Enhance reading comprehension strategies with a tale about a beggar's run in with a fortune. Scholars read, answer comprehension questions, and consider the moral of the story. 

Concepts

responding to reading, reading comprehension, reading, answering questions

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Review comprehension strategies; invite scholars to read questions first, then highlight or underline key details that will aid in the completion of the comprehension portion of the worksheet  
• Have a grand conversation about the story's moral; discuss possible meanings behind the Fortune's and Beggar's actions, as well as possible reasons why the tale was written 
• Conduct a dramatic interpretation of the story; assign roles to class members that wish to act out the parts and dialogue 

Classroom Considerations

• Copies of the worksheet are required prior to conducting to the lesson 

Pros

• The story is intriguing and thought provoking

Cons

• The assignment is not very rigorous and will only showcase a limited view of readers' proficiency level 

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.3 RL.4.1 RL.4.2 RL.4.3