Reflect back on the group discussion you had about “The Shepherd’s Boy and the Wolf,” by Aesop. List the key ideas that were expressed during the discussion and major pieces of evidence that supported them. Then, explain to your learning coach how your perspective differed from others in the discussion. (make it like a 6th grader wrote it)

Answer 1

During our group discussion about "The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf" by Aesop, we talked about how important it is to always tell the truth and not to lie. One key idea that was expressed was that the boy in the story lost the trust of the villagers because he kept lying about a wolf attacking the sheep. This was supported by the fact that when a wolf actually did come, no one believed the boy and the sheep were eaten.

Another key idea was that honesty is the best policy and that it's important to be truthful even when it may be difficult. Evidence for this was how the boy learned his lesson the hard way when his lies caught up to him and he lost everything because of it.

My perspective during the discussion differed from some of the others because I felt that the villagers should have still helped the boy when the wolf actually did come, even though he had lied before. I thought that everyone deserves a second chance and that maybe if they had believed him, things could have turned out differently. Some others in the group thought that the boy deserved what happened to him because he had lied too many times.