Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Zog will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of resilience, compassion and individuality, this Zog picture book by Julia Donaldson is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
Engage Your Students with Zog Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Zog. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
- Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with Zog reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
ZOG SUMMARY
Madam Dragon led a dragon school. ZOG was a dragon who wanted to win a Golden Star. Each year there were different focuses, and each time, ZOG had an accident. Each time he failed, somehow there was a young woman who was there to patch him up. When he fell while flying, she plastered his nose. When his voice was hoarse, she gave him a soothing peppermint.
One year, the dragons were learning to capture a princess. ZOG was not able to, until the young woman reveals herself as a princess herself! She helped all the dragons in the class. That is, until a knight came to rescue her.
The young woman shared that she wanted to be a doctor, not a princess. The knight agreed to assist her, and the dragons offered to fly them as needed. They all lived happily ever after!
ZOG LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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When it comes to writing lesson plans and finding activities for Zog, we’ve already done all of the heavy lifting for you.
We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based Zog reading comprehension questions focus on:
- retelling
- sequencing
- analyzing character
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- resilience
- compassion
- individuality
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- contractions
- quotation marks
- exclamation point
ZOG ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for Zog?
- Lexile® Measure: AD710L
- Guided Reading Level: Q
- DRA Level: 38
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 4.1-4.3
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Julia Donaldson. It was illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
What genre is Zog ?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 32 pages long.
