The ants and The Grasshopper

One bright day in late autumn, a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm
sunshine, drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer, when a starving
Grasshopper, his fiddle under his arm, came up and humbly begged for a bite to eat.
“What!” cried the Ants in surprise, “haven’t you stored anything away for the winter?
What in the world were you doing all last summer?”
“I didn’t have time to store up any food,” whined the Grasshopper; “I was so busy
making music that before I knew it the summer was gone.”
The Ants shrugged their shoulders in disgust.
“Making music, were you?” they cried. “Very well; now dance!” And they turned their
backs on the Grasshopper and went on with their work.
Answer the questions based on the text !
1. Who begged for food ?
2. Where is the story set ?
3. What is the main idea of the story ?
4. Do you like the story ? Why or why not ?
5. Why did the Ants store grain ?
6. Why was the grain being dried ?
7. If the Ants didn’t dry the grain, what would have happened ?
8. Why did the Ants have to store anything away for the winter be a great idea ?
9. Do you think storing anything away for the winter would be a great idea ? Why or why
not ?
10. What will you do differently in your daily life after reading the story ?
The Generic structure of the text !
1. Orientation :
- Who are the characters of the story ?
- When the story happened ?
- Where did the story happen ?
2. Complication :
What was the problem ?
3. Sequence of event :
- How did the character ( ants ) react ?
- What did they say to the other character ( the grasshopper)
- How did the grasshopper feel about the ants reaction ?
4. Resolution :
- How did the story end ?
- Is it happy or sad ending ? Why ?
- What lesson can we get from the story ?
Let’s analyse the generic structure of “ The Ants and the grasshopper “ story :
1. Orientation memperkenalkan tokoh yang terlibat, … dan …
2. Complication adalah paragraph yang menjelaskan …
3. Sequence of events menunjukkan reaksi tokoh cerita terhadap …
4. Resolution adalah bagian akhir dari cerita yang berupa … atau … dan terkadang di
sisipkan nilai … didalamnya untuk kita ambil hikmahnya.

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