Oral Comprehensive Lesson

In one of my reading classes I am taking this semester, we are discussing the variety of ways you can test a student's comprehension of stories. One of the methods we went over, I thought was very interesting. It was an oral comprehensive assessment, and it seemed very effective. I just recently read Franklin and the Thunderstorm by Paulette Bourgeois. I used to love Franklin stories as a child, so I thought I would use this story as an example. As a teacher I would have the student read the book and than answer the following questions. As a teacher you would pick a topic that related to the book, so in this case it could be weather. During the first part, you pick a subject and have the student name as many words, that relate to that subject in a certain period of time and also compare different subjects.

Naming:
1) Different types of weather
2) Types of clothing to wear correlating to the weather
3) Compare the different seasons

Describing... ( You can pick a word in the book, to define)
1) Barometer

Pictures: ( Have the students think of pictures to represent parts of the story to help them remember it)
1) Turtle (Franklin)
2) Beaver or Snail (Friends)
3) Clouds/Rain
4) Rainbow

Comprehension Questions: ( Could do this at the end of the lesson)
1) What was Franklin scared of and why?
2) Where did Franklin and his friends go to get away from the storm at the beginning?
3) What did Hawk say that the thunder was?
4) How did Franklin overcome his fear?
5) Is there anything you are scared of? If so how could you overcome it?

This is just an example of how you could set up this lesson and it could go for all ages. This one in particular would probably be best for 1st or 2nd graders.