Spectra Literature — Grade 3
beginnerThis course covers two old books retold, Kalila wa Dimna and the Shahnameh. In Kalila wa Dimna, students encounter animal fables told by two jackals at a lion's court, placed inside a frame story older than Aesop that travelled from Sanskrit into Persian and Arabic. In the Shahnameh, the Persian book of kings, students follow Zal raised by the Simorgh bird, and the hero Rustem with his horse Rakhsh from his father's birth to his rescues of a foolish king.
- Subject
- Spectra Literature
- Minimum age
- 8+
- Units
- 2
- Lessons and quizzes
- 40 lessons · 40 quizzes
- Reading
- about 289 minutes in allat 112 words a minute, a grade 3 reading rate
What the student will learn
- State what each animal fable teaches
- Explain why characters act as they do
- Find the line in the text that answers a question
- Follow retold stories from Kalila wa Dimna and the Shahnameh
Every lesson ends in a quiz. The next lesson opens when that quiz is passed at 90%. Retakes are unlimited.