This document provides a lesson plan for teaching students about fables. The lesson asks students to work in pairs to research fables, choose one, and retell it to the class using a self-selected format. This will allow students to learn about fables and their morals while practicing recounting stories and explaining central messages.

1. Fable Fun
• Learning Outcome: TLW understand the meaning of a fable and be able to retell a fable explaining the moral
and how they learned the moral through the fable.
• Common Core Standard/GLE: 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.
• Description of Lesson: The students will learn about fables and the morals the fables contain while working in
pairs to create the method they choose to relate their fable.
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Suggested Partnering Tip:
1. Students will select a partner.
2. Pairs will research fables and find the fable they choose to retell.
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3. Using the method of their choice students will retell the fable and explain the moral that could I give my students
is told in that fable. Students may write essays, create PowerPoints, perform skits, create more choice in what they
animation telling the story, make audio or video recording, or other method of their use, do, or study, and still
choice. achieve the learning I am
4. Each pair will present their fable to the class retelling the fable and explaining the moral. looking for?
Student Choice