Comprehension - Fable Features (Monday; 8/9)

K: Recognise animal stereotypes.

U: Explore story structure in fables. 

D: Develops ideas about characters in animals.

 

Words of the Day

1. Stereotype

2. Personification

 

Let's Begin!

Prepare your blue English notebook. Write the day and date.  

What do you think fable is?

Fable is a short story with moral values and it features animals that behave and speak as human beings.

 

Do you remember personification?

Giving human characteristics to a non-living thing. 

 

Can you guess what anthropomorphism is?

Giving human characteristics to a non-living thing.

 

Can anyone guess the difference? 

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Personification is figurative. (The wind howled. My Science paper taunted me.)

 

Anthropomorphism is literal. (Puss in Boots. All the non-human characters in Beauty and the Beast.)  


Task 1

Let's watch this short fable video! 

In pairs, answer these questions about the video. Don't forget to write these questions in your notebook:

1. What is the moral of the story?

2. What are the stereotypical human characteristics that these animals have?

a) Lion -

b) Lamb

c) Wolf - 

d) Stork - 

You have 20 minutes for this task. 

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