Learning objectives 6.S3Give an opinion at sentence and discourse level onanincreasing range of general and curricular topics 6.S8Recount some extended stories and events on a limitedrangeof Assessment criteriaIdentify the main ideas in extended talk with some support Provide a point of view in conversations and discussions Retell extended stories and episodes on a given topic Level of thinking Application skills Higher order thinking skills Duration 20 minutes The ant and the grasshopper In a garden there lived an ant and a grasshopper who were very good friends. It was springtime and the grasshopper was having a lot of fun playing, singing, and dancing in the sun. But the ant was hardworking. It was collecting food grains and storing them in its house. The grasshopper did not understand why the ant was doing so and said, “Hey, ’ Ant! Why don’t you come outside and play with me?” The ant replied, “I cannot. I am storing food for the winter when there won’t be anything to eat!” The grasshopper only laughed at the ant and said, “Why are you worrying now? There is plenty of food!” and continued to play, while the ant worked hard. When winter came, the grasshopper did not find a single grain of food to eat. It began to starve and feel very weak. The grasshopper saw how the hardworking ant had plenty of food to eat and realized its foolishness.