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Fables

English Language ArtsGrade 2Grade 3Grade 7

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Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are given human qualities.

 

HOW TO: examples of fables

 

o   Bambi

o   Ratatouille

o   Cars

o   WALL-E

o   Toy Story

o   Finding Nemo

o   Shrek

o   Madagascar

o   Kung Fu Panda

Standards

  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3 — Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.9.A — Apply grade 7 Reading standards to literature (e.g., "Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history").