Chapter One: My Favorite Color!
After reading chapter one, discuss and summarize events of Otto’s Orange Day. Using the class pictograph compare and contrast students’ favorite colors with Otto’s favorite colors. Assign students to meet in small groups with other students with similar favorite colors. Lead students in a discussion of positive and negative outcomes pertaining to their favorite color. They should answerthe question, “What would happen if the entire world turned (insert color word)? (See example below.)

Chapter Two: Be Careful What You Wish For!
Before reading Chapter Two, have students predict what might happen in Otto’s orange world.

After reading, discuss at least three of Otto’s negative outcomes or problems in an orange world.
Examples:
• Most foods did not look appetizing.
• Traffic lights were dangerous.
• Criminals could not be easily identified because they all had
the same orange characteristics.
• Homes in the neighborhood were difficult to distinguish.
• It was difficult to locate toys in Otto’s bedroom.

Using a Venn Diagram help students compare positive and negative outcomes from their chart with positive and negative outcomes in Otto’s world in Chapter Two.

Chapter Three: A New Wish
Lead a discussion as to why Aunt Sally needed to purchase the lamp from Otto. The genie and Aunt Sally began a discussion on wording their
wishes in a more specific way. Compare the illustrations between all the orange pages, all the blue pages, and the multi-colored illustrations.

Introduce adjectives as words that describe a noun. Adjectives can tell what kind, how many, or which one. An adjective usually comes before the word it describes.

Students will create a self-portrait, and record adjectives to describe their personal appearance.

Students can then make a wish for this school year using specific language. See activity sheet.