Vocabulary Builder Course 1

Introduction
In this lesson, you learned about Aesop's fables and read "The Ant and the Dove." Go to the Internet to read another fable and try to guess the definitions of words from the context in which they are used.

Destination Title: Bartleby.com
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Directions Start at http://www.bartleby.com.

• Find the Fiction category in the right-hand column.
• Click on the arrows next to Select fiction.
• Choose Aesop.
• Scroll down and click on Fables under Work.
• Click on and read number 12: "The Swallow and the Other Birds."
• Follow the directions below.
• When you are finished writing your definitions, compare them to the definitions in a dictionary.

1.		Think about how the word sowing is used in the first sentence; then write a definition.
2.		Think about how the word quoth is used in the second sentence; then write a definition. Quoth is an archaic word. What modern English words do you think it is related to?
3.		Think about how the word heed is used in the fifth sentence; then write a definition.
4.		Think about how the word ruin is used in the moral of the story; then write a definition.