Lesson: The donkey and the little dog

Story:

The Donkey and the little Dog

Knowledge

- Ask a student to describe a donkey. Challenge the class to brainstorm all of the ways a donkey is like a mouse and all the ways they are different.

Comprehension

- Instruct students to read the fable and then use story details to fill out the chart, comparing and contrasting the donkey and the dog and what happens to them. Challenge them to find the key words (just as, yet).

Application

- Underline these words in the text. Guess their meanings.

A donkey a pet to wag to bark fair to bray mad stick to beat

Analysis

- Write dog, man or donkey:

1. A ….. had a little dog.

2. ….. beat the donkey.

3. …… gives little bits of food.

4. A ….. looked in at the window.

5. The ….. only wags.

6. ….. does what the dog does.

7. ….. ran into the room.

8. ….. thought the donkey was mad.

9. ….. brayed as loudly as it could.

Synthesis

- Number the events in the correct order:

1. A donkey looked in at the window. _______

2. The master thought the donkey was mad. _______

3. The donkey ran into the room. _______

4. A man had a little dog. _______

Evaluation

Fill in a Venn diagram with three or more items in each category.