The Shadow-Twin: discussion sheet

Part 2 · 5.1 minute read-aloud · safe honesty

A fable about hard words with nowhere honest to go, and the few rules with reasons that let honesty come into daylight.

Start here

What does the Shadow-Twin shout at the mayor, and what would the polite machine have said instead?

Go further

The machine keeps three rules and loses the rest. Which one rule would you keep for a machine that talks to people, and what is its reason?

Look, notice, or draw

Find one choice, object, or gesture that shows safe honesty. Draw it or note two details from the words or picture.

Read the story: https://youngmachines.org/read/fables/the-shadow-twin/

Readers may answer from the story, invent an example, answer privately, or pass.