Lesson Summary: [Core: Read. standard 2] Students learn to recount stories, determine the lesson or moral, and explain how the lesson is conveyed though details in the story. Advanced students summarize a story and determine a moral from details in the text. Struggling students recount a story and identify the lesson or moral.
Lesson Objectives:
The students will know…
· that some authors write to inform and instruct with a lesson or moral.
· what a fable and a moral of a story is.
· that details in the story convey the lesson or moral.
The students will be able to…
· recount a story.
· identify the lesson or moral of the story.
· explain how the story details convey the lesson or moral.
Learning Styles Targeted:
Visual / Auditory / Kinesthetic/Tactile
Pre-Assessment:
1) Read the “The Milkmaid” from the PowerPoint presentation*. Ask a volunteer to retell the story.
2) Lead students in a discussion about the lesson of the story. Invite students to suggest a lesson or moral for the story. Have them cite details that lead to understanding the moral.
3) Note the students who do not make contributions to the discussion.
Whole-Class Instruction
Materials Needed:”The Four Oxen and the Lion” from the PowerPoint presentation*; copies of “The Wind and the Sun*” and “The Crow and the Pitcher*”
Procedure:
Presentation
1) Explain that a moral is a lesson about good behavior and the difference between right and wrong. A fable is a short story that teaches a moral or lesson. The characters in fables are often animals. A man named Aesop who lived in Greece over 2,000 years ago is said to have written these fables.
2) Read the first paragraph of the “The Four Oxen and the Lion*.” Invite volunteers to recount what has happened in the story so far.
Guided Practice
3) Read the rest of the text. Ask a volunteer to retell the story. Lead a discussion about the moral of the fable. Ask students what they think the moral of the fable is, and have students support their choices with details from the fable.
Independent Practice
4) Pair students with a partner and give each pair the fables “The Wind and the Sun*” and “The Crow and the Pitcher*.” Explain that each student will read just one of the fables.
5) Have students retell their fables to their partners. Ask students to discuss the moral of each fable and the key details that convey the moral.
Closing Activity
6) Lead students in a discussion about the stories they have read. Invite volunteers to recount stories and to tell what the lesson or moral of the story was. Encourage students to defend their choices with details from their stories.
Advanced Learner
Materials Needed: copies of the fables “Androcles*” and “The Tortoise and the Hare*”
Procedure:
1) Tell students that they will be summarizing the fables instead of retelling them. Explain that retelling a story means that you tell all of the events and details of a story. In a summary, you tell the main idea and key details in your own words.
2) Pair students with a partner and give each pair the fables “Androcles*” and The “Tortoise and the Hare*.”
3) Explain that each student will read just one of the fables. Then each student will give a summary of their fable to their partner. Finally, partners will discuss the moral of each fable and the key details that convey the moral.
Struggling Learner
Materials Needed: copies of the fables “The Crow and the Pitcher*” and “The Lion and the Mouse*”
Procedure:
1) Pair students with a partner and give each pair a copy of “The Crow and the Pitcher” and “The Lion and the Mouse*.” Explain that each student will read just one of the fables.
2) Have students retell their fable to their partner. Have students discuss the lessons of the stories. Help students as needed with retelling the fables.
*see supplemental resources
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