1. A fable is a story that teaches a lesson.
What About Me?
Author: Ed Young
Genre: Fable
A fable is a story that teaches a lesson.

2. Author´s Purpose Authors write for several reasons.
Many authors write to entertain people and make them laugh.
Authors also write to persuade or convince their readers to believe in something.
Sometimes authors write to inform or teach you about something. .

3. Sequence
Sequence is the order in which things happen in a story—what happens first, next, and last.
Sometimes a writer uses clue words such as first, so, then, after, and finally.

4. HFWs - Vocabulary Words
carpenter – someone whose work is building and repairing things made of wood
carpetmaker – a person who makes carpets and rugs for floors
knowledge – what you know
marketplace – a place where people meet to buy and sell things

5. merchant – someone who buys and sells goods for a living
plenty – a full supply
straying – wandering
thread – a thin string made of strands of cotton, silk, wool, or nylon, twisted together

6. carpenter

7. carpetmaker

8. marketplace

9. merchant

10. thread

11. Story: What About Me?