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THE DOG AND THE SHADOW (AESOP'S FABLES) - Coggle Diagram
THE DOG AND THE SHADOW (AESOP'S FABLES)
PERSONAL
Moral reasoning
Teach the young learners that doing bad thing in life will end up in a waste. In the story, the dog was stealing the bone and it ended up of losing the bone. Its bad attitude of stealing can be a lesson for human that we must always ask if we want something from people.
Promotes young learners to become grateful. For example, in the story depicts a greedy dog who already own a bone wants to get another bone which is more bigger in size. At the end, the dog slipped the bone and get tricked by its own shadow.
Literary and artistic preference
The use of literary elements like monologue/soliloquy can capture young learners an insight about speaking to themselves which is a way to express our thought and emotion. For example, the dog talks to itself,
“What is this? Another dog with a piece of bone down in water? With a much bigger piece than mine! I will take it from the dog."
The story line shows a hypothesis event like doing bad things will end up with bad ending. Simple life formula; STEALING + GREED = NOTHING. It teaches the young learners to believe that everything has the consequences.
ACADEMIC
The language written is very easy for young learners especially early readers to understand
Encourage young learners to study and get the exposure on simple grammar. For example the pronoun for animal (dog) is 'it'.
AESTHETIC
What does the title of the story mean to you
now?
The title 'THE DOG AND THE SHADOW' highlights an individual with his/her/it self attitude, self thought, self character
What did the main character learn at the end?
The dog realizes that things would be alright and it could have the bone wholly to itself if it knows the another dog and another bone is actually its own reflection.
What caused the problem of the main
character?
The conflict happens between the dog and itself. The attitude of being greedy makes him lose the bone.
What words describe the personalities of the
characters?
The story written is only 174 words which is very simple and not much words describing the character (the dog). However, the keyword or the key point that resembles the dog is 'reflection'. The implicit meaning of the 'reflection' based on the story is the real and factual version of us is when we are being alone. For example, in the story, the dog runs alone to the bridge while bragging the bone in its mouth. When it sees another dog and another bone with bigger size in the water that is its own 'reflection', it reacts towards the situation. The dog wants more and better bone than it has. It shows the act of greedy of the dog.
What do you think is the most important thing the author might want you to remember about this story
SUMMARY
The story is about a dog who stole a bone and run very fast to the stream. Suddenly, the dog saw another dog in the water with a bigger size of bone. The dog open his mouth to grab the bigger bone from the dog in the water. Unfortunately, the bone is out of its mouth and has gone into the water.