Thidwick The Big Hearted Moose Lesson Plan - Dr. Seuss

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QUESTION SHEET Thidwick, The Big-Hearted Moose Question & Answers 1. What was the name of the main moose? ________________ 2. When Thidwick met the Bingle Bug, what did he ask of him? _____________________________________________________ 3. Why didn’t Thidwick tell all the animals to get off his antlers? _____________________________________________________ 4. What do the moose like to eat? __________________________ 5. What did the Zinn-a-zu build on Thidwicks antlers? _____________________ 6. What happened when the animals voted if Thidwick should cross the lake? _________________________________________________________ 7. What did Thidwick start to run from? ______________________________ 8. How did Thidwick escape from the hunters? _______________________________________________

Harder Questions 1. What place in line was Thidwick walking? ___________ 2. What animals did Thidwick say could hop onto his antlers?

___________________ 3. How many hairs of Thidwicks did the Bird use to build his nest? _______

4. What was the name of the lake? ___________________________ 5. Can you name all the animals on Thidwicks antlers?

1. _______________________________ 2. _______________________________ 3. _______________________________ 4. _______________________________ 5. _______________________________ 6. _______________________________ 7. _______________________________ 8. _______________________________ 9. _______________________________ 10. _______________________________ 11. _______________________________ 12. _______________________________

Did you know! A Russian adaptation of this book was done in 1986 using painted-on-glass animation. You can view the film here: http://www.seussdude.com/thidwickthe-big-hearted-moose.html

Discussion Questions Have you ever seen a moose? Why were the animals in the wrong? What happens when we are generous and other take advantage of it? ------------- ----This information is provided as a free service. Please do not remove the links from this document back to our website. Other than that, feel free to distribute this PDF document by posting it on your website. http://www.seussdude.com

Answers to Questions 1. Thidwick 2. If he could sit and rest on his antlers 3. Cause he was too nice and said that they were guests so he couldn’t ask them to leave. 4. Moosemoss 5. A nest using Thidwicks hair 6.They voted that Thidwick should not cross the lake 7. Hunters (they were trying to kill him) 8. His antlers fell off, so they didn’t want to kill him. Answers to Hard Questions 1. Last 2. Only the bingle bug, the others just helped themselves 3. 204 hairs 4. Lake Winna-Bango Animals on Thidwick: bingle bug, tree-spider, Zinn-a-zu (bird and wife), woodpecker, family of squirrels, bobcat, turtle, fox, mice, fleas, bear, 362 bears