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“The Man and the Wood”
Aesop’s Fables

Aesop

Abstract: A Man with an axe begged the Trees for a branch. The good-natured Trees gave him one of their branches. The man fixed it into the axe and began cutting down trees.

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


Lexile Level: TBD
       
Origin: Greek
       
Genre: Fiction, Fables
Reading Level: 7        Language: English        File Name: 0149
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, Giving
Reading Activity: Note taking, Creative Writing
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