Traditional Stories

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Traditional Stories

• Third Grade
• Writing

Vickie Leo
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Traditional Literature

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

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History of Fables,,,,,,
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
I have many fables to tell... I wrote at least
655 of them.
Can you tell them?
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Fables

• Animals Short
• act like people
• Teaches a lesson/
• (moral)

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Moral

• Lesson or truth learned
• from the fable

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Characteristics of a Fable
Characters
Plot (conflict resolution
Moral

• Setting

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• 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?"

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• "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

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Moral.

• It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.

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Pre-write

• Choose a Moral
• Choose two animals with opposite personalities -
  one animals personality fits the moral
• Choose a setting situation
• Design a plot with events
• State the moral

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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
• Dont try to be someone you are not

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Animals and Traits

• Owl wise
• Lion - Brave
• Fox sly
• Pig messy
• Bee - busy

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

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TAP F

• T Fable
• A peers
• P entertain
• F Narrative

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• Setting
• beginning
• Middle
• End
• Moral