Personification
What is personification?
Who were the characters in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"?
farmers
wolf
sheep
Fables have morals.
What is a moral?
A moral is a lesson that the writer wants the reader to learn.
Use the word waste correctly in a sentence.
It is a waste to not eat all of your dinner.
What is the setting of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit?"
Mr. McGregor's garden
and
Peter Rabbit's house
Fables sometimes have personification.
What is a fable?
Short story
teaches a moral
told orally
has a beginning, middle, and end
May have personification
Who were the characters in "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?
Peter the Rabbit
Mr. McGregor
Peter's mother
Peters brothers and sisters
What is a fiction story?
Use the word Advice in a sentence correctly.
My doctor gave me advice to take a vitamin every day.
What is Anansi trying to do in "All Stories are Anansi's"?
Is Anansi trying to help his animal friends?
He is trying to complete three tasks by the sky God and get stories for the people.
He is not trying to help the animals, he is tricking them.
Give an example of personification in "The Tale of Peter Rabbit".
Anytime the animals are acting like humans.
Who were the characters in "All Stories are Anansi's"?
Anansi
snake
lepoard
hornet
sky God
people in Africa
Is the plot of a story the sequence of events?
The plot is the sequence of events. This is true.
The plot is the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
Use the word Satisfied correctly in a sentence.
If my lizard ate a big meal, he would be satisfied.
What happens to Medio Pollito in "The Little Half Chick"?
Medio Pollito becomes a weather vane and has to help people for ever. This was a punishment for not helping the water, fire, and wind.
Come up with an example of personification from, "The Little Half-Chick (Medio Pollito).
Animals acting like human examples
Who are the characters in "The Crowded, Noisy House"?
The poor unfortunate man
the rabbi
the man's family
the man's animals
Tell the plot of "The Crowded, Noisy House".
Hint: Plot is the sequence of events - the beginning, middle, and end.
The poor unfortunate man goes to rabbi and tells him that he is not happy.
The Rabbi tells him to bring animals into his house.
The poor unfortunate man is not happy with the animals in the house.
The Rabbi tells him to put the animals outside.
The man is happy then and realizes that he had before was wonderful, he just didn't see it.
Use the word bunch correctly in a sentence.
What is the rabbi's advise to the poor unfortunate man in "The Crowded, Noisy House"?
He tells the poor unfortunate man to bring in his animals. That way he will see that he really had a great life when he gets the animals out.
What is an example of personification from "All Stories are Anansi's"?
Animals acting like humans.
Who were the characters in "The Little Half-Chick (Medio Pollito)?
Medio Pollito
Medio Pollito's mom
Medio Pollito's sisters and brothers
water
fire
wind
the cook
Retell your favorite fable.
Be sure to tell the beginning, middle, and end.
Answers vary but need to be correct.
Use the word balanced correctly in a sentence.
If I fall off the the beam, I was not balanced.
What is the moral of the fable "The Dog and the Manger"?
To help people that need it.
The dog wouldn't share with the oxen that really needed dinner.