dressed as a superhero.

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Directions: Cut out the boxes and stick the main events in the correct sequence.

David sits in the corner

David makes lots of noise David walks into the
of the room next to a
by banging a pot. house covered in mud.
broken vase.

David plays with his David hugs his mother,

David jumps on the bed
baseball bat and ball in and she tells him she
dressed as a superhero.
the house. loves him.

David plays with his food

David reaches for cookies David runs naked down
and eats with his mouth
on a high shelf. the street.
open.

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David hugs his

David makes lots of
mother, and she David picks his
noise by banging a
tells him she loves nose.
pot.
him.

David plays with his David plays with his David walks into
food and eats with baseball bat and the house covered
his mouth open. ball in the house. in mud.

David sits in the

David reaches for David plays in a
corner of the room
cookies on a high bath overflowing
next to a broken
shelf. with water.
vase.

David jumps on the

David runs naked David watches TV
bed dressed as a
down the street. in a messy room.
superhero.

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TEACHER NOTES: SUMMARIZING

OVERVIEW
Summarizing involves determining the most important ideas of a text and
ignoring irrelevant details.
You will find activities to help reduce the books to the main points. Some
activities use the prompt: Someone - Wanted - But - So - Then - Finally

QUESTIONS
• What is the main idea of the text/story?
• What information friend the text is important to support the main idea?
• What information from the text is irrelevant?
• What happened after [event]?
• What was the first/last thing that happened in the story?
• What does [character] do at different parts of the story?
• What actions and reactions took place in the story?
• What are the most important parts of the story?

SUMMARIZING IN NO, DAVID!

• Someone: David’s mother
• Wanted David to behave himself
• But he kept doing things she asked him not to do
• So she made him sit in the corner of the room.
• Then David said sorry
• Finally, his mother told David she loved him.

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Directions: Summarize No, David!'s beginning, middle and end,

using only the most important events.

Beginning

Middle

End

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David wanted…. But…

So… Then…

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David’s mother wanted…. But…

So… Then…

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Characters Setting

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Subplots

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Who? What?

When? Why?

Summary of No, David!

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When? Where?

Why? How?

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WHO
is the main
character?

What
did the main
character
WANT?

What
was the character’s
PROBLEM?

How did they

SOLVE
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