Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 4A | The Dog in the Manger 73
- 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.
- The ox acts in a polite way. The ox says “excuse me” and “please.”
- 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.
- This illustration shows the beginning of the fable because the dog is
- 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.
- You should be nice and share, especially when someone else needs
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...
- Evaluative Think Pair Share: If you were the ox and the dog refused to
get out of the manger, what would you do? - 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.]