Is temporary pleasure worth a lifetime of pain? A group of flies learns their unfortunate—and sticky—lesson with Aesop's fable "The Flies and the Honeypot." After listening to an audio version of the tale, class members map the plot structure by noting the causes and effects.

Concepts

cause and effect, aesop's fables, writing organization, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Prompt pupils to write their own fables and use the graphic organizer template for pre-writing
• Have your class complete a SOLE on Aesop to learn more about the author

Classroom Considerations

• Flesch-Kincaid readability score is a 4.0
• Audio duration is 0:48

Pros

• Comes with a printable text version of the story as well as the audio recording
• Provides many opportunities for literary analysis for such a short fable

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.5.5 RL.6.5 RL.7.5 RL.8.5