新加坡3A unit3A(1).pdf

ReadingStories That Teach对太黄壳家网量I have borrowed a book of fables from the library.Letsread it together,Peter said to Rosnah.Heres a fable about a tricky mouse deer.Lets read itfirst,Rosnah replied.Mouse Deer and the Big HoleOnce,there lived a mouse deer in the forest.One day,Mouse Deer fell into a big hole.Oh dear!he thought.How will I ever get out?Just then,Buffalo came by.What did“Hurry up!”shouted Mouse Deer.“The sky isMouse Deer tell theabout to fall on us!Quickly jump into thisother animals to makehole!them jump into thebig hole?Buffalo jumped into the hole.Not long after;Wild Boar came by.“turry up!shouted Mouse Deer again.“Jumpinto this hole!The sky is about to fall on us!Wild Boar jumped into the hole too.He landed on Buffalo.28Unit 3:Stories That Teach。Text TypeThis book says that the most famous of all fable tellers wasa Greek slave called Aesop,Peter told Rosnah.Yes,Aesop lived nearly two thousand years ago,saidRosnah.Look!Heres one of Aesops fables.The Fox and the CrowOne fine day,a sly fox saw a crow fly past.Crow settledon the branch of a tree.In her beak was a piece ofdelicious cheese.Fox was hungry and wanted the cheese for himself.He walked to the foot of the tree.Dear Mistress Crow,Fox said in his kindest,softest voice.How fine youlook today!Your feathers are the shiniest and your eyes are the brightest I haveever seen.You are by far the most beautiful of birds.I am sure your voice isthe sweetest I have ever heard.Sing me just one sweet song to prove it,and Iwill call you Queen of all the Birds.The happy crow opened her beak to caw.The cheese fell to the ground where itwas snapped up by Fox.Heres some advice in exchange for your cheese,Fox said to the foolishcrow.Do not trust flatterers!Did you notice the fables we read did not have people inthem?asked Peter.Yes,said Rosnah,The characters in The Fox and theCroware a fox and a crow.Read other fables from books that you borrow from the libraryldentify the characters and moral of each fable.30Unit 3:Stories That TeachVocabularyGrammarBuffalo was tootrusting.Mouse Deerwas cunning!Fox was sly.HeCrow was too vain.tricked Crow.She believed everythingthat Fox said about her.Rosnah and Peter are talking about the characters in thefables they have just read.They use adjectives to describethem.AnimalWords describing animals characterMouse Deercunning,slyBuffalotrusting,sillyFoxsly,craftyCrowvain,foolishAdjectives help us to describe people,places,animals andthings.We can use adjectives to describe the animals in a story andhow they behaved:tricky Mouse Deerhappy CrowCan you think of other adjectives that you can use todescribe the characters in the two fables you have just read?Worksheet 3,pages 33-3431