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The Boy Who Cried Wolf | Figurative Language Activity | Micro-Learning Deck

PowerPoint micro-learning deck built around the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf, with a video lesson, a reading passage with audio, comprehension activities and a quick-write summary.
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Look Inside · 9 pages

Reading deck cover highlighting video, audio, digital interaction, quotes, main idea, and summarizing
Cover introducing the micro-learning deck
Opening prompt asks what students know about telling the truth before the reading deck's story lesson
Opening prompt about telling the truth
Learning agenda introduces how a boy learned to tell the truth, then lists viewing, reading, and practice
Learning goal and lesson activity agenda
Vocabulary and video introduction defines might, pleaded, shepherd, and tricks beside a read-along video
Key vocabulary and read-along video introduction
Reading passage part 1 tells how a shepherd boy twice tricks villagers into coming to help with a wolf
First of three reading passage slides
Reading passage part 2 shows villagers losing trust in the boy before a real wolf begins taking his sheep
Second passage slide: a real wolf arrives
Reading passage part 3 tells how the boy apologizes, villagers help retrieve his sheep, and he tells the truth
Final passage slide: apology and rescued sheep
Vocabulary practice asks students to complete four story sentences using might, pleaded, shepherd, and tricks
Four sentence-completion vocabulary items
Quotation practice asks students to match four story phrases to the boy or villagers by dragging name cards
Four quotations to match to their speakers
Grades
Grades 1–4, Elementary
File type
Microsoft PowerPoint
Use
Digital activity

Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
ELA, Reading, Reading Comprehension
Topic
reading, comprehension
Resource types
Teacher Tools, Lesson Plans
Use
Digital activity

About this resource

What's inside this resource

This resource allows students to explore figurative learning in a fun way. The figurative language term for this learning deck is "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."

Through close reading and a reading passage with audio, your students will better comprehend figurative language!

Included:

-Video lesson on language concept

-Reading passage w/ audio

Comprehension

-Quick write

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Summarize a fable in writing
  • Identify which character speaks a given quote

Teaching tips

  • The lesson and read-along passage depend on a device that can play the embedded video and audio.

Skills covered

  • Summarizing — writing a quick-write summary of the fable
  • Close reading — filling in missing details and matching quotes to speakers

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Core concepts

  • Fables
  • Figurative language
  • Summarizing
  • Quotes

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reading comprehension figurative language video lesson the boy who cried wolf activities

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