The document discusses different types of texts, focusing on narrative text, particularly Aesop's fable of 'The Tortoise and the Hare.' It details the characters, the plot, and the moral of the story, emphasizing themes of overconfidence and perseverance. The moral lessons conveyed include 'slow and steady wins the race' and the caution against being overconfident.

1. LESSON 1

3. Narrative Text
Expository Text
Explanation Text
Persuasive Text
Different Types of Texts

4. Narrative Text
 They are entertaining.
 They are fiction – they did not really happen.
 They have moral or a message or themes.
- - is a type of text that tells a story or describes a sequence
of events.
Narrativ
e Text

8. It is one of Aesop’s
Fables.
He is an ancient
Greek storyteller and
creator of numerous
short tales about
animals, all
illustrating human
virtues.

9. Unlocking Difficulties
 Hare – a large rabbit
 Tortoise – a land animal like a turtle
 Challenged – dared to enter a contest
 Finish line – the end point of a race
 Chagrin – annoyance or anger

10.  The hunter’s target was a hare.
 The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
 He challenged me to play another tennis game.
 Three horses crossed the finish line together.
 He decided to get tattoo, to the chagrin of his parents.

12. There was once a hare who was friends with a tortoise.
One day, he challenged the tortoise a race.
The Hare and The Tortoise

13. Seeing how slow the tortoise
was going, the hare thought
he would win this easily.

14. So, he took a nap while
the tortoise kept on
going.

15. When the hare woke
up, he saw that the
tortoise was already at
the finish line. Much to
his chagrin, the tortoise
won the race while the
hare was busy sleeping.

16. who, where
and when
It is where the
problem occurs or
something happens
to confuse the
situation.
It is where the
problem is
solved.
Different Parts of a Narrative
Beginning Middle End

17. Name the main
characters.
The main
characters in the
story the Hare
and the Tortoise.

18. What event and or
character sets the
action going/causes
the problem?
The Hare
challenged the
Tortoise to a race.

19. Who won the race
and how did he win
it?
The Tortoise. The
Hare was over-
confident and took
a nap in the middle
of the race which
allowed the Tortoise
to get past him.

20. What is the moral
lesson of the story?
“Slow and steady
wins the race.”
“Don’t be
overconfident.”

21. “The hare is the
villain/bad character”
do you agree? Give
reasons.
“The Hare is the
villain because he
gets
overconfident.” “He
only challenges the
Tortoise because he
thinks he can bet
him easily.”

22. Who would you rather
be? The Hare or the
Tortoise – fast and good
looking or ugly and
boring?

23. ACTIVITY