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Third GradeThird GradeWritingWriting

Vickie Leo

Traditional Literature

•Fables•Fairy tales•Legends•Myths•Tall Tales

I have many fables to tell...

I wrote at least 655 of them.

Aesop lived during the sixth century BC and was probably a slave on the island of Samo. He loved to tell stories. It is said that Aesop was ugly and deformed and those who came to listen to his tales laughed as much at him as at his stories. Though no historical information on Aesop is available, he was probably a real person.

These are my favorites:

The Lion and the mouse

The Hare and The tortoise

The ant and the Grasshopper

History of Fables,,,,,,

Can you tell them?

Fables•Animals Short•act like people

•Teaches a lesson/

(moral)

Moral•Lesson or truth learned

from the fable

Characteristics of a Fable

Setting

CharactersPlot (conflict & resolution

Moral

The Ant and the Grasshopper In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"

"I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper, “we have got plenty of food at present."

But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer.

Then the Grasshopper knew:

Moral….

It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.

Pre-write•Choose a Moral•Choose two animals with

opposite personalities - one animal’s personality fits the moral

•Choose a setting & situation•Design a plot with events•State the moral

Morals• Slow and steady wins the race• Hard work will be rewarded• Look before you leap• It does not pay to show off• One good turn deserves another• Don’t try to be someone you are

not

Animals and Traits

•Owl – wise •Lion - Brave

•Fox – sly•Pig – messy•Bee - busy

•Lion – brave •Donkey -stubborn•Turtle - Slow•Mouse – sneaky•Ant – hard worker

TAP F

T Fable

A peers

P entertain

F Narrative

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1.Setting

2. beginning

3. Middle

4. End

5. Moral