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"The Dog and the Sparrow" Quiz, Worksheets, and Vocabulary Games | Grimm's Fairy Tale

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Assess reading comprehension, support vocabulary development, and facilitate analytical thinking with these activities covering the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "The Dog and the Sparrow," a narrative that reinforces themes of friendship and retribution. A plot-based quiz, a close reading analysis worksheet, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, the short story, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) By engaging with these activities and assessments, students will:

  • Examine diction and use context clues to make inferences about characters (e.g., what phrases like scrambled away and voraciously suggest about the dog).

  • Describe the tone of a character's dialogue (e.g., "Stop! stop! Mr. Carter, or it shall be the worse for you").

  • Apply knowledge of literary devices to the text (e.g., dramatic irony, hyperbole, situational irony, and more).

  • Relate a proverb to the content of the story (e.g., a phrase that conveys the dangers of risking sure things).

  • Articulate how the author incorporates foreshadowing into the story.

  • Identify a relevant theme in the story.

  • Support claims and inferences with relevant textual evidence.

Resources are available for teaching short stories of various genres:

Assess reading comprehension, support vocabulary development, and facilitate analytical thinking with these activities covering the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "The Dog and the Sparrow," a narrative that reinforces themes of friendship and retribution. A plot-based quiz, a close reading analysis worksheet, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, the short story, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) By engaging with these activities and assessments, students will:

  • Examine diction and use context clues to make inferences about characters (e.g., what phrases like scrambled away and voraciously suggest about the dog).

  • Describe the tone of a character's dialogue (e.g., "Stop! stop! Mr. Carter, or it shall be the worse for you").

  • Apply knowledge of literary devices to the text (e.g., dramatic irony, hyperbole, situational irony, and more).

  • Relate a proverb to the content of the story (e.g., a phrase that conveys the dangers of risking sure things).

  • Articulate how the author incorporates foreshadowing into the story.

  • Identify a relevant theme in the story.

  • Support claims and inferences with relevant textual evidence.

Resources are available for teaching short stories of various genres:

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Assess reading comprehension, support vocabulary development, and facilitate analytical thinking with these activities covering the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "The Dog and the Sparrow," a narrative that reinforces themes of friendship and retribution. A plot-based quiz, a close reading analysis worksheet, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, the short story, and answer keys are provided.