1. A Royal Measurement Mess
Type of Literature: Narrative—Fairy Tale
Interpretation of literature: Determine the purpose of a fairy tale.

2. What was the problem in the story?
Was that the only way to resolve the problem? How else might it have been resolved?
Do you think the Burger King is like Agbar? Why? Give evidence.
The illustrations suggest a foreign land in a time before people had formal measurement systems like the metric system or the English system.
2. The greedy gift collector tried to gain more wealth by enlarging the unit of measure used for the king.
3. He made Rakim his new gift collector and had him establish standard units for measuring that would be used for all time.

3. 4. What kind of person is the gift collector
4. What kind of person is the gift collector? If there was another chapter where the gift collector was a main character, what would he do?
5. What is the climax of the story?

4. 6. What was the author’s purpose for writing this story
6. What was the author’s purpose for writing this story? What is your evidence?
7. When a measuring tool is not as long as the object to be measured, how do you get an accurate measurement?
4. Students should reflect upon the standardization concept.
The unit must be repeated, making sure there are no gaps between one unit and the next.

5. What other fairy tales have you read?
How were they like the fairy tale you just read?
How were they different?
What can you learn from fairy tales?