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“The Fox and the Stork”
Aesop’s Fables

Aesop

Abstract: The Fox served the Stork soup in a shallow dish. The Stork could not lap it up. The Stork served the Fox dinner in a long-necked jar into which the Fox could not lap. Does one bad turn deserve another?

Source: George Fyler Townsend, trans., Aesop’s Fables (1867)


Lexile Level: TBD
       
Origin: Greek
       
Genre: Fiction, Fables
Reading Level: 6        Language: English        File Name: 0086
Sunshine State Standards:
LA.A.1.3.2: Uses a variety of strategies to analyze words and text, draw conclusions, use context and word structure clues, and recognize organizational patterns.

LA.A.2.3.1: Determines the main idea or essential message in a text and identifies relevant details and facts and patterns of organization.

LA.D.1.3.1: Understands that there are patterns and rules in semantic structure, symbols, sounds, and meanings conveyed through the English language.


Theme: Morals, Character traits, Kindness, Friends, Animals
Reading Activity: Concept Mapping, Cause & Effect
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Mp3 Length: 0:01:13        Word count: 182        Use PDF for printing

 
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