Title: King Lion calls a meeting to find out what led to a
1Name ______________________________
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears Verna
Aardema Pictures by Leo and Diane
Dillon Prediction _______________________________
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Purpose inform persuade entertain
2- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears
- Focus Skills
- To summarize important information in a text
- To read and understand a folktale
- To compare two folktales
- Genre
- Folktale- West African Tale A tale is a story
that has been passed down through time. - Summary
- King Lion calls a meeting to find out what led to
an accident. The reason why mosquitoes buzz in
peoples ears is revealed. - Reading Strategy
- Make and Confirm Predictions
- When reading a folktale, readers often dont know
what will happen until the very end of the story.
They must often make a prediction about what
might happen next in a story. Good readers use
story clues and what they know to make
predictions about a story, then read on to see if
their predictions are correct.
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Why does Iguana put sticks in his ears?
Why does Iguana say that Mosquitos story about
the yams is nonsense?
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Why doesnt Iguana answer Python? Draw it.
What does Python do after Iguana ignores him?
Why?
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What happens after Monkey hears Crow?
How do you know Mother Owl is sad?
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How can you tell? ________________________________
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How does Monkey feel when she stands before King
Lion? Draw it.
What mistake did Python, Rabbit, Crow and Monkey
all make?
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What reason does Crow give King Lion for
spreading the alarm?
King Lion agreed. Why?
Do you agree? Why?
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How does the way Rabbit acts compare to the way
Crow acted? What does that tell you about each
character?
Crow comes ______________________. He is
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Rabbit comes ______________________. She is
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Did it surprise you that King Lion called Python?
Why or why not?
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Why didnt Iguana hear the summons to attend the
council meeting?
Summarize what has happened at the council
meeting.
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If you were King Lion, what would you have said
to Iguana when you heard his story abut Mosquito?
What makes Mother Owl hoot for the sun?
What lesson do you think this story teaches?
- Think and Respond
- How do the iguanas actions lead King Lion to
call a council meeting? - _________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________ - Why does the mosquito have a guilty conscience?
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_______________________________________________ - Do you think the mosquito meant to do harm?
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_______________________________________________ - What kind of tale is this? Why do you think it
is still being told today? - _________________________________________________
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7- Use the graphic organizer to answer the following
questions. Highlight the answers on the
organizer. - What is a yam?
- Why does the iguana think that the mosquitos
story is nonsense? - Why does the iguana put sticks in his ears?
- What are the words mek and krik?
- Who warns the other animals of danger?
- If the monkey leaps kili wili through the
trees, what does kili wili mean? - How does King Lion find out why the sun is still
sleeping? - Why doesnt Iguana speak to Python?
- Why did the author repeat some lines in this
story? - What was the mosquito doing at the end of the
story? - What does KPAO stand for?
- What is the same about Coyote Places the Stars
and Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears? - How does Mother Owl wake the sun?
- Why do mosquitoes buzz in peoples ears?