Learning Through Fables
In Readers and Writers Workshop, 2F learned all about fables. The concise structure and language of fables allowed children to recognize predictable narrative structure and patterns and apply these to their own writing. (Read on...)
This unit also allowed children the opportunity to explore the moral domain, develop critical thinking about ethical issues and reflect on their own values.
The 2F teachers created a story structure chart on the smart board, which included the title, setting, characters, problem, solution and moral. They discussed the true meaning of the moral and helped the children move from the literal meaning of the moral to the more abstract meaning. After reading many fables, the class came up with the following traits of fables:
-They are short fiction stories
-They have morals or lessons
-The morals are related to how we behave and interact with each other
-There is usually a contest or competition
-The nicer character usually wins the contest
-The contest is usually about who is faster or stronger
-The main characters are usually animals
-There is personification
In conjunction with this unit on Aesop’s fables, the class learned about the writing process (prewriting, draft, revising, editing, rewrite and publishing) and experienced the writing process first hand! Each child selected a lesson he/she would like to teach the world and are now published authors!
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The 2F teachers created a story structure chart on the smart board, which included the title, setting, characters, problem, solution and moral. They discussed the true meaning of the moral and helped the children move from the literal meaning of the moral to the more abstract meaning. After reading many fables, the class came up with the following traits of fables:
-They are short fiction stories
-They have morals or lessons
-The morals are related to how we behave and interact with each other
-There is usually a contest or competition
-The nicer character usually wins the contest
-The contest is usually about who is faster or stronger
-The main characters are usually animals
-There is personification
In conjunction with this unit on Aesop’s fables, the class learned about the writing process (prewriting, draft, revising, editing, rewrite and publishing) and experienced the writing process first hand! Each child selected a lesson he/she would like to teach the world and are now published authors!
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