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A Lesson on The Boy Who Cried Wolf! Grade: Grade 3
Subject: English Language Arts
Created by: Alexandra Ruel
Lesson Length: 2 hours
Keywords/Tags: Reading, Writing, Comprehending, The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Lesson Description: Students will be asked to read and reread this passage to comprehend the text. They will then be asked to use their reading and writing skills to answer questions about new vocabulary in the passage, as well as answer and openly discuss questions about the passage. The goal of this lesson is for students to understand The Boy Who Cried Wolf, learn new vocabulary, discuss important questions that will make them refer back to the passage, and take away the lesson of telling the truth.
Common Core Standards Covered with This Lesson
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1b: Provide reasons that support the opinion.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1d: Provide a concluding statement or section.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.6: Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. (See grade 3 Language standards 1 and 3 here for specific expectations.)
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.4a: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.5a: Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
 
     
     
 
Lesson Content: Reading
Instructions: Please read the following reading passage as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the passage if needed.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf!

There was once a boy who lived in a village up in the mountains. His family owned many sheep. The boy had a job, and that job was to watch the sheep. If a wolf came near, he needed to call for help. His sheep stayed on a hill near the village where he watched them every day. 

One day, he thought of a trick he could play on the people who lived in the village. He was bored, so he thought this would be a way to have fun. He ran toward the village crying out loudly for help. 

He shouted, "Wolf! Wolf! Come and help! The wolves are at my lambs! The wolves are trying to eat them!" 

There were many villagers in the town. They heard him crying and thought that they had to help. So, the kind villagers left their work and ran to the field to help him. They would try to help him chase away the wolves and protect his lambs. However, when the villagers got there, the boy laughed at them. There was no wolf there. He just wanted to watch them come running! He thought it was funny. 

Then another day the boy tried the same trick. Once again, the villagers came running to help him out, and once again the boy laughed at them. 

Then, one day, a wolf really did come and it started chasing the lambs. In great fright, the boy ran for help. "Wolf! Wolf!" he screamed. "There is a wolf! Help! Please! Help! Please!” 

All the villagers heard him, but this time they did not come. They thought he was pulling another mean trick. They had learned their lesson and did not need to be laughed at again. So, no one paid attention to him and the shepherd-boy lost all his sheep –they all ran away. 

When people in the village found out what had happened, they were sorry, but they told the boy it was his fault. That is the kind of thing that happens to people who lie. Even when they tell the truth, no one believes them. People are just so used to their lies.
 
     
     
 
Task 1: Vocabulary Activity (30 points)
Instructions: Please complete the following vocabulary activity by choosing the correct meaning of each word selected from the passage and use of each word correctly in a sentence.
Vocabulary Questions
Word/Phrase: Trick | Tier: 2 | Points: 10
Q1 In the passage we read, "...he thought of a trick he could play on the people who lived in the village." What does the word "trick" mean in this sentence?
A. The act of going "Trick or Treating" with the villagers.
B. Trick like a prank on the villagers. *
C. Trick like an act you train your dog to perform.
D. A characteristic or mannerism of the boy.
Which of the sentences below uses the word "trick" correctly.
A. The trick is, running to the villagers is faster than walking to them.
B. The boy thought he saw the wolf near his sheep, but it was probably just a trick of the eye.
C. He thought of a trick to try to fool the villagers. *
D. If he had a trick knee, it would've been difficult for the boy to walk.
Word/Phrase: fright | Tier: 2 | Points: 10
Q2 "In great fright, the boy ran for help. "Wolf! Wolf!" he screamed." What does the word "fright" mean in this sentence?
A. To become afraid out of nowhere. *
B. To run in excitement.
C. To cry while running to the villagers.
D. To laugh while running for help.
Which sentence uses the word "fright" correctly?
A. After getting an 'A' on my test, I was full of fright.
B. I ate a bowl of fright this morning for breakfast.
C. My parents gave me a puppy for Christmas and suddenly, I was full of fright, I screamed!
D. I watched the scary Halloween movie in fright! *
Word/Phrase: Call | Tier: 2 | Points: 10
Q3 "If a wolf came near, he needed to "call" for help." What does the word "call" mean in this sentence.
A. To call someone on a cellphone.
B. To call the villagers by yelling. *
C. To call on a student with their hand raised.
D. To call a situation because you expected it to happen.
Which one of the sentences below uses the word "call" correctly?
A. I am going to call my mother later.
B. Please call me when you get home.
C. Let's do a bird call to attract the birds.
D. The boy will call out to the villagers very loudly to get their attention. *
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.4a, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.5a,
 
     
     
 
Task 2: Discussion Activity (30 points)
Instructions: This discussion forum will have questions for students to respond. Read the posted questions, and respond to each. Students are responsible for posting one initial and and two peer responses for each topic.
  Topic Title Replies
Message Explain how you...
Two times the boy yelled out to the villagers to come help him and both times, when the villagers came, there was no wolf. The boy laughed at them. The third time he called for help, no villagers came. Explain how you would feel if you were a villager in this situation and why. Explain your answer in a few sentences and use vocabulary words you learned. 
Sent on: Oct 11, 2020 by: Alexandra Ruel		 0
Message Explain using an example...
The boy came up with an idea, one day, to play a trick on the villagers. Why do you think he would want to play a trick on them? Use one example from the passage to support your answer. Explain. 
Sent on: Oct 11, 2020 by: Alexandra Ruel		 0
Message What would you do...
The boy called for help from the villagers, twice, and they came when he called. The third time they didn't believe him because of the tricks he played before. What would you do if someone you knew played at trick on you? How would it make you feel? Explain your answer using complete sentencs and describe in detail.
Sent on: Oct 11, 2020 by: Alexandra Ruel		 0
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1b, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.6,
 
     
     
 
Task 3: Writing Activity (40 points)
Instructions: At the end of this passage, we learn a lesson about how our actions have consequences. Consider yourself as the boy in the story. Explain in three complete sentences or more the lesson this story is teaching you. Provide at least one real life example to support your reasoning. 
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1d,
 
     

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