aesop quest
TRANSCRIPT
Aesop's famous fables and scripts provide great
entertainment for children and kids. The fables, or stories, are all very short so keep the attention of children and Aesop's fables feature familiar animals loved by children and kids.
Aesop’s Fables
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Who is Aesop?
Aesop is the name of the man credited with the authorship of a collection or book of fables. Aesop was a slave who many believe lived in Samos, he was a Greek.
Aesop's Quest, based on Aesop's Fables, is a learning game where the player must remember elements
of a story to complete a level. The game uses reading comprehension to develop cognitive reading skills.
Aesop’s Quest
The touch mechanic of the game engages children in a hands-on learning process, implementing kinesthetic learning.
Apply meaning clues, language structure, and
phonic strategies. Compare and contrast setting, characters and
events. Identify the author's purpose. Ask and answer questions. Organize information and events logically. Summarize major points found in fiction materials. Understand basic plots of fairy tales, myths,
folktales, legends, and fables
Level 2
Compare the use of fact and fantasy in
historical fiction with other forms of literature. Identify sensory words. Explain the author's purpose. Draw conclusions, using information from text. Distinguish between cause and effect and
between fact and opinion. Identify new information
Level 3
Use context to clarify meaning of unfamiliar
words. Describe the character development in fiction
and poetry selections. Identify cause-and-effect relationships. Identify compare-and-contrast relationships. Identify new information gained from reading
Level 4
Identify analogies and figurative language. Use context and sentence structure to determine meanings and
differentiate among multiple meanings of words. Identify the elements for narrative structure, including setting, character,
plot, conflict, and theme. Describe images created by language. Describe how word choice and imagery contribute to the meaning of a text. Describe cause-effect relationships and their impact on plot. Use information stated explicitly in the text to draw conclusions and make
inferences. Explain how character and plot development are used in a selection to
support a central conflict or story line. Identify questions to be answered. Use context to determine meanings of unfamiliar words and technical
vocabulary
Level 5