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The Lantern on the Ridge

Read an original mountain-village folktale, retell its beginning, middle and end, and tell the central message of the story.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.2.2

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

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What students practice

Students recount the key events of a folktale in order.
Students tell the central message of a folktale using details from the story.

How to use

Read the folktale together and ask what happened first, next and last. Then students answer the questions and explain the lesson in their own words.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.2.2

Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and tell the central message, lesson, or moral.

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The Lantern on the Ridge

Retell a folktale and find its message.

Read the folktale

A folktale is a story that teaches a lesson. Read this folktale.

The Lantern on the Ridge

1High in the mountains, there was a small village. Every evening, Old Tavi climbed the ridge trail with a lantern. At the top, he hung it on a tall pole. The light showed travelers the way to the village through the dark hills.

2One evening, Old Tavi's knees hurt too much to climb. "I hope somebody will light the lantern," he said. Many villagers looked up at the dark ridge. "Someone else will do it," said the baker. "It is too far for me," said the weaver. So the ridge stayed dark.

3Sana watched from her window. "A traveler could get lost tonight," she thought. She took the lantern and climbed the trail. At every turn, the wind tugged at her coat. At the top, she hung the lantern on the pole, and its light glowed across the hills.

4Soon a family of travelers walked safely into the village. The baker and the weaver saw them arrive. "We all saw the dark ridge," said the weaver, "but only Sana climbed." From then on, whoever noticed that the lantern was dark climbed up to light it.

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