FABLE

PRE-READING

No	Day	Title	Why I am interested to read	Questions before I read	Finished/Unfinished
1	Wednesday	1. The Lion & The Mouse 2. The Fox & The Stork	Because the title appeals to me, and makes me curious to read the text.	will this story be interesting?	Finished
2	Thursday	1. The Two Goats 2. The Gnat & the Bull	I was curious about the story after reading the title.	What the content of the story?	Finished
3	Friday	1. The Stag & His Reflection 2. The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing	Vocabulary that is easy to understand makes me want to continue reading the text.	will this story be interesting?	Finished
4	Saturday	1. The Young Crab & His Mother 2. The Boys & the Frogs	Because the picture appeals to me, makes me want to read it.	What the content of the story?	Finished

DAY 1                                                  

Day 1 Wednesday Date: 19 February 2020
Time	16.23 -  16. 27
Title	The Lion & The Mouse
Sources	http://read.gov/aesop/007.html
Characters	a Lion, a Mouse.
Main points of the story	When the Lion is looking for prey in the forest. The Lion is trapped by the hunter’s net. He couldn’t free himself, then he filled the forest with the roar of his anger. The Mouse knew the sound and quickly found the Lion struggling in the net. Finally the Mouse can free the Lion by bitting the net until it parted.
New Vocabularies found	Paws, Haste, Spare, Amused, Toils.
Comments	a Lion should not underestimate a Mouse, even though the Mouse is much smaller than him. But the proof is now Mouse can save Lion.

What I can get from the stories (moral value) : “A kindness is never wasted.”

Day 1 Wednesday Date: 19 February 2020
Time	16. 30 – 16.03
Title	The Fox & The Stork
Sources	http://read.gov/aesop/016.html
Characters	a Fox, a Stork.
Main points of the story	Nosy Foxes have very bad tricks for Stork, but Strork was a calm, who don’t show his anger. Instead, not long afterward, he invited the Fox to dine with him in turn. When he accepts the same thing that a Fox does to a Stork, the Fox angry and doesn’t accept it.
New Vocabularies found	Amuse, Odd, Appearance, Appetite, Lapped, Narrow.
Comments	a Fox if you don’t want to accept or experience things you don’t want, then don’t do it to others.

What I can get from the stories (moral value) : “Do not play tricks on your neighbors unless you can stand the same treatment yourself.”

 DAY 2

Day 2 Wednesday Date: 20 February 2020
Time	19.28 – 19.31
Title	The Two Goats
Sources	http://read.gov/aesop/013.html
Characters	Two Goats
Main points of the story	Two stubbon goats force to pass a road made from fallen tree trunks over a chasm.
New Vocabularies found	Frisking, Chasm, Trunk, Narrow
Comments	If one of them succumbs to cross alternately, maybe they will not fall off.

What I can get from the stories (moral value) : “It is better to yield than to come to misfortune through stubbornness.”

Day 2 Wednesday Date: 20 February 2020
Time	19. 36 – 19.38
Title	The Gnat & the Bull
Sources	http://read.gov/aesop/008.html
Characters	a Gnat, a Bull.
Main points of the story	a Gnat sitting at the end of one of the bull’s horns, begging for forgiveness of the bull when leaving the place. Whereas the Bull does not know Gnat have been gored before.
New Vocabularies found	Meadow,  Settled.
Comments	a Gnat that are very confident and arrogant.

What I can get from the stories (moral value) : “We are often of greater importance in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbor. The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.”

 DAY 3

Day 3 Wednesday Date: 21 February 2020
Time	13.44 – 13.45
Title	The Stag & His Reflection
Sources	http://read.gov/aesop/017.html
Characters	a Stag.
Main points of the story	a Stag that has graceful antlers, but he’s disappointed and embarrassed by his thin legs.
New Vocabularies found	Arch, Antlers, Scented, Bounding.
Comments	Don’t be arrogant with the advantages we have and don’t be disappointed with the shortcomings that exist, against our deficiencies that help/save lives.

What I can get from the stories (moral value) : “We often make much of the ornamental and despise the useful.”

Day 3 Wednesday Date: 21 February 2020
Time	13. 47 – 13. 48
Title	The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Sources	http://read.gov/aesop/022.html
Characters	a wolf , Sheeps, Stepherd.
Main points of the story	An undercover wolf uses Sheepskin that has been removed to prey on Sheep. But at one time the Shepherd wanted to cook Sheep’s meat broth because that was the place where the Sheep are first seen, then the wolf was killed by Shepherd.
New Vocabularies found	Watchfulness, Strolled, Slaughter.
Comments	Wretched wolf with his own tricks.

What I can get from the stories (moral value) : “The evil doer often comes to harm through his own deceit.”

DAY 4

Day 4 Wednesday Date: 22 February 2020
Time	13.53 – 13.54
Title	The Young Crab & His Mother
Sources	http://read.gov/aesop/034.html
Characters	a Young Crab, a Mother Crab.
Main points of the story	Crab mother who tells her child to walk well, but when her child asks to show the right way to walk. Crab mother couldn't do it, she tripped and fell on her nose.
New Vocabularies found	Toes, Obediently.
Comments	Crab mother shouldn’t tell her child to walk properly, if she can’t do it.

What I can get from the stories (moral value) : “Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.”

Day 4 Wednesday Date: 22 February 2020
Time	14.28 – 14. 29
Title	The Boys & the Frogs
Sources	http://read.gov/aesop/051.html
Characters	the Boys, the Frogs.
Main points of the story	Some boys like to cheer themselves up by throwing rocks in a pool making rocks jump in the air. While in the pool there is a frog that trembles in fear and is threatened with death by the boys play.
New Vocabularies found	Edge, Trembling, Bravest.
Comments	Don’t be selfish with your interests, while others feel threatened by that action.

What I can get from the stories (moral value) : “Always stop to think whether your fun may not be the cause of another's unhappiness.”