Interest level: K-2nd grade
Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Madeline is an intelligent young girl living in a boarding school in Paris under the care of the ever optimistic Miss Clavel. When the Spanish Ambassador and his family move in next door, everyone is enchanted with the Ambassador’s son except Madeline who promptly declares that Pepito is “bad hat”. Pepito enjoys playing tricks on the girl’s in Miss Clavel’s care and even has a tendency to mistreat animals. When Pepito gets injured he resolves to be a better person. Madeline tells him that he is now “the world‘s most wonderful boy”.
I would use this book in my kindergarten-2nd grade classroom. It would be a great way to introduce different cultures since the book is set in Paris, France. It's also a great book to help teach rhymes and word families. Another class discussion would be different family types because Madeline has a school family and Pepito has a nuclear family. This is an overall great book and one of my childhood favorites.
South Carolina State Standard for ELA
Standard 1-3 The student will learn to read by applying appropriate skills and strategies.
Indicator 1-3.8 Use appropriate voice level and intonation when speaking and reading aloud.
In order to connect this book with the South Carolina ELA standard, the teacher can have reader's theater and allow the students to read aloud in small groups and practice their voice level and tone. Another standard tie-in would be the study of Paris in a social studies or geography lesson.
Related Internet Resources
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/madeline-and-bad-hat
http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=4264
http://www.brighthubeducation.com/lesson-plans-grades-1-2/98771-second-grade-madeline-activities/
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