Writing a fable

You are going to write a fable today.

Do you remember the parts of a fable?

Parts of a fable

• Setting (when, where)

• Characters (often 2 only, mainly animals)

• Plot (beginning- problem

middle - action, what the characters did

ending- what happened in the end, how the problem

was solved)

• Moral / lesson

You are going to write a fable today.

How should I start?Any idea?

You can rewrite a fable that you have read.

What fables have you read?

Let’s rewrite the lion and the mouse.

What is The Lion and the Mouse about?

What is The lion and the Mouse about?

What is the lion and the mouse about?

How can we rewrite the story?

the shark (big, kind)

in the seaOnce upon a time

the small fish (small, brave)

the shark and the small fish

How can we rewrite the story?

The shark wanted to eat a small fish.

The small fish begged the shark to let it go. The shark let the small fish go.

How can we rewrite the story?

A few days later, the shark got trapped in a net and could not get out of it. The small fish chewed the net and helped the shark out.

How can we rewrite the story?

Do not look down on small creatures.

Discuss with your friends and write your ideas in the story outline.

Then share them with your classmates.

Now let’s write the story together.

The shark and the small fish

Once upon a time, there was a big shark in the sea. It wanted to eat a small fish.

Now let’s write the story together.

The small fish asked the shark to let it go. The shark let the small fish go.

Now let’s write the story together.

A few days later, the shark got trapped in a net and could not get out of it. The small fish chewed the net and help the shark out.

Do not look down on small creatures.

Now write your fable with the information in your story outline.

Here is our story – The shark and the small fish. Can you make it more interesting?

The shark and the small fishOnce upon a time, there was a big shark in the

sea. It wanted to eat a small fish.

The small fish asked the shark to let it go. The shark let the small fish go.

A few days later, the shark got trapped in a net and could not get out of it. The small fish chewed the net and help the shark out.

Do not look down on small creatures.

Can you add someadjectives and feelings?

Here is our story – The shark and the small fish. Can you make it more interesting?

The shark and the small fishOnce upon a time, there was a big shark in the sea. It

was hungry. It wanted to eat a small fish.

The small fish was frightened. It asked the shark to let it go. The shark was generous. It let the small fish go.

A few days later, the shark got trapped in a net and could not get out of it. The small fish chewed the net and help the shark out.

Do not look down on small creatures.

Can you add someadjectives and feelings?

We can add dialogue to the story to make it more interesting.

Do you know how to add dialogue to the

story?

Adding dialogue to the story

• Use quotation marks ‘‘… …’’ to surround spoken words.

• Put all punctuation marks inside the

quotation marks. ‘‘… …?’’ • Start a new line each time someone new

is speaking.

• Use he said, she asked, said the dog, etc. to let the readers know who is talking.

Read p.62 and point out the similarities and differences in the use of punctuation.

Speaker Verb P Q Words to say P Q

Mousedeer said , “ Now, let me climb up and see what is happening

. ”

Speaker Verb P Q Words to say P Q

He asked

, “ What are you doing ? ”

Q Words to say P Q Speaker Verb P

“ Now, let me climb up and see what is happening

, ” Mousedeer said .

Q Words to say P Q Speaker Verb P

“ What are you doing ? ” he asked .

Attention

• Too much dialogue makes the story difficult to follow and makes it boring!

• Try to use different verbs to show how the characters talk!

e.g. cried, shouted, yelled, called out

scolded

laughed

begged

Can you add dialogue?The shark and the small fish

Once upon a time, there was a big shark in the sea. It was hungry. It wanted to eat a small fish.

The small fish was frightened. It asked the shark to let it go. The shark was generous. It let the small fish go.

A few days later, the shark got trapped in a net and could not get out of it. The small fish chewed the net and help the shark out.

Do not look down on small creatures.

Can you add dialogue?The shark and the small fish

Once upon a time, there was a big shark in the sea. It was hungry. It wanted to eat a small fish.

The small fish was frightened. It asked the shark to let it go.

‘Please don’t eat me and let me go. I will help you one day,’ the small fish asked the shark.

‘You are so small, how can you help me?’ the shark said.

The shark was generous. ‘Alright, I will let you go,’ said the shark. It let the small fish go.

A few days later, the shark got trapped in a net and could not get out of it. The small fish chewed the net and help the shark out.

Do not look down on small creatures.

begged laughed

Revise your story and make it more interesting by:

1.adding adjectives

2.adding dialogue

Check your story:

• Does your story have a problem?• Did you write what the characters do to solve the

problem?• Did you give your story an ending?• Is the moral related to the story? Does it make

sense?• Did you use the tenses correctly? (e.g. simple past tense for what happened; simple present tense in dialogue)• Did you use punctuation correctly?