This resource extends beyond text comprehension, helping high school students analyze the formal elements of fiction and respond thoughtfully in writing to questions about fairy tale literature. The featured short story is titled “The Hare and the Hedgehog” by the Brothers Grimm. An answer key and copy of the public domain short story, which has an estimated Lexile measure of 1000-1100, are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By completing this exercise, students will:
- Identify what the text states explicitly as well as implicitly
- Discern the target audience of the narrative
- Apply knowledge of alliteration, assonance, sibilance, simile, and dramatic irony to the text
- Discern the meaning of complex phrases in context
- Discern the tone of a particular excerpt
- Discern the most accurate characterization of the hedgehog
- Articulate the consequence of the hare’s stubbornness
- Compare and contrast the hare and the hedgehog
- Cite textual evidence to support claims and ideas
- Write with clarity and precision
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