When does simplicity trump glamor? Readers compare and contrast a country mouse and a town mouse after reading a 312-word fable by Aesop. The graphic organizer differentiates instruction for all readers, scaffolding them to carefully examine the text for evidence.

Concepts

aesop's fables, compare and contrast, active reading

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Treat the graphic organizer from the activity as pre-writing and assign a compare/contrast paragraph 
• Compare the characters from the fable with characters from another fable to practice synthesizing texts

Classroom Considerations

• Have earbuds for individuals if they use the 1:56 audio recording

Pros

• Online format works nicely to facilitate blended learning 
• Part of a larger series of fables, the PDF of the text with a 5.1 readability score is obtainable for classrooms without Internet access 

Cons

• Does not provide an answer key for the activity

Common Core

RL.5.3 RL.6.3 RL.7.3 RL.8.3