Garde 1 - Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide

Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 1A | The Boy Who Cried Wolf 27

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 Boy Who Cried Wolf.”
   
   
   
   


2. Evaluative 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 Boy
   Who Cried Wolf” a fable? How do you know?
   
   
   • Yes, “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” is a fable because it is short and teaches
     a lesson.
   
   
   
   


3. Inferential [Show Image Card 5.] What is the shepherd boy’s job?
   
   
   • The shepherd boy’s job is to tend, or watch over, the sheep.
   
   
   
   


4. Inferential [Have students point to the shepherd boy in the top picture
   of Response Card 1.] How does the shepherd boy feel in this picture?
   
   
   • The shepherd boy feels lonely.
     Why does he feel lonely?
   
   
   • He feels lonely because no one is near him; he has no one to talk to; it is
     just him and the sheep.
   
   
   
   


5. Literal What does the shepherd boy do to get the farmers’ attention?
   
   
   • The shepherd boy cries, “Wolf! Wolf!” to get the farmers’ attention.
     What happens when a wolf really comes?
   
   
   • No one comes to help the shepherd boy when a wolf really comes.
   
   
   
   


6. Evaluative [Show Image Card 5.] The beginning, middle, and end
   events of a story are called the plot of the story. Does this picture
   show the beginning, middle, or end of the story? How do you know?
   [Have students point to this image on Response Card 1.]
   
   
   • This picture shows the beginning of the story because the shepherd boy
     looks lonely.