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THE TURTLE & THE SWAN

THE TURTLE & THE SWAN. THE TURTLE & THE SWANS A fable. Connect to Your Life. MURPHY’S LAW “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Do plans that you make always work out? What do you do when they don’t work?. Key to the Fable. Examples of Fable. Building Background.

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THE TURTLE & THE SWAN

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  1. THE TURTLE & THE SWAN THE TURTLE & THE SWANS A fable

  2. Connect to Your Life MURPHY’S LAW “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” • Do plans that you make always work out? • What do you do when they don’t work?

  3. Key to the Fable

  4. Examples of Fable

  5. Building Background • The Turtle & The Swans • A fable from India • Panchatantra (Five chapters) • A collection of animal fable that teach worldly wisdom

  6. VOCABULARY STRATEGY: Using Dictionary • Pronunciation • Part of speech • Meaning • Plural form • Past tense • Spelling • Word usage  sentence or phrase • Alphabetical order

  7. VOCABULARY PREVIEW • Seriousadj. important • Clampingadj. holding • Suitableadj. right for the purpose • Admirationn. wonder • Irritatedadj. angry

  8. VOCABULARY PREVIEW • Serious multiple meaning Important, thoughtful, sincere, causing harm/grief , a serious accident • Clamping  clamp + ing • Admiration  admire • Suitable  suit + able (suffix means capable of)

  9. PREDICTING • Use clues in the text to guess what might happen next. The sky grew dark. Black clouds were building up in the west and seemed to be headed closer. The rumble of distant thunder could be heard. Suddenly, a strong wind lifted the leaves and bits of paper and swirled them through the air. • What might happen next? • A thunderstorm will break.

  10. 1st CHUNK Page 20, line 1-21

  11. QUESTIONS • What is the turtle’s problem? • Where is the setting?

  12. 2nd CHUNK Page 20-21, line 22-45

  13. QUESTIONS • What plan do the turtle & swans have for helping the turtle leave the lake? • Predict if the plan will work or not?

  14. 3th CHUNK Page 21-22, line 46-77

  15. THINK IT THROUGH (HW) • Why doesn’t the plan work? • Why do the people have turtle soup for dinner? • What lesson does the fable teach? State it in your own words.

  16. PREDICTING Anna looked everywhere for her diary. She found it at the bottom of her sock drawer. The she grabbed a pencil and began to write. “I need to write down what happened before I forget,” she said. The phone rang. “That must be Jen!” Anna said, “I have to tell her.” Anna put the diary under her pillow. She ran downstairs. Anna’s little brother came out of his hiding place. He moved silently toward the bed.

  17. PREDICTING

  18. CHARACTER After winning a great deal of money, Andrea shares the wealth with her family and friends, while Tracy keeps his winnings all for himself. Andrea  generous Tracy  stingy, miserly

  19. ANSWER • The plan doesn’t work because the turtle doesn’t keep his mouth closed. • People have turtle for dinner because the turtle was killed by his fall. • The fable teach us to concentrate on what we’re doing.

  20. SELECTION TEST • Will be given after finishing each unit • Unit 1 consists of 4 stories. a.) King Midas b.) The Green Ribbon C.) The Fish Story d.) The turtle & The Swans • Date: Tue, Sep 20, 2011

  21. GROUP PROJECT • Find a fable. • Retell the fable using POWER POINT(no notes). • Who is the character & the trait? • What is the moral value of the story? • Presentation 5-7 minutes. • Everybody should participate in presentation. • Submission date: Monday, Sep 19th 2011

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