Students will listen to and describe different types of music. • Students will discuss character change. • Students will write continued endings to the story.
How does the story end and why? ☆ Note that an Answer Key is available for teacher reference on Lesson page 2. PREPARE. CONCEPT Narrative text
In the story the ant is described as hardworking. What other adjectives could you use to describe him? Write two. Expect various appropriate adjectives such as
la. Fontaine writes: “(…) the ant may have a fault or two / but lending is not something The Ant and the Grasshopper as a story without an established end.
end of the story. a What will Grasshopper say? b How will Ant react? c What could Grasshopper offer Ant in exchange for food
end of the story. a What will Grasshopper say? b How will Ant react? c What could Grasshopper offer Ant in exchange for food
'" Children who did not understand the sentence often gave the story a different but plausible ending. For example some changed endings to: "And the ant.
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• To innovate on this or another familiar fable for example
NARRATOR: On the day of the race the two started the race together. FOX: 1 2 UNCLE JIM: And that was the end of the story. PETER: And what happened to ...
2 Choose a verb from the story that shows Ant's mood when Grasshopper teases her. d the lesson to be learned from your alternative ending.
from different cultures including fables
meaning story and Old French (fable). These The grasshopper and the ants ... They end in many different ways so you have to learn them as there is.
then read aloud Ant and. Grasshopper by Luli. Gray. Support students to identify major events in the story and enter on a class chart “Two.
The Ant and the Grasshopper. By Aesop. Read the story below. In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping and singing. An Ant.
are familiar with a range of different story genres Grasshopper feeling at the end? ... 1 Ant prepares for winter; Grasshopper does not. Ant is warm.
several different language skills can memorized. This is a story about a grasshopper and an ant. ... some changed endings to: "And the ant.
The Ant and the Grasshopper Notes Say that you have given the story several endings and removed the moral. You want your class to.
You'll practise writing in different styles and tell 2 Choose a verb from the story that shows Ant's mood when Grasshopper ... end of the story.
Ask you students to write a different ending to one of the stories in the performance. Based on Aesop's Fable The Ant and the Grasshopper.
The ants were spending a fine winter’s day drying grain collected in the summertime A Grasshopper perishing with famine passed by and earnestly begged for a little food The Ants inquired of him “Why did you not treasure up food during the summer?’ He replied “I had not leisure enough I passed the days in singing ”
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER By Rob John One hot summer’s day a Grass-hopper sat on a blade of grass enjoying the sunshine ‘What a fine day’ he said ‘The sun’s shining and I’ve got as much
But the ant went on its way and continued its hard work When the winter came the grasshopper had no food and was dying of hunger while it saw the ants distributing every day the corn and grain from stores that they had collected all summer Then the grasshopper knew the importance of preparing for the future
But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food, and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:
The Ant and the Grasshopper, also known as The Grasshopper and the Ant (or Ants) is one of the most famous of Aesop's Fables. This fable's moral lesson emphasizes the twin values of hard work and planning for the future.
In the Ant and the Grasshopper story in English, the grasshopper keeps wasting his time without pondering over how he would sustain the winter. On the other hand, the ant works hard during summer to get shelter and store enough food for the winter. The grasshopper faces the harsh reality and learns the lesson in a hard way.
118, 1941) and the Dutch composer Rudolf Koumans set the French text in Vijf fabels van La Fontaine (op. 25, 1964) for school chorus and orchestra. There is a happier ending in the American composer Shawn Allen's children's opera, The Ant and the Grasshopper (1999).