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Writing about Current Events

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  1. Welcome!

    Course Description
  2. Course Introduction (free)
    1 Quiz
  3. Module 1: Media Literacy
    Mediums and Contexts (free)
    1 Quiz
  4. Your Media of Choice (free)
    1 Quiz
  5. Managing Media
    1 Quiz
  6. Top Stories
    1 Quiz
  7. Module 2: Professional Opinions
    Interview with Lieutenant General John Pickler
    5 Quizzes
  8. Interview with American Politician Clark Boyd
    5 Quizzes
  9. Interview with Career Journalist Amelia Hipps
    6 Quizzes
  10. Module 3: Current Events
    Background Knowledge
  11. Social Media
  12. Productive Note-Taking
    2 Topics
  13. Analyzing a News Story
    1 Quiz
  14. Module 4: Editorials
    The Ant and the Grasshopper
    1 Quiz
  15. A Retelling of the Ant and the Grasshopper
    1 Quiz
  16. Grasshopper and Ant
    1 Quiz
  17. Final Essay
Lesson 15 of 17
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A Retelling of the Ant and the Grasshopper

“The Ant and the Grasshopper” continues to be a popular teaching tool in elementary classrooms. Keeping the original fable in mind, read an updated, recent version of the story below. 

You can expand, print, and mark on the story by using the tools in the top right corner of the pdf display window if you wish. 

After reading the revised fable, take the quiz.