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Class: <  >
Date: <  >

Pleasing


You who have brothers and sisters know that people don't always want the same things. Don't you feel sorry for the grownups in your life who try to please all of you? This fable is about just such a family predicament.

The Father and His Two Daughters

A man who had two daughters gave one in marriage to a gardener and the other to a potter. After the weddings, the daughters departed with their husbands to their new homes, and the father was left alone.

The following spring the father went to visit the daughter who married the gardener. "How fares it with you, daughter?" he asked.

"Very well, indeed," she replied. "We have everything we want. I have only one wish. And that is that we have a heavy shower to water all our growing plants."

Later the father visited the daughter who had married the potter. "And how is everything with you, daughter?"

"There is not a thing we lack," said she. "My only hope is that this fine weather and hot sun may continue so that all our tiles may be baked."

"Alas," said the father, "if you must have fine weather and your sister must have rain, which am I to pray for?"

The End

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Talk about the fable with your writing partners. How would you tell -- in your own words -- what the moral is?

Suppose you began it this way: "You can't always . . ." How would you finish it? Let each writing partner try.

You can't always <  >.

You can't always <  >.

You can't always <  >.

You can't always <  >.


Name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.)

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You've been using the words who, that, and which in your speech since you were little. But did you know how useful they are when you write sentences? You can combine two related sentences using who, that, or which.

For example:

Fables are stories.
Fables teach a lesson.

Might become:

Fables are stories that teach a lesson.

Here's another example:

Aesop was a slave in ancient Greece.
Aesop told stories.
The stories taught a lesson.

That might become:

Aesop, who was a slave in ancient Greece, told stories that taught a lesson.

Or:

Aesop, who told stories that taught a lesson, was a slave in ancient Greece.

If you wanted to stress telling the stories, you might want to use the first combination. If you wanted to stress his being a slave, you might choose the second. Do you see why? Talk it over with your writing partners.


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Now, try using who, that, and, or which to combine sentences from the story. Look for the hints in brackets.

Sentences from the story

A man had two daughters. [who]
He gave one in marriage to a gardener. [and]
He gave the other in marriage to a potter.

Combined sentence:

<  >

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Sentences from the story

He visited one daughter.
She had married the potter.

Combined sentence:

<  >


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Sentences from the story

The second daughter wanted hot weather. [who]
She wanted [dry] weather.
She wanted the sun to bake her tiles. [because]
She was the opposite of her sister.
Her sister wanted wet weather. [who]

Combined sentence:

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Maybe you noticed something. Who can replace words like these:

the man
the daughter
the husband
she

Add another to this list:

<  >

Which and that can replace words like these:

the garden
the weather
the tiles
the stories

Add another to this list:

<  >

Now you might be able to finish these rules:

Who replaces <  > words.

Which and that replace <  > words.


If you decided that who is always used to stand for "people" words, then you were right.


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Now, combine these skinny sentences in any way you like, but remember the rule for who, that, and which. Do your editing on the second copy.

Skinny sentences:

A man had two daughters.
They had different wishes.
He didn't know which one to pray for.

Copy to edit:

A man had two daughters.
They had different wishes.
He didn't know which one to pray for.

Skinny sentences:

He could pray for one.
She wanted hot weather.
He could pray for the other.
She wanted wet weather.
One wouldn't get the right weather.
The right weather would be the weather she wanted.

Copy to edit:

He could pray for one.
She wanted hot weather.
He could pray for the other.
She wanted wet weather.
One wouldn't get the right weather.
The right weather would be the weather she wanted.


If you haven't done so already, name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.)

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