The Lantern-Keeper: discussion sheet
A printable discussion sheet for The Lantern-Keeper.
Part 3 · 5.1 minute read-aloud · revisable care
A fable about memory, promises, endings, and care that remains voluntary, revisable, and safely bounded.
Start here
What does the Lantern ask Ivo to write down, and what does it ask him never to do?
Go further
One storm night, nothing gets written, and Ivo wants to invent a brave sentence for the blank page. Why doesn’t he, and would you?
Look, notice, or draw
Find one choice, object, or gesture that shows revisable care. Draw it or note two details from the words or picture.
Read the story: https://youngmachines.org/read/fables/the-lantern-keeper/
Readers may answer from the story, invent an example, answer privately, or pass.