LESSON 6

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STORY FEATURES
1. Animal stereotype.
2. The issue in the fable(Ant and Grasshopper)

LESSON OBJEBCTIVES.
1. Recognize familiar animal stereotypes.
2. Recognize story structure in fables.
 Learning objectives
1. Recognize familiar animal
stereotypes.

2. Recognize standard story structure in

fables.
 Words to learn and use
 Fable - story with animal characters with a
moral lesson.
 Stereotype – an idea about a particular
thing or person that so many people
come to believe as true.
 Anthropomorphism – animals acting as
humans.
 Story mountain – a path followed in
developing stories through different
stages.
▪ Stereotypes
These are human characteristics associated with animal
characters in fables stories.

Common stereotypes about Elephant, Fox, and Snake.

Elephant Fox Snake
➢ Sly ➢ Uncaring (cold blooded)
➢ Wise ➢ cunning ➢ Untrustworthy
➢ Intelligent ➢ Sneaky
Features of
fable stories. story mountain
1. Fables are short While fables have particular features, they follow the
stories. standard story elements: introduction,
2. Fables have problem/issue/complication, climax, resolution and
animal conclusion/end.
characters with Fable stories are short with the focus on the issue/problem
human as that is how the lesson is presented to the reader.
characteristics. What happens to
3. Fable stories make things
interesting?
teach moral
lesson.
4. Fable stories are What does your
character want?
What choice does your
character make?
often set in What are his struggles?

nature or a rural
setting.
Where is your How does your story end?
character and what is
he/she doing
 Identifying the issue in a fable
To be able to identify the issue, we must understand the lesson
learned from the story.
1. Discuss the issue/problem in this story.
The issue in the story is that Grasshopper did not prepare for winter, not realizing he might starve
or die of cold.

2. What did either character do to solve the problem?

The ant and the grasshopper did not do anything to solve the problem. Grasshopper realize too
late that he should have prepared for winter and Ant did nothing but to warn him.

3. How does the story teach us the lesson?

The story teaches us to……….
a) Look ahead and do things at the right time.
b) Step in to help others whenever they are in need without judging whether they deserve it or
not.
c) Doing no work can be a problem.