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“How The Whale Got His Throat ”
Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling
Abstract: A whale eats a crafty man, who finds a way to escape and damn up the whale’s throat. Source: Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories
Lexile Level: TBD
Origin: British
Genre: Fiction, FantasyReading Level: 7.8 Language: English File Name: 1282 Sunshine State Standards:
LA.A.1.3.1: Uses background knowledge of the subject and text structure knowledge to make complex predictions of content, purpose, and organization of the reading selection.LA.D.1.3.4: Understands that languages change over time.
LA.E.1.3.1: Identifies the defining characteristics of classic literature, such as timelessness, dealing with universal themes and experiences, and communicating across cultures.
Theme: ResourcefulnessReading Strategy: Literary Techniques (alliteration, metaphor, onomatopoeia, similie, idioms, etc) Download Support Material Download MP3 View text as webpage Download PDF Mp3 Length: 0:06:02 Word count: 968 Use PDF for printing
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