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Social Studies 6
6.1  Prehistory
6.2  Mesopotamia/Egypt
6.3  Ancient Israel/Hebrews
6.4  Ancient Greece
6.5  Ancient India
6.6  Ancient China
6.7  Ancient Rome

Resources for Holt Language ArtsReading

 
Standard 3.1 Identify the forms of fiction, and describe the major characteristics of each.

Story:  Folk Tales
Focus:  Standard 3.1

 Chapter 4Text Book Link
   Standards
 (Hover cursor on bear for info)

 1.0  |  2.2  |    3.1 
 
  Vocabulary
folk tale
fable
Aesop
briar
lair
tortoisehare
Aesop Fables Online


Literature: African American Folktales and Aesop Fables
❑ He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit and The Fox and the Crow andThe Wolf and
the House Dog pp. 224–233
❑ Before You Read p. 224
❑ Focus On: questions and activities p. 232

❑Quiz Lab for He Lion...
❑ Vocabulary: Words with Multiple Meanings p. 233
❑ Grammar Link: Understanding Homophones: To, Too, and Two p. 233

Read another online Brer Rabbit story.

Chapter 4 Review and Assessment   Review novel, novella, short story, myth, folk tale, and fable.
Question Preview:
  1. The animals in the forest want he Lion to —
  2. Bruh Bear and Bruh Rabbit agree to —
  3. He Lion refuses to quit roaring so loudly because he —
  4. What does he Lion do when he learns Man is the king of the forest?
  5. Why do Bruh Bear and Bruh Rabbit hide in the thicket?
  6. Which character from the story is a trickster ?
  7. After meeting Man, he Lion —
  8. Which of the following best sums up the lesson taught in “The Fox and the Crow”?
  9. When the House Dog first tells the Wolf about his life in the village, the Wolf is ?
  10. What conclusion does the Wolf make at the end of the fable?
  11. Folk tales and fables like these are stories that —
  12. Not only are the main characters of these tales animals but the animals —