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“How the Alphabet Was Made”
Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling
| Abstract: Neolithic man Tegumai Bopsulai is out fishing with his daughter Taffy whose attempt to send a message in a drawing leads to complete misunderstanding. Taffy suggests a way of representing the sounds of the Tegumai language in pictograms. Together she and her father evolve a system using familiar objects and facial expressions, which when simplified become letters of the alphabet. | ||||
Source: Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories | ||||
Lexile Level: TBD | Origin: British | Genre: Fiction, Fantasy | ||
| Reading Level: 3.3 | Language: English | File Name: 1285 | ||
| Sunshine State Standards: LA.A.1.2.2: Selects from a variety of simple strategies, including the use of phonics, word structure, context clues, self-questioning, confirming simple predictions, retelling, and using visual cues, to identify words and construct meaning from various texts, illustrations, graphics, and charts. LA.A.2.2.1: Reads text and determines the main idea or essential message, identifies relevant supporting details and facts, and arranges events in chronological order. LA.E.1.2.3: Knows the similarities and differences among the characters, settings, and events presented in various texts. | ||||
Theme: Discovery and Communication | ||||
| Reading Strategy: Comprehension (Decode, make connections to prior knowledge, think about and control what is being read) | ||||
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| Mp3 Length: 0:19:43 | Word count: 3070 | Use PDF for printing | ||
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