1. THE TURTLE & THE SWANS A fable

2. “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.”
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 PURPOSE CHARACTER To teach a lesson MORAL VALUE
Animals
Act &talk like human

4. Examples of Fable

5. Building Background The Turtle & The Swans A fable from India
Pancha tantra (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 Serious adj. important Clamping adj. holding
Suitable adj. right for the purpose
Admiration n. wonder
Irritated adj. 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 CLUES Anna is eager to record something in her diary.
Anna hides her diary under her pillow.
Anna’s little brother is watching her.
INFERENCES
Something exciting happened to her.
She doesn’t want anyone to read her diary.
Anna’s brother knows where her diary is hidden.
PREDICTIONS
Anna’s brother will read all or part of her diary.

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

22. GROUP 1
NATALIA
FELICIA
AUDRIE
BRANDON
GROUP 2
GERALDO
MICHAEL
EVAN
WANDA
GROUP 3
JESSICA
ANDELIN
KEVIN
BRYAN
GROUP 4
RICKY
OLIVIA
JAREAN
WILLIAM
GROUP 5
REYNER
CLARINDA
WILSON