Fable Summary

FABLE

The Two Crabs
One fine day two Crabs came out from their home to
take a stroll on the sand. ‘Child,’ said the mother, ‘you are
walking very ungracefully. You should accustom yourself,
to walking straight forward without twisting from side to
side.’
‘Pray, mother,’ said the young one, ‘do but set the
example yourself, and I will follow you.’
Example is the best precept.

Instructions:

1) Compose  a   summary of  the below fable  ( two or   three sentences)

2)  Identify Key Words or Ideas. Explain (in two or three sentences) which details of the fable’s story  (events, characters, dialogue, description) support the fable’s moral.

3) Reflect:  In a separate paragraph  (two or three sentences)  comment on your your experience exercising this critical reading strategy.  For example, do you think you will find this strategy useful for understanding and remembering  future readings (digital or print).   If you had any trouble   or areas of concern working through the critical reading strategy, please feel free to share.

Optional:  take a screenshot (or photo if you’re using a print version) of your annotated fable. Save it as a PDF and attach it to your response in the discussion.

Take-away: 1) summarize,  2) focus on key words/ideas, 3) annotate, 4) reflect

Applying the critical reading strategies of  summarizing,  focusing  on key words/ideas,  annotating complex  reading material and reflecting about   your own thoughts and responses  help   you understand and remember  key ideas in complex texts and to anchor   your own responses to the reading. These are strategies  to  help prepare you to write academic / critical papers.