Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 10A | The Lion and the Mouse 185

6. Literal What happens after the lion lets the mouse free?
   
   
   • The lion gets caught in a hunter’s net.
   
   
   
   


7. Literal How does the mouse help the lion?
   
   
   • The mouse helps the lion by gnawing the ropes of the net to make a hole
     big enough for the lion to get free.
   
   
   
   


8. Evaluative Is this story real or make-believe? What do the lion and
   mouse do that real animals cannot do?
   
   
   • This story is make-believe because animals do not talk.
   
   
   
   


9. Literal What is the moral of this fable?
   
   
   • “Little friends may be great friends.”
   
   
   
   


10. Inferential Who learns this moral?
    
    
    • The lion learns this moral.
      Why is the mouse a great friend?
    
    
    • The mouse kept its promise and helps the lion escape.
      [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 one minute to think about
      the question. Then I will ask you to turn to your partner to discuss the
      question. Finally, I will call on several of you to share what you discussed
      with your partner.
    
    
    
    

Sentence Frames
Can a smaller or younger friend
help you? (Yes/No)

One time....

A smaller/younger friend helped
me when...

11. Evaluative Think Pair Share: Can you think of a time when a younger
    or smaller friend helped you? Or can you think of a time you helped
    someone who was older or bigger?


12. After hearing today’s fable 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.]

Word Work: Disturbed

1. In the fable you heard, “The lion was very angry at being disturbed.”


2. Say the word disturbed with me three times.


3. If something disturbed you, it bothered you.


4. The loud music disturbed Kato’s nap.


5. Tell about something that has disturbed you. Try to use the word
   disturbed when you tell about it.