Garde 1 - Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide

86 Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 5A | The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

[You may wish to have partner pairs discuss. Call on two volunteers to share

the moral of this story in their own words. Write their paraphrase under the

image of the fable.]

Morals: Things are not always as they seem.

If you pretend to be what you are not, you might end up losing in the end.

Discussing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes

Comprehension Questions

If students have difficulty responding to questions, reread pertinent lines

of the story and/or refer to the image. If students give one-word answers

and/or fail to use read-aloud or domain vocabulary in their responses,

acknowledge correct responses by expanding the students’ responses

using richer and more complex language. Ask students to answer

in complete sentences by having them restate the question in their

responses. Model answers using complete sentences as necessary.

1. Literal What is the title of this fable?
   
   
   • The title of this fable is “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing.”
   
   
   
   


2. Evaluative With your partner, think of the three characteristics of
   fables.
   
   
   • A fable is a story that is short, has a moral or teaches a lesson, and
     sometimes has animals that act like people.
     Is “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” a fable? How do you know?
   
   
   • Yes, “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” is a fable because it is short, has a
     moral, and has animals that act like people.
     Is this fable real/nonfiction or make-believe/fiction?
   
   
   • This fable is make-believe/fiction.
   
   
   
   


3. Literal Why does the wolf prowl around a flock of sheep?
   
   
   • The wolf prowls around a flock of sheep because he is looking for one
     of them to eat.
   
   
   
   


4. Inferential At the beginning of this fable, is the wolf able to get any of
   the sheep?
   
   
   • The wolf is not able to get any of the sheep.
     Why not?
   
   
   • The wolf is not able to get any of the sheep because the shepherd and
     his dog chase him away.