Title – ‘The Monkey and the Crocodile’
Publisher-https://worldstories.org.uk
Grade- 4th and 5th
Genre- Folklore
Theme- Friendship
Author – Vishnu Sharma
Brief Biography
According to scholars , ‘Panchatantra’ folk tales were written by Pandit Vishnu Sharma in 3rd BCE. The folk tales are said to be created with the purpose of educating young princes into the ways of life. The main characters in the stories are animals, who depict various human values. The ending of every story always provides a lesson on good moral values.
Synopsis
Do you have friends? What all things do you guys do together? Is it only us humans who have friends? Have you ever seen animals having friends?
The Monkey and the Crocodile, is an old folktale that depicts an unusual friendship between a wise monkey and foolish crocodile.
Reading - Writing Strategies
This story can be used in both language and EVS classrooms. In EVS you can use this while discussing the theme animals and their habitats.
Pre- reading
- · You can ask the students to predict the story by looking at the title.
- · Ask them have they seen a monkey and a crocodile before?
- · Where did they see them?
- You can ask the students to list out various adjectives used in the story like greedy, wise , foolish etc.
During reading
- · Ask them do you think the crocodile wife is being fair?
- · Would you do the same if you were her?
- · Do you think the crocodile should do as his wife is asking him to?
- · What would you do if you were the crocodile?
Post reading
- · Ask them, did you like the ending? What did you like about it?
- · You can ask the students to write an alternative ending to the story?
- · You can do story mapping with the students.
(A story map is a tool that can be used to identify various elements within a story such as characters, plot line etc)
- · Steps of story mapping are as follows-
2. Who all were the characters?
3. Timeline - what happened when? And how?
4. What was the conclusion?
- Since , the story has a lot of Adjectives, you can follow it up with a grammar lesson on them.
Reflection
We all grew up to listening Panchatantra tales. And they still remain as magical as ever. A lot of different versions of the same stories are available within the market. Most of them have aesthetic illustrations which can be very useful while doing read aloud’s with young children. The Panchatantra tales also provide us with a scope to introduce a lot of creative writing within our classrooms. As a language teacher you can use these stories to introduce the way story writing is done, within your classrooms. As most of the stories have a very clear and easy to understand plot twists.
Sources-
https://worldstories.org.uk/reader/the-monkey-and-the-crocodile/english/993
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