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The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Reinforce reading comprehension strategies and contemplate an important life lesson with a learning exercise featuring Aesop's fable, The Boy Who Cried Wolf. After reading a brief passage, scholars show what they know by...
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Story Elements that Support the Theme
Three great graphic organizers guide readers to see how the elements of plot and main idea can be charted to reveal the theme of a story. Model the process on the provided Direct Teaching Teacher Graphic Organizer using Aesop’s The...
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The Bo Who Cried Wolf
In this story activity, students read "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," then answer discussion, comprehension and extension questions and do simple research on shepherds.
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Extra, Extra Read All About It
Looking for an interactive roll playing lesson? Young actors practice reading and rereading decodable texts with expression. They interact with the play, "The Boy Who Wanted the Willies," by Aaron Shepherd within this lesson. An...
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Cloze Passage: Cried "Wolf!"
In this fiction cloze procedure worksheet, students fill in the 12 missing words in the passage to help identify their reading level.
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Fables and Their Meanings
In this literature genre worksheet, students read five short fables and select the correct moral of the fable from the drop down menu. This worksheet is interactive.
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Jesse Tree
In this religion worksheet, students create a Jesse Tree with their own symbols and decorations. They read the explanation sheets, and draw a symbol in each ornament before cutting them out and decorating the tree cut out. They follow...
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Christmas Symbols Vocabulary
In this Christmas worksheet, students read 10 words in a word bank that pertain to Christmas symbols. Students match each word to its definition.
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Christmas Symbols Crossword Puzzle
In this Christmas worksheet, students read 10 clues that pertain to Christmas symbols. Students fit the correct answers in a crossword puzzle.
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Read Works: The Boy Who Cried Wolf
[Free Registration/Login Required] A retelling of the classic fable of the shepherd boy who cried wolf. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Welcome Aboard Theodore Taylor's Life and Times
This is the official website of writer Theodore Taylor. Includes biographical information, a personal narrative about his childhood, a bibliography, and responses to several student questions.
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Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Theodore Taylor
What do you know about the life and work of Theodore Taylor? Use this online resource to discover information about this famous author.