How the Animals Got Their Beautiful Coats

What does the storyteller say in Scene 1 that hints at what the play will be about?

• that the animals were once all a dull brown color

• that the leopard is kind to the tortoise

• that the tortoise will make the leopard beautiful

• that the hyena was both drab and mean

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

How do the events of Scene 2 build on the events of Scene 1?

• A tortoise promises to make the leopard beautiful in Scene 1, and he keeps his promise in Scene 2.

• The hyena plays a trick on the tortoise in Scene 1, and the tortoise makes plans to get even in Scene 2

• The leopard saves the tortoise in Scene 1, and the tortoise saves the zebra in Scene 2.

• The tortoise makes the leopard beautiful in Scene 1, and the zebra becomes jealous of the leopard in Scene 3.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

...he was all blotched, with a dirty white, gloomy gray, and dull brown coat.

What is the meaning of blotched in this context?

• coated in mud

• tangled in the weeds

• covered with patches of color

• wet and slimy

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What trait describes the Hyena?

• nice

• helpful

• funny

• mean

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3