Grade 2 - Early Asian Civilizations

Early Asian Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 4A | The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal 89

6. Inferential Which characters think the tiger’s decision to eat the
   Brahman is fair and just? Why do they think it is fair and just for the
   tiger to eat the Brahman?
   
   
   • The buffalo and the banyan tree think the tiger’s decision to eat the
     Brahman is fair and just. They think it is fair and just because they have
     been mistreated by the people they have helped.
   
   
   
   


7. Inferential What does the jackal trick the tiger into doing? How does
   the jackal fool the tiger?
   
   
   • The jackal tricks the tiger into getting back into the cage. The jackal fools
     the tiger by pretending to be confused and distracted.
     [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 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:
Is this a happy ending for the
tiger/the Brahman? (Yes/No)

I think the
feels.

The feels
because...

8. Evaluative Think Pair Share: How do you think the tiger, the Brahman,
   and the jackal each feel at the end of this story?


9. After hearing today’s read-aloud 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 questions.]

Word Work: Unjust

1. In the read-aloud you heard, “Isn’t it unjust to eat me when I have
   done you a good turn by letting you out of the cage?”


2. Say the word unjust with me three times.


3. Unjust means not right or unfair.


4. Benji thought it was unjust that his sister got to go play when she
   didn’t even finish her homework and he didn’t get to go play.


5. Do you think the tiger’s actions in the story are just—or right and
   fair— or are his actions unjust? Why? [Ask two or three students. If
   necessary, guide and/or rephrase the students’ responses: “I think the
   tiger’s actions are because... ]


6. What’s the word we’ve been talking about?