{"id":71994,"date":"2020-05-13T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=71994"},"modified":"2020-05-22T14:53:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T18:53:18","slug":"traditional-stories-fables","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/literacy\/literacy-grades-4-6\/connecting-reading-and-writing\/traditional-stories\/traditional-stories-fables\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Stories &#8211; Fables"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-71995\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/fox-48420_1280.png\" alt=\"A fox\" width=\"250\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/fox-48420_1280.png 808w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/fox-48420_1280-189x300.png 189w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/fox-48420_1280-768x1217.png 768w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/fox-48420_1280-646x1024.png 646w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/fox-48420_1280-165x261.png 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/fox-48420_1280-750x1188.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Connecting Reading and Writing: Traditional Stories<\/h5>\n<h2>Goals:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Read and respond to fables<\/li>\n<li>Understand the characteristics of fables<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A fable is a traditional story that is often used to teach a moral lesson (e.g. a lesson about how we should treat other people).<\/p>\n<p>Fables have some common characteristics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The main characters are often animals<\/li>\n<li>The animals act and talk like people<\/li>\n<li>There is often a clear moral lesson at the end of the story.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read the story <a href=\"https:\/\/worldstories.org.uk\/reader\/a-lesson-of-tit-for-tat\/english\/281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Lesson of Tit for Tat<\/a> &#8211; a fable from Somalia.<br \/>\nThen read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.read.gov\/aesop\/016.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fox and the Stork<\/a> &#8211; a fable told by <a href=\"https:\/\/kids.britannica.com\/kids\/article\/Aesop\/352711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aesop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As you read, look for the characteristics of a fable in the two stories.<\/p>\n<p>Think about the two stories and answer the following questions:<br \/>\nHow are these two stories similar? How are they different?<br \/>\nDo you think the lessons in these fables still hold true for people today? Explain your thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Share your thinking with a family member.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Opportunities:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.read.gov\/aesop\/001.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read other fables<\/a> as told by Aesop. Share your favourite story with a family member.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: Online articles and stories can be challenging to read. If your child is logged into their WRDSB Google Account, they can <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/13LB50K-j1bkeenax-x-C9_m99Kz4tGel\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">use the Read and Write for Google Chrome plugin<\/a> to have online text read to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fable is a traditional story that is often used to teach a moral lesson (e.g. a lesson about how we should treat other people).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72695,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71994","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71994\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}