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    The document summarizes a poem called "The Pig's Tale" and asks comprehension questions about it. It provides answers to some of the questions, describing that the speaker is in court telling the story of how his neighbor's pig came into his kitchen while he was cooking, knocked over his food pot so he had nothing to eat, so he threw a spoon at the pig's snout in anger and ended up killing it, then eating the pig. The document also includes an outline of the story's plot, characters, setting, conflict and resolution.

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    The document summarizes a poem called "The Pig's Tale" and asks comprehension questions about it. It provides answers to some of the questions, describing that the speaker is in court telling the story of how his neighbor's pig came into his kitchen while he was cooking, knocked over his food pot so he had nothing to eat, so he threw a spoon at the pig's snout in anger and ended up killing it, then eating the pig. The document also includes an outline of the story's plot, characters, setting, conflict and resolution.

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    The document summarizes a poem called "The Pig's Tale" and asks comprehension questions about it. It provides answers to some of the questions, describing that the speaker is in court telling the story of how his neighbor's pig came into his kitchen while he was cooking, knocked over his food pot so he had nothing to eat, so he threw a spoon at the pig's snout in anger and ended up killing it, then eating the pig. The document also includes an outline of the story's plot, characters, setting, conflict and resolution.

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    The Pig's Tale Activity

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    The document summarizes a poem called "The Pig's Tale" and asks comprehension questions about it. It provides answers to some of the questions, describing that the speaker is in court telling the story of how his neighbor's pig came into his kitchen while he was cooking, knocked over his food pot so he had nothing to eat, so he threw a spoon at the pig's snout in anger and ended up killing it, then eating the pig. The document also includes an outline of the story's plot, characters, setting, conflict and resolution.

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    The Pig’s Tale 

     
    December 10, 2020 
    Miss Brown’s English Literature Class 
     
    Answer the following questions from the book:  
    1, 4 and 6.  
     
    1. - Where is the speaker in this poem?  
    ​ At home, in his kitchen​. 
    - Who is he talking to?  
    T
    ​ he judge in court 
    - Why is he telling the story?  
    He is telling the story because he got in trouble for killing the pig​. 
    2. What do you suppose the storyteller wants the judge to do after he has told him the story? 
    He wants the judge not to penalize him. 
     
    Additional questions 

    1. What is the poem about? 


    - A man in court arguing about a pig who knocked over his food. 
    2. What are some of the devices evident in the poem?  
    - Simile and Personification 
    3. What is the conflict in the poem about? 
    - The man was cooking dinner and then the neighbour’s pic came and started 
    to sniff his food, he tried to make the pig go away and the pig knocked over 
    the person’s food and the person had nothing to eat for dinner. 
    4. How was it solved? 
    - He threw a spoon at the pig’s snout and the pig died and then he ate the pig. 
     
    5. Students will create an outline of the story( the pig’s tale) evident in the poem. 

    Characters: T
    ​ he neighbour’s pig, The Judge, The storyteller (main character) 

    Plot(What happened): T​ he storyteller was cooking his dinner and the pig came and started 
    sniffing the person’s food and then knocked over the pot causing the person to have no 
    food to eat but then the pig ended up dying. 

    Setting:​ The pot was probably knocked over in his kitchen and the story is being told in 
    court. 

    Conflict: ​The person’s pot was knocked over leaving him with no food. 

    Resolution: ​He threw the spoon at the pig’s snout and the pig died. 
     
     

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