Reading Fable “The Boy who called Wolf” and Tasks

This is an Aesop fable 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 Reading Skills and higher order thinking.

Included in the package

• a printable retelling of the fable
• 3 task cards requiring students to answer questions, make connections, predictions of the events
• 3 writing tasks: all with options
• worksheet to identify main parts of the story: setting, characters, complication, solution, moral
• vocabulary sheet to explore words from text
• 2 QR codes: one a read aloud of the fable, The Boy who Cried Wolf: the second, an explanation and examples of Onomatopoeia
• A review sheet for each of the QR codes
• A Poster and 3 worksheet that explain and work on Onomatopoeia
• A worksheet on meaning of phrase/idiom to “cry wolf”
• Paper puppet shapes to use for character conversations, interviews, and Hot Seat