Learn the moral of the story with a series of activities about Aesop's fables. Focusing on The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind, learners complete a graphic organizer to discuss who, what, how, and why the events occur. Additionally, they learn about alliteration and heteronyms.

Concepts

aesop's fables, greece, reading comprehension, morals, story sequencing, pictograph, alliteration

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use during a unit about Aesop or when discussing morals in stories 
• Divide the activities into several different centers, and have kids rotate between centers

Classroom Considerations

• Lesson plan uses instructions from Jan Brennan's book, Treasured Times with Five-to-Ten-Year-Olds, but you can complete the activity without those specific instructions

Pros

• A fun way to access Aesop and different literary devices

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.2.1