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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 14 of 17
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The Ant and the Grasshopper

Aesop’s Fables are concise and entertaining. They are easy enough for young children to understand and remember. One of the most popular of these fables is “The Ant and the Grasshopper.” The characters are few, and the plot is minimal. The moral of the story, which is the lesson children are to learn from hearing it or reading it, is obvious.  

After reading the fable, take the quiz below.