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“The Fox and the Mosquitoes”
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop
| Abstract: A Fox got its tail tangled in a bush and could not move. A number of Mosqitoes began biting the trapped Fox. A hedgehog offered to drive the mosqitoes away, but the fox refused. | ||||
Source: George Fyler Townsend, trans., Aesop’s Fables (1867) | ||||
Lexile Level: TBD | Origin: Greek | Genre: Fiction, Fables | ||
| Reading Level: 6.1 | Language: English | File Name: 0139 | ||
| 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, Friendship, Cooperation | ||||
| Reading Activity: Story Maps and Frames, Summaries, Character Web | ||||
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| Mp3 Length: 0:01:00 | Word count: 121 | Use PDF for printing | ||
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