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Don't let jealousy overshadow thankfulness for your blessings. Aesop's "The Dog and the Shadow" presents a jealous dog and his lost meal with an audio recording and annotation activity to reinforce the fable's theme with textual evidence.
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CCSS:
Adaptable
Concepts
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Instructional Ideas
- To extend instruction after the activity, have fishbowl discussions where pupils share evidence to support their opinions
- Project the text version of the fable onto the board so learners can write their annotations with dry-erase markers
Classroom Considerations
- Materials list includes sticky notes, a pencil, and copies of the fable for each individual
- Flesch-Kincaid readability score is 4.0
- Audio recording duration is 0:46
Pros
- Encourages active reading skills
Cons
- None