Reinforce reading comprehension strategies and contemplate an important life lesson with a worksheet featuring Aesop's fable, The Boy Who Cried Wolf. After reading a brief passage, scholars show what they know by way of five questions—four multiple choice and one short answer that focus on plot. 

Concepts

fables, morals, responding to reading, reading, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, plot, aesop's fables, honesty

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Divide your class into small groups, work with each group focusing on a learning need specific to that group 
• Have several copies readily available for pupils to work on when their first task is complete 
• Spark a conversation; invite learners to share a story of when they, or someone they know—keeping names secret— cried wolf 

Classroom Considerations

• The passage's reading level is a Lexile® 610 
• Requires copies for each individual assigned the worksheet  

Pros

• Highlights vocabulary in bold font and defines it at the bottom of the page 
• Encourages class members to tell the truth 
• Includes an answer key 

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.10