Directions:

2. Review the sample responses below for each question.

Beginning

Main Characters:

Ant

Grasshopper

Setting:

Forest in summer and winter

Middle

Problem:

Winter is coming and food will be hard to find.

Response to Problem (events):

Grasshopper doesn’t want to work and plays

Ants works hard to get food for winter

End

Solution:

Grasshopper is cold and hungry, but Ant shares his food with Grasshopper.

Central Message

What is the lesson or central message in this story?

Work before you play

Question 2
- Sample student response:
  
  The ant and the grasshopper live in the forest. It is summer. Winter is coming. Soon, it will be hard to find food. Grasshopper does not want to work. He plays. He does not work to get food. Ant works hard to get food for the winter. In winter, Grasshopper is cold and hungry. But Ant helps him by sharing his food. The central message is that you should work before you play.

3. Input students' final scores using the rubrics below.

2 points	1 point	No credit
The graphic organizer is complete and correct. The response correctly recounts the main characters, setting, problem, solution, response to the problem (events), and central message.	The graphic organizer is partially complete or correct. The response may correctly recount the main characters, setting, problem, solution, and central message but may incorrectly or incompletely recount the response to the problem (events).	The graphic organizer is blank or inaccurate.

2 points	1 point	No credit
The response describes the central message of the text and uses key details from the text to support the response.	The paragraph describes the central message of the text but may not use key details from the text to support the response.	The response is blank or inaccurate.

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