Unit 6 - Week 1 - Compare/Contrast

What is the genre of "The Fox and the Geese?"

• fairy tale

• biography

• non-fiction

• poetry

What is the genre of "The Three Spinsters?"

• non-fiction

• fairy tale

• poetry

Select a story event from "The Fox and the Geese."

• The fox would listen to nothing.

• The poor geese were beside themselves with fear.

• The fox is still waiting, hungrily, for the geese to finish singing.

Select a story event from "The Fox and the Geese."

• She too began singing.

• They were all cackling together, "Ga! Ga!"

• A hungry fox sees a flock of geese and says he will eat them.

Select a story element from "The Three Spinsters."

• The queen accepted the excuse.

• The queen asks the girl to come spin at the castle, where she will marry the prince once she spins a ton of flax.

• The woman was ashamed to tell of her daughter's poor spinning ability.

Select a story element from "The Three Spinsters."

• She swept into the house and asked what the screaming was for.

• The girl marries the prince, and the prince decrees that she will never spin again.

• She was so scared she too screamed, "AH!"

What is the central message for "The Fox and the Geese."

• By thinking quickly and using your wits, you can overcome a terrible problem.

• With a little luck and some quick thinking, you can turn a bad situation into something beneficial.

• Never give up.

• If you work hard now, you can have fun later.

What is the central message for "The Three Spinsters."

• By thinking quickly and using your wits, you can overcome a terrible problem.

• With a little luck and some quick thinking, you can turn a bad situation into something beneficial.

• Never give up.

• If you work hard now, you can have fun later.

Vocabulary - What does the underlined word mean?

Then they begged piteously for their lives.

• daily

• Demanding or arousing pity:

• Pathetic

Vocabulary - What does the underlined word mean?

Soon the were all cackling.

• Pecking at the grass

• Laughing

• Utter a shrill, broken sound or cry