Can ignorance sometimes be a blessing? See what your class thinks as they identify the theme of Aesop's fable "The Herdsman and the Lost Bull" and analyze character motivations within the text. The resource comes with an audiobook recording and textual analysis activity that develops informative writing skills.

Concepts

aesop's fables, reading comprehension, literary themes, informative writing, active reading

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Identify a model as a class and have your pupils self-evaluate their work by comparing their work to the model
• Encourage writers to create another fable with a similar theme

Classroom Considerations

• Be sure the volume of the clip is audible to all students
  

Pros

• Lists Flesch-Kincaid readability score as 4.0
• Online material is easily accessible and clear

Cons

Common Core

RL.5.2 RL.6.2 RL.7.2 RL.8.2