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Please do not read this to the students.  This is a description for teachers, about the big ideas and key understanding that students should take away after completing this task.\nBig Ideas and Key Understandings\nWe make choices and decisions in life everyday.   We must accept the consequences of our decisions.\nSynopsis\nIn this trickster tale, Bear and Hare are involved in a gardening partnership. Industrious, clever Hare makes a deal with Bear— Hare and his family work Bear's land and split the crops in half.  He'll even let Bear choose which half he wants, \"tops or bottoms.\" Bear chooses tops so Hare plants root crops, leaving Bear with a useless harvest. A furious Bear insists next time he'll take bottoms so Hare plants corn, leaving empty stalks. Hare’s tricks and hard work allow him to reap all the vegetable profits, while Lazy Bear sleeps through every planting season and doesn’t make any profits. In the end, Bear learns that he has to do hard work to be rewarded.\nDuring Teaching\nStudents read the entire main selection text independently.\nTeacher reads the main selection text aloud with students following along.\n(Depending on how complex the text is and the amount of support needed by students, the teacher may choose to reverse the order of steps 1 and 2.)\nStudents and teacher re-read the text while stopping to respond to and discuss the questions and returning to the text.  A variety\nof methods can be used to structure the reading and discussion (i.e.:  whole class discussion, think-pair-share, independent written response, group work, etc.)\nText Dependent Questions\nText Dependent Questions\nAnswers\nLook at the illustrations on page 228 and 229.  Describe Bear and Hare, using details from these illustrations.\nBear is asleep.  Hare is awake and has vegetables.\nReread the descriptions of Bear and his father on page 230. Describe each character, using examples from the text to support your answer.\nBear is lazy and wants to sleep all the time.  Bear’s father had lots of money and lots of land because he was a hard worker.\nOn page 231, the author writes, “Hare and his family were in very bad shape.”  What is the author trying to say about Hare’s family?\nThings are not going well.  The Hare family lost their land and money.  Now they are poor.\nReread the description of Hare on page 231.  Tell two things about Hare’s character.\nHare is clever, or smart, sharp.\nHare is not good with money.\nOn page 232, the author writes that Hare and Mrs. Hare “cooked up a plan”.  Explain the problem the Hares are trying to solve with their plan and the solution they propose. (pg. 232-233)\nHare and Mrs. Hare need a way to feed their children, so they come up with a plan— Hare tells Bear he wants to be his business partner in planting and harvesting.\nReread page 233. What deal does Hare make with Bear, as his business partner?\nThey will use Bear’s land. Hare will do the hard work of planting and harvesting. The partners will split the profit right down the middle. Hare will do the work and Bear can sleep.\nBased on the description the author gives us of each character, do you think Bear would be a good business partner? Why or why not?  Use examples from the story to support your answer.\nBear would not make a good business partner.  He sleeps all the time and leaves all the decisions up to Hare. Bear also says “Huh” a lot, so it seems he doesn’t hear or listen well when his partner is discussing business.\nOn page 235, it is time for harvest. After Bear chooses “tops,” Hare calls out, “You get the tops and I get the bottoms.” What does the term “tops” mean here?\nThe word “tops” means the top half of the pla","cbCaijVcUmmXTXzL","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijVcUmmXTXzL","doc",96256,11,"English","# Unit 2/Week 4\n## Title and schedule\n## Teacher instructions\n## Big Ideas and Key Understandings\n## Synopsis of the trickster tale\n## During teaching procedures\n## Text Dependent Questions\n## Answers and lessons learned","[{\"question\":\"What lesson does Bear learn by the end of the story?\",\"answer\":\"Bear learns he must work hard and make wise choices. He realizes he has missed out on edible crops and decides to participate in planting, harvesting, and decision-making.\"},{\"question\":\"What does Hare propose as the deal for Bear’s land?\",\"answer\":\"Hare offers to be the business partner who does the planting and harvesting. 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