Garde 1 - Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide

Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 4 | The Dog in the Manger 63

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 Lesson Objectives

Core Content Objectives

Students will:

 Demonstrate familiarity with “The Dog in the Manger”

 Describe the characters, setting, and plot of “The Dog and in the

Manger”

 Identify “The Dog in the Manger” as a fable

 Identify characteristics of fables (short, moral, personification)

 Explain in their own words the moral of “The Dog in the Manger”

Language Arts Objectives

The following language arts objectives are addressed in this lesson.

Objectives aligning with the Common Core State Standards are noted

with the corresponding standard in parentheses. Refer to the Alignment

Chart for additional standards that are addressed in all lessons in this

domain.

Students will:

 Retell the fable “The Goose and the Golden Eggs” including key

details and interpret the moral of the fable using their own words

(RL.1.2)

 Restate the moral of the fable “The Dog in the Manger” using their

own words (RL.1.2)

 Use narrative language to describe characters, setting, and plot from

“The Dog in the Manger” (RL.1.3)

 Identify that “The Dog in the Manger” is fiction (RL.1.5)

 Identify when the oxen and the dog are speaking at various points in

the fable (RL.1.6)

 With assistance, make a T-Chart to show things that animals can do

and personification in the story (W.1.8)