Characters' Adventures & Experiences in Stories: Same or Different?

Lesson Plan - Get It!

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Read a story called The Ant and the Grasshopper, by Diane Marwood and Gabriele Antonini.

One character in this story is a grasshopper. The other characters are ants.

Meet these different characters and read about what they get to see.

Read about what they get to do.

You will get to see what is the same and what is different about their experiences.

Let's begin!

Watch a read aloud video of The Any and the Grasshopper.

Let's discuss what the characters saw and did in the story.

• What was the grasshopper doing at the story's beginning?

The grasshopper was lying in the hot sun. The grasshopper was singing, too!

• What were the ants doing at the story's beginning?

The ants were finding grain and storing it for the winter.

The grasshopper and the ants were doing different things. They had different experiences.

• What happened to the grasshopper when the winter came?

The grasshopper was cold and hungry.

• What happened to the ants when the winter came?

The ants were warm and ate their grain.

In stories like this one, there are different characters. Sometimes, characters do different things and see different things. They have different experiences.

Good work comparing the characters and their experiences.

Now, move to the Got It? section to practice!