If you found five hundred dollars in the park, would you keep it or turn it in? Exercise both reading comprehension skills and philosophic beliefs in a language arts reading activity about three boys who stumble upon a small fortune — and an ethical question.

Concepts

ethics, reading comprehension, context clues

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as a warm-up for an activity on context clues
• Include in a reading assessment
• Have learners write their own narrative or argumentative paper about whether or not they'd keep the money

Classroom Considerations

• Questions don't address key plot points, focusing instead on vocabulary and context clues
• Resource features short-answer questions rather than multiple choice, which may be more difficult for English learners

Pros

• Provides space to answer the questions
• Accessible for all reading levels

Cons

• The message of the ending is a little muddled, as the characters learn that the right thing to do can come with a reward

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.4