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Pot of Gold, A / Clever Farmer, The
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478277128
Grade Level:
2
Reading Level:
L
Strategy/Skill:
Character study, Forming opinions, making judgements, Phonemic awareness, Text structure
Genre:
Folk Tale/Traditional Story
Theme/Topic:
Animals, Birds, and Insects, Communication, Problem Solving
Classification:
Fiction
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Book Summary
These folk tales tell the stories of two farmers. The first farmer is an honest man who finds a pot of gold and has to decide whether to keep it. The second farmer is a clever man who needs to escape from a hungry tiger.
Features of the Book
- Direct speech
- Short stories
- Specialized vocabulary – Vietnam, clay, lesson, plow, buffalo, cleverness
- Third-person narrative
Word Study Opportunities
- Irregular plural – thieves
- Verb endings “ed” and “ing” – looked, lifted, buried; plowing, talking, watching
- Compound words – something, someone, without, inside, outside, anything
Purpose
A Pot of Gold/The Clever Farmer can be used to introduce and reinforce the following standards-related skills:
- identifying the features of different genres
- interpreting and analyzing characters’ feelings, relationships, and actions
- exploring problem resolution
- exploring homophones
- forming and supporting opinions about a text
- writing alternative endings for a story
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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