Writing A Fable

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Grade Level

• Middle School

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Subject

• Literature

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Length of Time

• 1 Hour

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Description

• In this lesson, students are to write a fable.

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Goals

• Students will learn:
  
  * The definition of a fable
  
  * To understand fables
  
  * To write their own fables
  
  

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Materials Needed

• * Notebook paper to write their fable
  
  * Pens and Whiteouts
  
  * A story that is a fable
  

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Procedure

• First, you will explain the definition of a fable. A fable is a story that often uses animals for characters. The story has a moral for people to apply in their lives.
  
  Then, you will read a fable to the students so they can have a better understanding of fables. The Aesop's Fables for children are good examples of fables.
  
  After you have read a fable to the students, then you will have them write their own fables.
  
  

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Grading

• You can grade the students on their creativity in writing the story, grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence and paragraph structure, dialogue, and narration.
  
  

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