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Virginia Repertory Theatre

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Accompany the story, Town Mouse Country Mouse by Jan Brett with an assortment of activities designed to reinforce concepts covering story structure, comprehension, grammar, and social studies. Here, scholars identify the difference...
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Drama: Learn A Lesson from the Lion

For Teachers 1st
Reading is reading, whether it's for drama or English class. Boost reading fluency, accuracy, intonation, and comprehension while fostering creative acting skills. Kids read the provided tale of "The Lion and the Mouse" several times in...
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Tortoise and Hare Races

For Teachers K
Students listen to the fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, and participate in various map skill activities. They manipulate magnetic tortoises and hares on metal cookie sheets to practice direction, and construct racing tortoises out of...
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What is a Philanthropist?

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
What does a philanthropist do? Help your class explore philanthropy using character development and literacy ideas. Learners will define and give examples of philanthropy, listen to The Lion and the Mouse, discuss how the characters help...
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Identifying the Theme in a Story

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize Theme through the use of simple, short stories. Using Pro Quest, students begin by researching the literary element, theme, and how it can be identified. They then identify the themes in Aesop's Fables and other short...
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Writing Fables

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students develop a working skill of using graphic organizers for writing. The lesson notes that the best kind of organizer is one that is engaging to the appropriate audience. The assessment follows the rubric given in the lesson.
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Philanthropy in Literature

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners research philanthropy in three genres: a play, a fable, and a parable. Students read an Aesop fable and answer questions in groups. Learners complete steps in two worksheets from 'The Good San Franciscan' and 'Someone Should.'...
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Animal Tales Around the World

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners explore characteristics of Indian Tales/ Parables. In this literature instructional activity, students compare contemporary society to western culture through analysis. Learners create their own tales using this genre.
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J. Paul Getty Museum Education Staff

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students will examine a manuscript page from a Flemish bestiary and discuss how it was used to teach ideas about Christianity. In this Christianity lesson plan students study the given manuscript and then compare the stories from the...
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Organizer
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English - "Once Upon a Time" - Storytelling

For Students 4th
In this storytelling worksheet, 4th graders fill in 17 missing words without looking at the story. After the students read the story again aloud in pairs, the students complete a matrix on how well each student reads the story aloud.
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School Specialty

The Tortoise and the Hare - Drawing Conclusions/Predictions Outcomes

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Does the fastest one always win the race? Look deeper into The Tortoise and the Hare with a set of discussion questions for before, during, and after reading the story.
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Interactive
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The Lion and the Mouse

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences, complete multiple choice questions, answer short answer questions, and more for the story The Lion and the Mouse. Students complete 5 exercises.
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Reading Exercises: "The Lion and the Mouse"

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this reading exercise online worksheet, students watch a YouTube video of the "The Lion and the Mouse." They use the drop down menu at the end of each of 9 sentences to tell if the sentence is from the story or not. They check their...
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Helpful Animals and Compassionate Humans in Folklore

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students define elements of stories from around the world that include helpful animals. They explore animal character motivations and use graphic organizers to compare and contrast animal stories from different cultures.
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Tortoise and Hare Races

For Teachers K
Practice basic map skills with the story of The Tortoise and the Hare. After listening to the story, class members create a map that indicates the starting line, the path the animals took, where they stopped to rest, and the finish line....
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Storytelling and Culture

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the cultural tradition of storytelling. In this storytelling instructional activity, students explore stories from 3 different cultures and evaluate the roles that storytelling plays in each of the cultures to pass on...
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Who's Got Game? The Lion or the Mouse?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Discuss bullying, folk tales, and more using this resource. Learners read the story The Lion and the Mouse by Toni and Slade Morrison, engage in cause and effect activities, make predictions, and discuss bullying. This is a motivating...
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Forecast Sunny and Warm

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. For this service learning lesson, students participate in hands-on activities that replicate building a foundation and providing for future generations.
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Council for Economic Education

You Can Bank On This! (Part 3)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars use a chart to show how gaining interest is a beneficial part of having a savings account. In this banking lesson plan, students also learn about the workings of an ATM and a checking account.
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Investigative Case - Protistan Tales of Atlantic White Cedar Swamps

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use this WebQuest to explore the vast diversity of microbes, especially those microbes of the Atlantic Cedar Swamps. They tell a story about the protests of the Atlantic Cedar Swamp in the form of anthropomorphism.
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Worksheet
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Worksheet 2/7 on Nouns

For Students 4th - 6th
In this adding nouns to sentences learning exercise, students use nouns in a word bank to fill in the missing nouns and complete the passage, "Tortoise of the Galapagos Islands". Students add 31 nouns.
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Small Actions with Big Results

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore philanthropy in literature. In this literature lesson, students read text from three different genres that all have a moral. Students compare and contrast these pieces of literature, focusing on the character traits that...
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Global Oneness Project

The Man and the Wolf

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Human attitudes toward the big bad wolf come into focus in a photo essay that asks viewers to consider their own feelings about the endangered species.
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Aristotle's Six Elements Of A Play

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders view the play, The Ant and the Grasshopper. They define Aristotle's six elements of a play. At the end of the lesson, 5th graders be asked to participate in the play by acting like busy ants. This lesson would tie in nicely...

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