Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 7A | The Little Half-Chick (Medio Pollito) 119Dine
- In today’s story Medio Pollito says he will dine with the king.
- Say the word dine with me three times.
- To dine is to eat, usually it means to eat dinner.
- Mother says we will dine at 5:30 tonight, and we will dine on spaghetti
and salad.
Would you be excited if someone like a king or the president invited
you over to dine? - Tell your partner what time your family usually dines, or eats dinner.
Tell your partner what you enjoy dining on, or what kinds of food you
like to eat. [Call on two students to share what their partner said.]
Purpose for Listening
Remind students that the title of this folktale is “The Little Half-Chick
(Medio Pollito).” Remind students that a folktale is one type of fiction. Tell
students to listen carefully to find out how a chicken got put on a weather
vane.
By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Demonstrate familiarity with “The Little Half-Chick (Medio Pollito)”
Describe the characters, setting, and plot of “The Little Half-Chick
(Medio Pollito)”
Identify that “The Little Half-Chick (Medio Pollito)” is a folktale