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2. What difficult decision did she make?


3. What is the lesson or moral of this story?


4. How are the two stories similar and different?
   ·Discuss “A Meal for a Stranger.” What is the lesson or moral of this story? How are
   the two stories similar and different? Which story do you find more effective at show-
   ing the character of the people? Explain. Which story do you find more effective at
   teaching the value of generosity? Explain.
   KEY QUESTIONS:
   How do acts of generosity make you feel? Why?
   Do you feel generosity is an important value to teach children? Explain.
   Which of the Fitzgeralds would you rather have as a neighbor? Why?
   Would you share your food if you had very little but a stranger had none? Explain.
   Which story do you find more effective at showing the character of the people? Ex-
   plain.
   Which story do you find more effective at teaching the value of generosity? Explain.

SUMMARY QUESTIONS: How did these stories teach us about the character of these two

women? How do they teach readers important social values?

APPLICATION:

Draw a picture illustrating characters and scenes from one of the texts that shows how ac-

tions reveal character. Be prepared to explain your drawing to the class (Note: Depending

on time, drawings will be presented in this lesson or the next day).

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:

·Complete drawings.

·Write a poem or brief story where someone’s actions reveal their character. Be pre-

pared to share your writing with the class.

I.c. Sample Activity Sheet

NAME: ______________________________________________________________________

AIM: How do a person’s actions teach us about their character?

DO NOW: Read “Mrs. Fitzgerald and the Milk” and answers questions 1–3.

MRS. FITZGERALD AND THE MILK

Mrs. Fitzgerald lived in County Cork, Ireland. She was a good woman who never refused
to give milk to the poor. Often her husband was not happy. He would blame her for giving
away milk and letting their calves go hungry. One day while he was working in the fields he
saw a line of poor people by the door of the house. Mrs. Fitzgerald was giving each of them a
pitcher of milk. He became angry and ran home.
“You are giving away all of our milk,” he shouted. “The calves will go without and we will
have no money to live on. What will happen to our own children?” Then he stormed away to-
wards the dairy barn. Mrs. Fitzgerald worried what would happen when he found the pails of

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