Story Features

​Wala: Story Features

L.o: Explore animal stereotypes, discuss story structure.​

Adjectives are words that are used to describe or modify nouns or pronouns. For example, red, quick, happy, and obnoxious are adjectives because they can describe things—a red hat, the quick rabbit, a happy duck, an obnoxious person.  

What is stereotypes?

​It is typical traits associated with a type of character​

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Partner work​

Discuss with a partner the characteristics often associated​ with these animals in stories and films. Look at the pictures on page 18.

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Make a fact file​

Read the fact file about real ants and grasshoppers on page 19.

Which is which?

Do the facts match Ant and Grasshopper`s personalities. Share your opinion to the class.​

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Paired Work​

Make a fact file of ​how the Ant and Grasshopper acts like a person and list their personalities on the table. Use adjectives to describe both the Ant and the Grasshopper`s personalities.

Now sort the adjectives on page 20 to appropriate column on your fact file. Ant is prudent while Grasshopper is thoughtless.​

Draw Ant and Grasshopper.​

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Plenary​

Role play a conversation in which Grasshopper asks Ant for help at the end of the story.​

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