AESOP’S FABLES



AESOP’S FABLES

Written by Aesop

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Aesop is the name of the man credited with authoring a collection of fables centuries ago. He is believed to have lived around 600 BC. Aesop was a Greek slave. His fables have been passed down from generation to generation like myths and legends. Fables are short stories told (or written) to teach particular morals or lessons to children. The themes and characters appeal to children and the stories are often humorous. Personification (assigning human-like characteristics and conversation to animals) is a very common literary device used in fables.

Lesson Objective:

To be able to identify the characteristics of a fable

To be able to understand the use of personification as a literary device to enrich a story/fable

Common Core Connections:

Meaning: Multiple levels of meaning, implicit purpose

Structure: traits of a common genre (fable), somewhat unconventional text

Language Convention/Clarity: Literal/figurative meanings, somewhat ambiguous text

Knowledge Demands: Multiple perspectives

Strategies:

Students will be able to identify the characteristics of a fable

Students will be able to understand the use of personification as a literary device to enrich a story/fable

Materials/Resources:

- AESOP’S FABLES e-book on Tumblebooks

- SMARTboard or other interactive white board (or projector/laptop)

- Writing books/logs

Strategic Lesson Plan:

- Show the cover of AESOP’S FABELS on the SMARTboard and discuss with students the origin of these tales (essential information captured at the top of this lesson plan). Ask students if they know of any fables or have heard of them before – share experiences and ideas together

- Explain fables have a saying or moral to teach a lesson (eg. Never trust a flatterer (the Fox and the Crow) or little friends can be great friends – Lion and the Mouse) and usually have characters that are animals but act/sound like humans – this is called PERSONIFICATION

- On large chart paper or the SMARTboard, draw a 3-T chart (3 columns) and have students replicate the chart in their writing logs/journals

- Explain to the students they will need to use their best listening/reading skills as they read through AESOP’S FABLES to try and find examples of personification and also the moral of each story

- Invite students to read together in pairs (or independently) the Tumblebooks e-book AESOP’S FABLES

- Circulate as students are reading, offering encouragement and questioning as needed; make note of students who will need additional support to complete the activity

- as readers complete their reading, encourage them to discuss ideas for completing the personification/morals chart

- When most students have read through the story together and feel comfortable with expressing their ideas, bring them back together as a large group for discussion

- Briefly discuss examples of personification and morals till most students are comfortable with completing their charts independently or in pairs

This can be used as a formative assessment activity to assess understanding of elements of a fable and personification as a literary device.

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