Inductive Model

Lesson Title: Fables

Targeted Grade Level: Third Grade

Academic Subject: RELA

Lesson Goals:

Read two fables and find the common elements of each story.
What is the lesson of the story?
How does it compare to real life?
Define moral of the story.

Lesson Objectives:

 Answer questions about each fable and induce what will happen next.
 Ask students for their own examples of the moral of the story.
 Illustrate pictures and write personal narratives on the lesson learned thus
demonstrating the understanding of the lesson.

Materials/Resources Needed:

 Reading material, “The Ants and the Grasshopper” and “The Fox and the
Crow”
 Proverbs (Handout, with examples to draw from)
 Paper
 Color pencils
 pencil

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 Lesson Components:
Phase one: Start by giving students a quick history on fables. Read a short
fable and ask the following:
What do you think will happen next?
Who are the main characters?
What has happened so far in the story?
Do you see any issues arising for a certain character and why?
Phase two: Finish each fable. What did each fable have in common?
What is the moral of the stories? Provide a clear and concise
definition for class.
What lesson can be learned?
What are some other fables we may know from outside the
classroom?
Phase three: Draw part of the story that most stuck out to you.
Create your own fable and/or write a personal narrative of a
lesson you learned in life.
What lesson do you think is most important in life so far?

Evaluation:

The biggest take away is, is the student able to understand the concepts read and
morals of each story. By inductive thinking are they able to induce what will
happen next? What the likely “moral of the story” will be. By not only inductive
reasoning but hands on experience the students will have a better concept and
knowledge of fables. As an exit evaluation students will write what the students
favorite moral of the story is and why in a paragraph.

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