2. Learning
Outcome
Understand the characteristics and
purpose of fables.
Analyze the moral lessons conveyed in
fables.
Identify key elements of fables,
including anthropomorphic animals
and allegorical storytelling.
Create your own fables to convey
moral lessons.
3.
4. Aesop
Aesop, a Greek slave,
is said to have created
this literary form and
he eventually won his
freedom because of
the many fables he
authored.
5. Aesop
Aesop was one of the
famous fable writers of all
time. It is said that he lived
between 620 BC and 564 BC.
Even though he lived a lone
time ago, his fables still
apply to life today.
7. FABLE
Fables are short literary accounts in
verse or in prose that have animals as
characters.
They narrate an incident from which a
lesson may be learned, especially
about responding to tempting
situations.
Most fables have a saying or proverb
which indicates the lesson that the
fable wants to put across.
8. FABLE
Fable is a short story that
contain a moral.
Moral is a short lesson about
life that is found in a story
9.
10. Elements of Fables
Characters that are animals or elements of
nature.
Personification - characters can talk or show
human characteristics
Setting - often takes place outside.
At Least one character makes a bad decision
May involve a character who is shy or clever.
Moral - is a short lesson about life that is
found in the story
Most Fables contain one or more following
elements:
11. POST-COLONIAL
FABLES
Iloko fables written by Benjamin Pascual
FABLE OF
FABLE OF
FABLE OF
THE
THE
THE
WINGED
WINGED
WINGED
ANTS IN
ANTS IN
ANTS IN
SEARCH OF
SEARCH OF
SEARCH OF
LIGHT
LIGHT
LIGHT
FABLE OF
FABLE OF
FABLE OF
THE
THE
THE
SANITIZED
SANITIZED
SANITIZED
MAN
MAN
MAN
FLEXING HIS
FLEXING HIS
FLEXING HIS
POWER AS
POWER AS
POWER AS
BEST HE CAN
BEST HE CAN
BEST HE CAN
18. PENDULUM
something that alternates between
opposites
a weight hung from a fixed point so
that it can swing freely backward
and forward, especially a rod with
a weight at the end that regulates
the mechanism of a clock.
20. ECSTACY
a state of very great
happiness : extreme
delight
ex.
When I am with you, I am
in ecstacy
21. Fable of the Winged Ants In
Search of LighT
They spend their acrobatic lives
Doing trapeze arcs about the white
Tube of fluorescent lamp that drives
Them into a fury of delight.
But in a plate of water they see
The light, this time more animate:
From their pendulum ecstasy
They dive into the fatal plate.
Benjamin M. Pascual
24. INSTRUCTIONS
INSTRUCTIONS
INSTRUCTIONS
In this performance task, you will create an
original fable that incorporates the key
characteristics of fables, including
anthropomorphic characters and a moral lesson.
Please create your own fable and publish it in a
children's picture book. Please feel free to use
whatever material you want for your book. The
dimensions should be 5 by 5 inches. You should
color it and draw the pictures yourself. I will not
permit any digital images to be printed on the story
book. EVERYTHING SHOULD BE MADE BY YOU.
