Fables Lesson Plans

From Acting Like a Bunch of Animals: Fables and Human Frailties to Troubled Times, find teacher approved fables lesson plans that inspire student learning.

Acting Like a Bunch of Animals: Fables and Human Frailties

72 Views: 8th - 10th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students trace the background of fables and learn the motivation behind them, as well as the criteria for the literary form. Through exposure to various fables via video clips and Internet sites, they identify the morals in each.

Critical Thinking With Fables New and Old

94 Views: 3rd - 12th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students, in pairs, examine Aesop's ancient fables and modern time fables.

Up-to-Date Aesop

42 Views: Kindergarten - 12th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students read the original Aesop fables and then rewrite a fable using modern language in a modern setting. They work as a class to translate one of Aesop's fables into a modern setting and modern language. Next, they work individually or in small groups to translate another of Aesop's traditional fables into a modern setting and modern language. Finally, they illustrate a fable using art supplies or illustration software.

Using Graphic Organizers to Generate Genre Definitions

77 Views: 3rd - Higher Ed Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students create definitions of a variety of story types, including fables, fairy tales, folktales, legends, myths, and tall tales. Graphic organizers are used to help students with their writing pieces.

Animal Tales Around the World

53 Views: 7th - 12th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students explore characteristics of Indian Tales/ Parables. In this literature lesson, students compare contemporary society to western culture through analysis. Students create their own tales using this genre.

[PDF] All About Aesop New

90 Views: 1st Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students explore the genre of fables. In this fables lesson, students use various reading strategies to raise comprehension skills. Students make prediction and complete a prediction journal. Students understand that fables have morals.

Stories That Really Add Up

54 Views: 6th - 12th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students, in groups, develop math lessons for younger students that each stems from a popular student story. Group members individually develop lessons for other subject areas based on their group's story, creating interdisciplinary units.

Drawing with Scissors--Developing Imagination with the Paper Cut-Outs of Henri Matisse

75 Views: 3rd - 8th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students study Matisse, explore abstract art, and re-enact Matisse's process of "drawing with scissors" to stimulate their imagination and create their own paper Cut Outs.

May I Take Your Order, Please?

89 Views: 3rd - 12th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students read a story, boil down that story to 5 to 7 key events, create a sequencing quiz to go with the story and

Troubled Times

52 Views: 6th - 12th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students address their questions, anxieties and other feelings about the changes in American society since the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001 and the subsequent reactions around the world.