Entry # 5

3 Little Pigs:

1. Animals that talk
2. Children moving out of the house to live by themselves when they are young
3. Boiling water to kill/hurt the wolf
4. Mother not checking up on the kids.

Goldilocks and the 3 Bears:

1. What is Porridge?
2. Child wondering alone
3. What are chairs, tables, bowls, and beds?
4. Baby bear crying over something so small?

Students from different countries and cultures have never been exposed to talking animals. Children in other cultures usually live with their parents until they find a partner. So the pigs moving away and trying life a lone will be quite confusing for the ELL students. Some students also do not like to kill or hurt anything. They don't even step on ants because it is again their religion. So telling them about killing the wolf is not an appropriate thing. Students form other cultures are used to having their moms check up on them all the time. In the 1st story the mother pig didn't even check on any of her children.
        In the 2nd story the students will be clueless about the porridge. They won't know what that is. They are used to eating different kids of cultural food and porridge will sound like a disease to them. In some cultures girls don't walk alone, they always have a male chaperone to guard them. They are not exposed to chairs, tables, beds etc. They sleep on mats or the floor. Poor children from other cultures don't cry over eaten food or broken chairs. They are thankful for what they have.

   A good way to teach some these things is to talk about the differences. EX: sleeping patterns in US vs other countries. Teachers could discuss the types of food that are eaten in some cultures. Showing pictures of these differences will help the ELL student understand the story better.