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“The Mountain in Labor”
Aesop’s Fables

Aesop

Abstract: A mountain was making groans and noises. Crowds came to see what was the matter. When they saw the answer they thought: Don’t make much ado about nothing.

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


Lexile Level: TBD
       
Origin: Greek
       
Genre: Fiction, Fables
Reading Level: 6.5        Language: English        File Name: 0093
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, Animals, Volcanoes, Character traits, Idioms
Reading Activity: Comprehension
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