King of the Birds: A Mayan Folktale

How do you know King of the Birds is a folktale?

• The story has true facts.

• The story tells a lesson and the animals act like humans.

• The story has a date.

• The story has a lot of characters.

What problem does Hawk have?

• To find the bird with the biggest beak.

• He is sad and wants to make friends.

• He is old and tired and is looking for a new king.

• He wants to be king forever.

What word means the same as "squabbled"?

• fighting

• dancing

• flying

• singing

What is Quetzal's problem?

• He didn't want to be king.

• He wanted to move somewhere else.

• He had trouble flying.

• His feathers were too dull to be king.

How did Quetzal solve his problem?

• He convinced roadrunner to give him his feathers.

• He moved to another forest.

• Roadrunner taught him to fly.

• He told Hawk he didn't want to be king.

What makes different animals unique?

What happened, first, next, then, last and finally in "King of the Birds?" First, ​ (a)   Next, ​ (b)   then, ​ (c)   ​ last, ​ (d)   finally, ​ ​ (e)  

• Hawk wanted to choose a new king
• The birds showed off their strengths
• Quetzal wanted to be king
• Quetzal took Roadrunner's feathers
• Roadrunner hid and waited for Quetzal to return

What human characteristics do the birds have?

Hawk ​ (a)  

Quetzal ​ (b)  

Roadrunner ​ ​ (c)  

• old and tired
• wants to be prettier
• gives away her feathers

Why did Roadrunner hide?

• She was happy his feathers were taken away.

• She was sad and ashamed his feathers were taken away.

• She wanted to find a new home

• She wanted to be king.

How did the other animals help Roadrunner?

• They helped her move.

• They gave her feather and brought her food.

• The told her they loved her.

• They taught her to fly.