Part 2 By Mary Ruebusch McCurdy School Compare and Contrast Click for Teacher Pages

Teacher Page Objective: The learner will compare 2 pieces of literature. Activity: Students will make a chart comparing information from the poem “Who Has Seen the Wind” and the fable “The Wind and the Sun”.

Teacher Page Procedure: 1. Read the poem and fable to the class. (If you want to use the overhead, copy the following slides and have a transparency made in advance for each.) 2. Answer questions in student logs.

Teacher Page Procedure: 1. The students will read and complete activities on both “The Wind and the Sun” and “Who Has Seen the Wind.” 2. The students will chart comparisons between the 2 pieces. 3. The students will write a paragraph explaining similarities and differences.

Who Has Seen the Wind? By Christina Rosetti Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I: But when the leaves bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.

The Wind and the Sun a Fable by Aesop Once upon a time when everything could talk, the Wind and the Sun fell into an argument as to which was the stronger. Finally, they decided to put the matter to a test; they would see which one could make a certain man, who was walking along the road, throw off his cape. Cape= a coat without arms The Wind tried first. He blew and he blew and he blew. The harder and colder he blew, the tighter the traveler wrapped his cape about him. The Wind finally gave up and told the Sun to try. The Sun began to smile and it grew warmer and warmer. The traveler was comfortable once more. The Sun shone brighter and brighter. The man grew so hot, the sweat poured out on his face. He became weary. Seating himself on a stone, he quickly threw his cape to the ground.

Who Has Seen the Wind? By Christina Rosetti Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I: But when the leaves bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.

After reading the fable “The Wind and The Sun” compare it to the poem “Who Has Seen the Wind?” Make a chart like the one on the next page.

Give 2 examples of how the wind is described in each piece Fable Poem Answers on the next slide

FablePoem The wind is like a person. The wind blew and blew. It makes the leaves move. The wind can not be seen.

Compare and contrast the fable and the poem. How are they alike? How are they different? Click for example. Make a Venn diagram together on the board or overhead. Then students can write a paragraph.

In the fable, the wind was like an angry person. He blew to make the man take off his coat. In the poem the wind was an object of nature, not like a person. In both, the wind was invisible to humans. The end