THE TURTLE & THE SWAN

THE TURTLE & THE SWANS

A fable

Connect to Your Life

MURPHY’S LAW“Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.”

• Do plans that you make always work out?• What do you do when they don’t work?

PURPOSE To teach a lesson

MORAL VALUE

CHARACTER Animals Act &talk like human

Key to the Fable

Examples of Fable

Building Background

• The Turtle & The Swans• A fable from India• Pancha tantra (Five chapters)• A collection of animal fable that

teach worldly wisdom

VOCABULARY STRATEGY: Using Dictionary

• Pronunciation• Part of speech• Meaning• Plural form• Past tense• Spelling• Word usage sentence or phrase• Alphabetical order

VOCABULARY PREVIEW

• Serious adj. important• Clamping adj. holding• Suitable adj. right for the purpose• Admiration n. wonder• Irritated adj. angry

VOCABULARY PREVIEW

• Serious multiple meaningImportant, thoughtful, sincere, causing

harm/grief , a serious accident• Clamping clamp + ing• Admiration admire• Suitable suit + able (suffix means capable of)

PREDICTING

• Use clues in the text to guess what might happen next.The sky grew dark. Black clouds were building up in the west and seemed to be headed closer. The rumble of distant thunder could be heard. Suddenly, a strong wind lifted the leaves and bits of paper and swirled them through the air.

• What might happen next?• A thunderstorm will break.

1st CHUNKPage 20, line 1-21

QUESTIONS

• What is the turtle’s problem?• Where is the setting?

2nd CHUNKPage 20-21, line 22-45

QUESTIONS

• What plan do the turtle & swans have for helping the turtle leave the lake?

• Predict if the plan will work or not?

3th CHUNKPage 21-22, line 46-77

THINK IT THROUGH (HW)

• Why doesn’t the plan work?• Why do the people have turtle soup for

dinner?• What lesson does the fable teach? State it in

your own words.

PREDICTING Anna looked everywhere for her diary. She

found it at the bottom of her sock drawer. The she grabbed a pencil and began to write. “I need to write down what happened before I forget,” she said.

The phone rang. “That must be Jen!” Anna said, “I have to tell her.” Anna put the diary under her pillow. She ran downstairs.

Anna’s little brother came out of his hiding place. He moved silently toward the bed.

PREDICTING

CLUES•Anna is eager to record something in her diary.•Anna hides her diary under her pillow.•Anna’s little brother is watching her.

INFERENCES•Something exciting happened to her.•She doesn’t want anyone to read her diary.•Anna’s brother knows where her diary is

hidden.

PREDICTIONS

•Anna’s brother will read all or part of her diary.

CHARACTER

After winning a great deal of money, Andrea shares the wealth with her family and friends, while Tracy keeps his winnings all for himself.

Andrea generousTracy stingy, miserly

ANSWER

• The plan doesn’t work because the turtle doesn’t keep his mouth closed.

• People have turtle for dinner because the turtle was killed by his fall.

• The fable teach us to concentrate on what we’re doing.

SELECTION TEST

• Will be given after finishing each unit• Unit 1 consists of 4 stories.

a.) King Midasb.) The Green RibbonC.) The Fish Storyd.) The turtle & The Swans

• Date: Tue, Sep 20, 2011

GROUP PROJECT

• Find a fable.• Retell the fable using POWER POINT(no

notes).• Who is the character & the trait?• What is the moral value of the story?• Presentation 5-7 minutes.• Everybody should participate in presentation.• Submission date: Monday, Sep 19th 2011

GROUP 1NATALIAFELICIAAUDRIE

BRANDON

GROUP 2GERALDOMICHAEL

EVANWANDA

GROUP 3JESSICA

ANDELINKEVINBRYAN

GROUP 4RICKYOLIVIAJAREAN

WILLIAM

GROUP 5REYNER

CLARINDAWILSON