Stories and words
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Thinking sheet · Stories and words
Write a Fable
Plan a short animal story that teaches a lesson, like the tortoise and the hare.
- Grades
- 2–6
- Time
- about 30 minutes
- Topic
- Stories and words
- Kids practice
- story structure, theme, character traits
What kids do
“Fables are animal stories with a lesson. Write your own!”
- The lesson (the moral):
- My fable
- Why I chose these animals:
How to run it
- Read two of Aesop’s fables first.
- Pick animals whose traits fit the lesson.
- Write the moral at the end.
Talk about it
- What lesson matters to you?
- Which animal learned it?
- Why use animals instead of people?
Take it further
Act it out with puppets.
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