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speech and language teaching concepts for The Paper Bag Princess in speech therapy​
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/pr/ initial
/dr/ initial
/s/ medial and final
/g/ medial
/z/ medial
/th/ final
Themes:

dragons
princesses
Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood, Elementary, Late Elementary
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The Paper Bag Princess

By Robert Munsch

When the fiercest dragon in the whole world smashes Princess Elizabeth’s castle, burns all her clothes, and captures her fiancé, Prince Ronald, Elizabeth takes matters into her own hands. With her wits alone and nothing but a paper bag to wear, the princess challenges the dragon to show his strength in the hopes of saving the prince. But is it worth all that trouble?

Readers the world-over have fallen in love with this classic story of girl power.

This classic dragon and princess themed book can be used in speech therapy to address grammar concepts, such as complex sentence structure, and adjectives. It is also great for noticing character expressions and for perspective-taking! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using The Paper Bag Princess in speech therapy below: ​

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Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

complete episode
Narrative Concepts:

perspective-taking
character analysis
vocabulary
background knowledge
illustration study
inferencing
problem solving
sequencing
verbs (regular past tense)
complex sentence structures
adjectives
Sequencing:

order of actions Elizabeth challenges the dragon with
Vocabulary:

castle, cave, ashes, expensive, tangled, bum, trail, paper bag
Character Analysis:

Ronald: arrogant
Elizabeth: beautiful, smart, clever
Dragon: destructive
Social/Emotional:

arrogance vs. self-care/love
being brave
being ungrateful
Grammar:

verbs (regular past tense)
complex sentence structures
adjectives
Inferencing:

How do you think the prince feels about Elizabeth?
What do you think the hearts mean?
How do you think Elizabeth feels?
Why is she looking down?
How will she know where to go?
Why do you think he wants her to come back?
Why do you think the dragon slammed the door?
How do you think he feels about what Elizabeth is saying?
Why do you think she asked him this?
Does she seem scared of the dragon?
Why do you think the dragon breathed out fire again?
Why do you think Elizabeth is complimenting him?
Do you think Elizabeth knew he was tired?
Why do you think Elizabeth whispered?
How do you think Elizabeth feels when she sees Ronald?
What does his facial expression tell you?
Why do you think she decided not to marry him?
Predicting:

What do you think has happened to Ronald?
Do you think the dragon will do it again?
How do you think Elizabeth will rescue Ronald?
Problem Solving:

A dragon smashed Princess Elizabeth’s castle, burned all her clothes, and captured the prince. Princess Elizabeth wore a paper bag because she didn’t have clothes and then rescued the prince by tricking a dragon.

If you are interested in using The Paper Bag Princess and other Dogs, Dinos, and Dragon- themed books in speech therapy, then check out these print-&-go cheat sheets. Perfect for when you don’t need a full book companion.