Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 6A | The Fox and the Grapes 103[Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for students, as
necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the process.]
I am going to ask you a question. I will give you a minute to think about
the question, and then I will ask you to turn to your partner and discuss
the question. Finally, I will call on several of you to share what you
discussed with your partner.Sentence Frames:
Do you think the fox will ever get
the grapes? (Yes/No)
The fox should have...
The fox might be able to pluck
the grapes if he...
- Evaluative Think Pair Share: Can you think of a way that the fox might
have been able to pluck off the grapes from the vine? - After hearing today’s story and questions and answers, do you have
any remaining questions? [If time permits, you may wish to allow for
individual, group, or class research of the text and/or other resources
to answer these remaining questions.]
Sayings and Phrases: Sour Grapes
- Ask students, “What does the fox say the grapes are at the end of the
fable?” (The fox says the grapes are sour.) - Ask students: “Why does the fox say the grapes are sour?” (The fox
could not get the grapes, so he pretended he did not want them.)
[Have students point to this scene on Response Card 6.] - Tell students that the phrase “sour grapes” is a negative comment
someone makes about something s/he really wanted but could not
get. “Sour grapes” is what s/he says about it to make it seem bad or
not good anymore. For example, when the fox could not pluck the
grapes after trying so many times, he said something negative about
the grapes. - Ask students if they can think of any times when they wanted
something badly, did not get it, and then pretended that they didn’t
really want it anyway. Make sure that students understand that this
phrase refers to the remarks somebody makes about something they
cannot have or get.