“The Boy Who Cried Wolf”: Teacher’s Guide

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf”

Teacher’s Guide

By Orly Atlan

Table of Contents: 

The story……..3

Comics activity……..4-5

Vocabulary exercises using Quizlet and Word Cloud……6-8

Reading comprehension questions on Kahoot………….8

Follow-up enrichment activity: word-search……………9

Listening and speaking practice………………….10

Online forum activity………………………11

Puzzle: determining the order of events in a text……..12

The Story: 

The Boy Who Cried ‘Wolf’

Once there was a shepherd boy, who had to look after a flock of sheep. One day, he felt bored and decided to play a trick on the villagers. He shouted, “Help! Wolf! Wolf!”

The villagers heard his cries and rushed out of the village to help the shepherd boy. When they reached him, they asked, “Where is the wolf?”

The shepherd boy laughed loudly, “Ha, Ha, Ha! I fooled you all. I was only playing a trick on you.”

A few days later, the shepherd boy played the trick again.

He cried, “Help! Help! Wolf! Wolf!” Again, the villagers rushed up the hill to help him and again they found that the boy had tricked them. They were very angry with him for being so naughty.

Then, sometime later, a wolf really went into the field. The wolf attacked one sheep, and then another and another. The shepherd boy ran towards the village shouting, “Help! Help! Wolf! Help! Somebody!”

The villagers heard his cries but they laughed because they thought it was just another trick.

The boy ran to the nearest villager and said, “A wolf is attacking the sheep. I lied before, but this time it is true!”

Finally, the villagers went to look. It was true. They could see the wolf running away and many dead sheep lying on the grass.

We may not believe someone who often tells lies, even when he tells the truth.

Comics Activity

Instructions: Comics Activity

1. Read the story

2. Complete the missing text in the comic strip:

https://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/#send

Choose at least two frames to complete.

Vocabulary Exercises Using Quizlet and Word Cloud

Quizlet

The students will be told to enter the link to Quizlet and review the set of words from the story:

https://quizlet.com/_5p4rim

The students will then practice individually using four of the study activities provided on Quizlet:

1. Flashcards
2. Learn
3. Match
4. Test

Word Cloud:

(See image on the next page)

The students will be told to find the words from the Word Cloud in the story (10 words) and copy the sentence each word appears in. Then, they will be told to translate the sentences into Hebrew.

Bonus task- students can make up their own sentences using three of the words. 

Reading Comprehension Questions on Kahoot

After reading the story, I will quiz the students using Kahoot. The quiz is available via the following link:

https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/dae4d965-655c-48f6-8d8a-78602b2061de

The students will compete with each other by trying to choose the correct answer in multiple choice questions in the game.

Follow-Up Enrichment Activity: Word-Search

Listening and Speaking Practice

Listening Practice:

Listening and viewing source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQii3matgb8

Pre-listening task:

1.Why did the girl, standing outside the headmaster’s office, use the expression “the boy who cried wolf”?

2. While or after you listen, complete the following sentences with words from the word bank:

• When they got there, everything was ________.

• Let’s just _________ him.

• The villagers _______ to help him.

3. Which do you prefer: reading the story or watching the video? Explain.

Speaking Practice: 

Go to https://www.voki.com/site/create and choose an avatar that you think is suitable to be the boy who cried wolf.

What does the boy say?  Record yourself saying the following sentences from the story. Pay attention to your pronunciation and tone of voice- pretend that you are the boy:

“Help! Wolf! Wolf!”

“Ha, Ha, Ha! I fooled you all. I was only playing a trick on you.”

“A wolf is attacking the sheep. I lied before, but this time it is true!”

*You may add some of the boy’s words from the video.

Online Forum Activity

1. Students will be requested to answer the following question, which is related to the story, in an online forum.

We all know that lying is not a positive behavior. But do you think schools should have a clear policy to deal with lying? While cheating on a test is an academic issue and schools already have certain ways of dealing with such cases, lying to another student or a teacher could be viewed as a strictly personal matter that the school should not be involved in.

The boy in the story gets punished indirectly for his lies. Do you think schools should punish students for lying? If so, what punishments should they use?

2. Then, students will be encouraged to respond to each other’s opinions, using conversation threads, and create a discussion on the topic.

3. Based on their opinions, students should try to come to an agreement and create a database of ideas and methods that schools can use in order to deal with lying in an optimal way.

Puzzle: Determining the Order of Events in a Text

The following game, in which students need to put sentences in logical order, could be used as a reading-comprehension tool:

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-3/put-the-sentences-in-order

The students will be asked to play the game, in order to practice the skill of determining the order of events in a text. Then, they will create a similar game based on the events in the story “The Boy who Cried Wolf”.

Tip: cut and paste a few different sentences from the story into a word document in random order and ask a friend to determine the correct order of the events.