In this play, a young princess’ refusal to help an elderly woman resulted in her being cursed to live like a frog for many years, and in her search to break the old woman’s spell, the princess frog encounters a viceroy who needs her help. She agrees to help him, and in exchange, he makes a false promise to her just to get what he wants, never intending to keep his promise. (McGraw-Hill Treasures, 2009)

This lesson was created as part of the Basal Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in basal readers. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the basal reader named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.