THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTS

                                        PRE READING ACTIVITY

1. We are going to read a fable “The Grasshopper and the Ants”. What fables have you already read? What language were they written in? What were they about?

2. While reading be ready to answer the questions:

• Who are the main characters of the fable?
• When did events take place?
• What is your attitude to the main characters?
• What is the main idea of the fable?

          POST READING ACTIVITY

1. Continue the sentences:

• The Grasshopper was
• He was fond of
• When the sun was shining the Grasshopper
• Music made everyone feel
• All that the family of ants did was
• Ants were too busy because
• The Grasshopper had to go hungry in winter because

2. Match adjectives with the main characters: cheerful, lazy, hard-working, creative, mean, self-confident, serious, friendly, careless.

3. A teacher cuts the text of the fable into several parts and divides pupils into two teams. The task is to make up the fable putting stripes together.

4. Fill in the table and complete the sentences with the words from the table.

         - In winter the days become ……….and the nights become…………

         - February is the………….month.

         -Reading a text is …………..than retelling it.

         - Ants are …………….creatures I know.

         - It was …………winter in his life.

         - Music makes you feel…………

5. Comment the proverbs:

• As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.
• As busy as a bee.
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6.  Answer the questions given before reading.

7. Retell the fable using the pictures.

Text and the audio of the fable: www.storynory.com/the grasshopper-and-the ants