Joy Jesica G.

Bataan
BSED ENGLISH 3C

The Ant and the Grasshopper

By Aesop’s Fables

• Step 1: Survey
Read the title of the story
The Ant and the Grasshopper

Once upon a time, there lived an ant and a grasshopper in a grassy

meadow near a river. Despite being a tiny creature, the ant was very
hardworking and sincere. On one bright summer day, the ant began to
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gather her army to collect grains from the farmer’s field. The ant and
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her army worked hard day and night and carried heavy grains of food
on their little backs. In a very short time, they managed to collect a lot
of food for themselves.

Look at the picture/visual

In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about,
chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by,
bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the
nest.
Read the Vocabulary
“Why not come and chat with me,” said the Grasshopper,
“instead of toiling and moiling in that way?”
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“I am helping to lay up food for the winter,” said the Ant,

“and recommend you to do the same.”

“Why bother about winter?” said the Grasshopper; “We have got
plenty of food at present.” But the Ant went on its way and
continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no
food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants
distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had
collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:

Story Summary:

This is a short story for the little ones about a Check for
grasshopper that spends its summer singing while the
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ant works hard to stack food for the upcoming winter.
read it
When the winter season arrives, the grasshopper finds
itself dying of hunger and begs the ant for food.

Step 2: Question

Form questions about what you have skimmed (Ask who, what, when, where,
and why).

• Where did the ant collect grains?

• Who starved during winter?
• What does the grasshopper do in the
summer season?

Step 3: Read

Attempt to answer your questions through highlighting.

On one bright summer day, the ant began to gather her army to collect grains
from the farmer’s field. Answer your question:

Step 4: Recite Where did the ant collect grains?

• Reciting helps to put the information

into your long-term memory. Step 5: Review
• Put what you have learned into your
• Look over the text
own words.
• Review the material to
understand and remember it.