Do friends impact our identities? Part of a comprehensive series of fables, Aesop's "The Two Pots" teaches readers that the strong and the weak cannot keep company. Only 98 words and registering a 4.1 on the Flesch-Kincaid readability scale, the passage's content and the post-reading argumentative skills practice makes for a great debate.

Concepts

aesop's fables, active reading

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• After reading, encourage pupils to make a real-life connection to the theme of the text
• Complete the graphic organizer activity collaboratively as a class

Classroom Considerations

• The graphic organizer activity may not have enough space for writers to organize their ideas; make sure to have extra paper available 

Pros

• Post-reading, diction activity is great for English language learners 
• Downloadable, 46-second audiobook clip is available for classrooms without Internet access

Cons

Common Core

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