Garde 1 - Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide

Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 4A | The Dog in the Manger 73

6. Evaluative Which animal acts in a polite way? How is that animal
   polite?
   
   
   • The ox acts in a polite way. The ox says “excuse me” and “please.”
     Which animal acts in an impolite way? How is that animal impolite?
   
   
   • The dog acts in an impolite way. The dog sleeps on the oxen’s hay,
     growls and barks at the hungry oxen, and does not move from the
     manger to let the oxen eat their hay.
   
   
   
   


7. Evaluative [Show Image Card 8.] Does this illustration show the
   beginning, middle, or end of the fable? How do you know? [Have
   students point to this scene on Response Card 4.]
   
   
   • This illustration shows the beginning of the fable because the dog is
     taking a nap in the manger.
   
   
   
   


8. Evaluative All of Aesop’s fables, or stories, were meant to teach a
   moral, or a lesson, about how to behave. What is the moral of this
   story?
   
   
   • You should be nice and share, especially when someone else needs
     something more than you do.
     [Accept paraphrasing by students. You may wish to write two of them
     under the image of the fable.]
     Is this an important lesson for you to remember? Why or why not?
   
   
   • This is an important lesson for me to remember because I should be
     nice and share, especially when someone else needs something more
     than I do.
     [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:
Would you have given up like the
oxen? (Yes/No)

I would say to the dog...

If I were the ox, I would...

9. Evaluative Think Pair Share: If you were the ox and the dog refused to
   get out of the manger, what would you do?


10. 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.]