How to Read: The Tortoise and the Hare

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  • What a Reader is asked to know:
    • About life
      • The reader is asked to know what a Tortoise and a Hare is.
      • The reader should also understand the concept of a competition and race. This includes understanding the significance of winning/ losing.
    • About language:
      • The reader should know that the tortoises speech implies that he is arrogant.
      • The reader should understand the level of vocabulary in the text. (e.g.  “lolling”, “rival”, etc.)
    • About literature:
      • The reader should know that this story is meant to teach a lesson

 

  •  What a reader is asked to do:
    • The reader is asked to understand the language of the story in order to figure out the moral that lied within the text. The moral that they discover can also be used to figure out who is a better character and why.

 

  • Implied reader:
    • The implied reader is a person/ child with at least a first grade vocabulary. The implied reader should be able to gain some moral insight after reading this story that can be applied to their lives.