Note significant details

of informational texts
Let’s Try This
A. What do you know about the wind
and the moon? Fill in the K-W-L
chart
What I
What I
characters What I know want to
learned
know
wind
moon
B. Find out the meaning of the words using context clues.
1. Sleeping Beauty slumbered in her forest castle.
a. went to sleep b. radiant c. loud howling d. staring
2. He used a wedge to split the firewood.
a. to travel everywhere
b. to play on the wind.
c. A piece of wood with one pointed end and one thicker
end that is used
to burn something.
d. A piece of wood or metal with one pointed end and one
thicker end that
is used to split something.
3. A candle glimmered faintly in the darkened room.
a. to run quickly
b. to talk loudly
c. to speak as to be heard at a distance
d. to shine in a weak, faint, or unsteady way
4. Revelling in her freedom, she took a hotel room and
stayed for several days.
a. merry making
b. celebration
c. party
d. all of the above
5. The doctors marvelled that anyone could recover so
quickly.
a. filled with surprise
b. feeling lonely
c. something that is not good
d. taking away
Let’s Study This
Let’s read the poem
“The Wind and the Moon”
by George MacDonald
Pause at certain points and ask
questions.
What do you think the wind and the
moon did?
 The Wind and the Moon
by George MacDonald
I. Said the Wind to the Moon,
“I will blow you out; You stare, In the air
Like a ghost in a chair,
Always looking what I am about —
I hate to be watched; I’ll blow you out.”

II. The Wind blew hard, and out went

the Moon. So, deep, On a heap
Of clouds to sleep, Down lay the Wind,
and slumbered soon,
Muttering low, “I’ve done for that Moon.”
III. He turned in his bed; she was there again!
On high, In the sky, With her one ghost eye, The
Moon shone white and alive and plain.
Said the Wind, “I will blow you out again.”

IV. The Wind blew hard, and the Moon grew dim.
“With my sledge, And my wedge,
I have knocked off her edge!
If only I blow right fierce and grim,
The creature will soon be dimmer than dim.”
V. He blew and he blew, and she thinned to a
thread.
“One puff, More’s enough
To blow her to snuff!
One good puff more where the last was bred,
And glimmer, glimmer, glum will go the thread.”

VI. He blew a great blast, and the thread was gone.

In the air
Nowhere, Was a moonbeam bare;
Far off and harmless the shy stars shone —
Sure and certain the Moon was gone!
VII. The Wind he took to his revels once more; On
down, In town,
Like a merry—mad clown,
He leaped and halloed with whistle and roar —
“What’s that?” The glimmering thread once more!

VIII. He flew in a rage — he danced and blew; But in

vains, Was the pain
Of his bursting brain;
For still the broader the Moon—scrap grew, The
broader he swelled his big cheeks and blew.
IX. Slowly she grew — till she filled the night,
And shone, On her throne
In the sky alone, A matchless, wonderful silvery
light, Radiant and lovely, the queen of the night.

X. Said the Wind: “What a marvel of power am I! With

my breath, Good faith!
I blew her to death —
First blew her away right out of the sky-
Then blew her in; what strength have I!
XI. But the Moon she knew nothing about the
affair; For high, In the sky,
With her one white eye,
Motionless, miles above the air,
She had never heard the great Wind blare.
Let’s Talk
About This
Discuss and analyze the poem by answering the
following questions:
1. What is the setting of the story?
2. Who are the characters in the story?
3. What are the conflicts expressed in the
stanzas?
4. Why was the wind so angry at the moon that he
flew into rage?
5. What is the climax of the story?
6. What is the conclusion or ending of the story?
7. How did the moon feel at the end of the poem?
Let’s DoThis
Task 1. Fill Me
For better understanding of the story. Fill in the graphic
organizer .

Title: _________________________________
Author:_______________________________
Setting
Time: ___________________

Main Character:
___________________
Main Problem:

Solution to the Problem:

Ending
Let’s Do More
Task 2. Describe Them
Work by pairs. Describe the character traits of the Wind
and the Moon in the story using the Venn Diagram .

wind moon
Task 3. Read Aloud
Group the pupils according to the number of
stanzas in the poem. Assign each group a stanza
to read aloud accurately with appropriate rate
and proper expression.
Let’s
Test
Ourselves
Task 4. Write the letter of the correct answer.
1. When did the story happen?
a. a. day time b. night time c. early dawn d. noon time
2. Who are the characters in the story?
a. Wind and the sun b. Wind and the stars c. Wind and
the moon
3. What did the wind tell the moon?
a. “I will blow you out.”
b. “I will throw you to the sea.”
c. “I will make the earth dark for so long.”
d. “I will cover you with thick clouds.
4. What happened to the moon when the wind blew hard?
a. She grew larger and brighter.
b. She disappeared from the sky.
c. She grew dim and thinned into a thread.
d. She was not affected.
5. Why did the wind become rage again?
a. The moon became weak.
b. The moon became dark.
c. The moon was thinning.
d. The moon shone on the sky, radiant and lovely.
6. In the poem, what problem does the wind have?
a. He is in love with the moon.
b. He doesn’t like to be watched.
c. The moon gets all the attention.
d. The sun made fun of the wind.
7. How did the wind try to solve the problem?
a. He blew at the moon.
b. He asked for help from the sun.
c. He swirled about in a giant circle.
d. He made a loud whistling sound.
8. In the poem, the wind compares the moon to____.
a. a light in the window
b. b. the eye of a ghost
c. the letter o d. a giant marshmallow
9. What character trait can you give the wind?
a. strong b. boastful c. powerful d. weak
10. What is the ending or conclusion of the poem?
a. The wind is envious at the moon.
b. The moon never knew what the Wind did.
c. The Wind thinks he has the marvel of power and
strength.
d. The wind used all his power until he became weak.
Let’s
Enrich
Ourselves
Task 5: Writing: Compare Us!
Write a 4-paragraph composition about the
wind and the moon. Use the character
traits in the Venn diagram to compare and
contrast the two characters. State how the
two characters react to each other’s
activity. You may state also your personal
interpretation about the poem.
Let’s
Remember
This
Noting details is a reading comprehension
skill that involves picking out, from a piece
of text, the particular piece or pieces of
information to achieve a given purpose.
These details are the ones that good
readers notice and authors use to
emphasize the events and the characters
in the story.