Comparing and Contrasting Story Elements

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Story
 

 The Dove and the Ant
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Lion and the Mouse
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Characters

 

Dove

Ant

Lion

Mouse


Setting
 
*Where
    *When

 

Near a brook in the woods

Long ago

In the woods


What is the
Problem?

* Why
did the character have a problem?
 

The ant wanted to get a drink. The ant fell in the brook when he was getting a drink. The lion  caught the mouse. The mouse promised to help the lion someday if he let him go.


What is the
Solution?

* How did the character  solve the problem?
 

The dove saved the ant by giving the ant a twig to float on.
The ant saved the dove from the hunter

The lion let him go. The mouse saved the lion from the net because he promised one day he would help the lion.

Lesson

* What did the characters or reader learn?
 

One good turn deserves another.

It pays to help a friend.

 

 

 

 

 

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