True friendship is priceless. Fourth graders read a short story about two friends who are willing to give up everything for each other — even their lives.

Concepts

reading comprehension, ancient greece, literacy skills

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use alongside a unit on ancient Greece or when discussing friendship
• Send home for learners to reinforce comprehension skills
• Include in a reading assessment or warm-up activity
• Have class members write a short story about the lengths they would go to protect their own best friend or family member

Classroom Considerations

• Reading passage is about an impending execution, which may be a bit dark for fourth graders

Pros

• Story is engaging and lends well to both language arts and social studies
• Works well as a double-sided assignment

Cons

• Passage may be difficult for some readers to understand due to various grammatical errors

Common Core

RL.4.1