Fables and Folktales
Monday
Monday
In a fable, there are often animals that speak. This is an author's device called...
Personification! I can hear your voices answering that one!
How does Half-chicken's pride cause him to get into trouble?
He thinks a viceroy would want to see him, but that journey found him in a cooking pot!
Why does the author repeat the same phrases several times in the story?
To make the story fun, and easy to remember. It gives the story rhythm.
As you research your animal this week, why should you write down the title, author, and publisher of your book?
If you use another author's information to write, you must give that author credit for his research and writing. It's the law!
This year the polar bear has increased in numbers.
This year, the polar bear has increased in numbers.
In a fable, the character often has a flaw in his personality. In a good fable, this flaw, or weakness, causes the...
Problem! Remember, the real problem of a story is caused by a weakness, or flaw in the character.
What good qualities did Half-chicken have?
He was helpful to others.
Why does the author add conversation into the story?
This makes the story seem real! (Even though animals don't talk. It adds humor, and makes the story more interesting too read. It also helps the reader make pictures in his or her mind about the story.
As you edit, what are some mistakes you should look for, and correct?
Some errors to correct are: capitalization, punctuation, complete idea in each sentence, spelling, indents at the beginning of a paragraph.
Coyotes were related to wolfs, and much more adapted to living with humans.
Coyotes ARE related to WOLVES, AND much more adapted to living with humans
The main character sometimes goes from his known world, (neighborhood, village, family, street) into the...
Unknown world. This shows off all the characters weaknesses, and makes the problem obvious.
How did Half-chicken's kindness help him survive?
He helped the wind, so the wind helped him. He elped the fire, so the fire helped him also!
What ways, other than animals talking, does the author add personification to the story?
Giving wind, fire, and water the ability to speak is personification. Also, having a chicken go on a journey with a purpose of visiting a viceroy is personification.
Revising is different from editing. What is revising.
Revising is taking a new look at your writing, and being willing to make sentences better, by adding some descriptive words, adding a sentence to make your writing more clear, or choosing more accurate words.
yesterday i did my research, and learned alot about squirrels, said winnie.
Yesterday, I did my research, and learned A LOT about squirrels," said Winnie.
What was Half-chicken's flaw?
He was very vain, or proud!
Folktales tell how an event in nature occurs. Fables send a young person on a journey that helps them grow up. How is this story a mixture of folktale and fable?
It has a journey by the main character, Half-chicken, who goes to Mexico city. It also explains how chickens (weather vanes) ended up on rooftops. Not quite about nature, but it is about chickens! What a scrambled fable/folktale!
What pictures did you see as you read this story?
There are so many correct answers! I saw the swallows talking about Half-chicken so that he could hear them. I thought they were trying to tease him.
I saw old branches rattling with the wind blowing through them.
I saw the fire under the pot. I saw steam as the water fell onto the fire.
How can you revise these sentences: "The fish swim in coral. The fish find food in the coral. The fish are protected in the coral."
Make it into one sentence, and perhaps add a cause and effect relationship: "When the fish swim in the coral, they find food and protection."
I kept my notes for my research so that I could right a good paragraph or two.
I kept my research notes so that I could write a good paragraph, or two.
Did Half-chicken go into the unknown? Where did he go?
Yes! He went off to see the viceroy far away in Mexico City.
Name one cause effect event in the story.
Your answers will vary, but it should be similar to these:
Half-chicken ended up in the pot because the viceroy really didn't want to visit with him. How proud Half-chicken was!
Half-chicken left for Mexico City because he heard the swallows talking about the viceroy, and how unusual half-chicken was.
Wind helped Half-chicken onto the roof because Half-chicken helped get the wind out of the branches.
I think the suthor missed something. He didn't tell us what lesson Half-chicken learned on his journey. What lesson could the author have stated at the end of the sotry? (Remember, the lesson always fixes the character's flaw.)
The author could have stated that the chicken realized that his kindness would bring him good things in life (friends, good advise, help, safety) and his vanity or pride would lead him down the wrong path.
Which sentence is a bell ringer?
a. The bear finds food in the forest.
b. The bear finds seeds, berries, honey, fish, ants, and fresh plant shoots in the forest.
B is the bell ringer. Why? There is much more detail in the sentence. I can tell you did some research!
Meerkats live in large communities, but take turns guarding the group from predators.
Meerkats live in large communities and take turns guarding the group from predators.