Reading Fable “Belling the Cat” and Tasks

This is an Aesop fable, Belling the Cat, with printable text and activities, for your literacy centre The activities include questions, predictions, opinions, vocabulary, morals, writing, figurative language to interest students to make connections, think and comprehend as they read.

There are also tasks encouraging Close Reading Skills and higher order thinking.

Included in the package

• a printable retelling of the fable
• 4 task cards requiring students to answer questions, make connections, predictions and summarize the events
• 3 writing tasks: all with options
• vocabulary sheet to explore words from text
• sequence sheet, so students can order events from the fable
• 2 QR codes: exploring different versions of, Belling the Cat: one with cartoon characters the second, a read aloud (SafeYouTube)
• 2 worksheet that explain and works on Personification
• 2 parts of speech worksheets: converting nouns to verbs, bell belling
• Paper puppet shapes to use for character conversations, Hot Seat etc