Reading Comprehension: Fables (Cover: Grades 4-5-6 Reproducible/Workbook: The Tortoise and the Hare)

Title

en_US Reading Comprehension: Fables (Cover: Grades 4-5-6 Reproducible/Workbook: The Tortoise and the Hare)

Description

en_US By Virgina Slachman

Creator

en_US Slachman, Virginia See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T19:54:45Z

en_US 2008-06

en_US 1990

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:54:45Z

Date Issued

en_US 1990

Abstract

en_US This is a 24-page pamphlet, 8½ x 11, with pages that can be torn out and reproduced. The first four pages, paginated separately, are the teacher's guide, with answers to questions asked along the way. The very first page also lists the concepts and skills engaged by each of the sixteen fables presented here. These include such things as Information Recall, Drawing Conclusions, and Expressing Your Own Opinion. Fables begin on the second Page 1. The first two are fairly obvious Aesopic fables: The Wolf and the Horse and Hercules and the Wagoner. (Would children in the USA today speak of a wagoner?) The next choice is a surprise: Gesta Romanorum's The Archer and the Nightingale (2). Next is The Young Mouse by John Arkin, followed by The Stag and the Lion from The Hitopadesha. This latter story is sometimes told with a rabbit rather than a stag. The next surprise is Kriloff's Fortune's Visit (6), followed by Florian's The Husbandman and The Rats. Husbandman? There follow a number of Aesop's fables, interspersed with several more surprises: John Aikin (oops! Might this be the same man who was Arkin earlier?) with The Little Dog, Tolstoy with The Load, La Fontaine with The Cobbler and the Banker, and John Akin --a third spelling -- with The Goose and the Horse. I hope that proofreading is not one of the concepts and skills that this unit is supposed to teach! The tortoise on the cover raises a wonderful clenched fist in victory!

Identifier

en_US 1557082413 (pbk.)

en_US 6477 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81800

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US McDonald Publishing Company

en_US St. Louis, MO

Subject

en_US LB1573 .S523 1990 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop and Others See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

Pamphlet