Do you think Elizabeth is happier at the end or beginning of the story? Explain your answer.Describe how Ronald could have handled his reunion with Elizabeth differently.How does Robert Munsch make it clear Elizabeth is brave/Ronald is inconsiderate/the dragon is gullible?.Why do you think Ronald reacted ungraciously towards Elizabeth after she rescued him?.How would you describe the character of Elizabeth/Ronald/the dragon?.Describe the problem faced by Elizabeth and how she solved it.Why did Robert Munsch make Elizabeth a strong, independent, clever princess?.What did you learn from reading The Paper Bag Princess?.What do you think Robert Munsch wants us to learn from reading The Paper Bag Princess?.You can also introduce different genres, authors and illustrators. You can model reading habits and strategies, reading fluency, tone and eye contact. Read aloud sessions are a wonderful way for children to understand the connection between written text and spoken language. Elizabeth takes control of her own destiny and happily skips into the sunset by herself. He tells her to come back and save him when she has cleaned herself up and looks like a princess. She doesn’t have the reaction she hoped for when he doesn’t even say thank you. Princess Elizabeth enters the cave and rescues Prince Ronald. Ten seconds later, it passes out and falls asleep.

She tricks it again when she asks the dragon how quickly it can fly around the world. Tracking it down to his cave, Elizabeth asks the dragon to prove it is the “smartest and fiercest dragon in the world.” After burning down 150 forests, it loses its fire. Her perfect life changes when “a dragon smashed her castle, burned all her clothes with his fiery breath and carried off Prince Ronald.”ĭetermined to save her prince, she sets out, wearing only a paper bag, to follow the trail of destruction left by the dragon. She lives in an enormous castle, has beautiful clothes and a perfect fiancé, Prince Ronald.

The paperbag princess