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“The Flies and the Honeypot”
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop
Abstract: Flies are drawn to spilled honey. After over-eating they find they cannot pull their feet out of the honey and fly away. When you are greedy, you may not know when you have enough and pay a very high price. Source: George Fyler Townsend, trans., Aesop’s Fables (1867)
Lexile Level: TBD
Origin: Greek
Genre: Fiction, FablesReading Level: 4 Language: English File Name: 0080 Sunshine State Standards:
LA.A.1.2.3: Uses simple strategies to determine meaning and increase vocabulary for reading, including the use of prefixes, suffixes, root words, multiple meanings, antonyms, synonyms, and word relationships.LA.E.2.2.2: Recognizes and explains the effects of language, such as sensory words, rhymes, and choice of vocabulary, and story structure, such as patterns, used in children’s texts.
LA.E.2.3.5: Recognizes different approaches that can be applied to the study of literature, including thematic approaches change, personal approaches such as what an individual brings to his or her study of literature, historical approaches such as how a piece of literature reflects the time period in which it was written.
Theme: Character traits, Greed, Gluttony, Morals, AbstinenceReading Strategy: Concept Mapping, Cause & Effect Download MP3 View text as webpage Download PDF Mp3 Length: 0:00:48 Word count: 78 Use PDF for printing
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