Ask/Answer Questions
What did the grasshoppers and sparrows promised to do if the farmer didn't cut down the tree?
They promised to sing to the farmer while he worked hard.
Literal or nonliteral?
The farmer decided to turn the tree into firewood.
Literal.
What is setting for The Fox and the Crow?
Outside, or by a tree
Is this sentence comparing, contrasting, or neither.
Mrs. Khangura, Ms. Manso, and Ms. Perez are all the best teachers!
Comparing.
Who licked their lips in The Fox and the Crow?
The fox.
Literal or Nonliteral?
She opened her mouth wide and gave a loud caw.
Literal.
Who are the characters in The Peasant and the Apple Tree?
The peasant, sparrows, and grasshoppers.
Is this sentence compare or contrast or neither?
The fox stood right under the crow and looked up.
Neither.
Why did the farmer look at the tree with new eyes?
The farmer found honey in the tree and it tasted good.
Literal or nonliteral?
Suddenly Midas sat up straight and eyes glowed.
Nonliteral.
What happens at the beginning of The Fox and the Crow?
The fox sees the Crow in the tree with a piece of cheese.
Is this sentence comparing, contrasting, or neither?
In The Fox and the Crow, the Fox tricked the Crow to steal the food, but in The Peasant and the Apple Tree, the man found honey and then decided to not cut the apple tree down.
Contrasting.
What food was in the Crow's mouth?
Literal or nonliteral?
It was sweeter than the first day of summer.
Nonliteral.
What happened in the middle of The Peasant and the Apple Tree?
The sparrows and grasshoppers begged the Farmer not to cut the tree. The farmer didn't listen to them.
Write a contrasting sentence using the ending of The Fox and the Crow and The Peasant and the Apple Tree.
Ex. In The Fox and the Crow, the ending is the Fox gets the cheese from the Crow, but in The Peasant and the Apple Tree, the ending is the Peasant decides to keep the tree because of the delicious honey.
How did the Fox trick the Crow?
The Fox gave compliments to the Crow, and then got the Crow to caw. This made the cheese fall to the Fox.
What is this nonliteral sentence trying to say?
Midas's happiness disappeared like smoke up a chimney.
Midas was no longer happy.
What is the central message of The Fox and the Crow?
You need to be smart, so you don't get tricked.
Write a comparing sentence about the settings for The Fox and the Crow and The Peasant and the Apple Tree.
Ex. In he Fox and the Crow and The Peasant and the Apple Tree, they both have the same setting- outside or near a tree.