Slither into a stimulating lesson with Aesop's "The Farmer and the Snake." Class members explore the relationship between gratitude and generosity with the fable and practice making predictions with an accompanying reading activity.

Concepts

aesop's fables, making predictions, annotation, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Prompt pupils to write about a time when they either helped or did not help an ungrateful person
• Compare and contrast the fable to another in the set of audiobooks

Classroom Considerations

• Flesch-Kincaid readability score is 4.0 
  

Pros

• The theme of the fable is relatable and promotes great discussion
• Audio recording differentiates instruction for struggling learners

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.6.1 RL.7.1 RL.8.1