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“The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey”
Aesop’s Fables
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| Abstract: A Man and his son were going to market with their Donkey. One countryman who saw them told them a donkey was to ride upon, another countryman said the father ought to ride not the son, some women thought the boy shouldn’t have to walk, and then passerbys jeered at them for overloading the Donkey so. After thinking hard the Man and his son tied the Donkey to a pole and began to carry him. The Donkey ended up falling over a bridge and drowning. An old man who had seen all of this pointed out that in trying to please everyone they had pleased no one. | ||||
Source: George Fyler Townsend, trans., Aesop’s Fables (1867) | ||||
Lexile Level: TBD | Origin: Greek | Genre: Fiction, Fables | ||
| Reading Level: 5.8 | Language: English | File Name: 0150 | ||
| 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: Morals, Lazy, Foolish, Pleasing others | ||||
| Reading Activity: Story Maps and Frames, Summaries, Character Web | ||||
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