Garde 1 - Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide

Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 6 | The Fox and the Grapes 93

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 Lesson Objectives

Core Content Objectives

Students will:

 Demonstrate familiarity with “The Fox and the Grapes”

 Describe the characters, setting, and plot of “The Fox and the

Grapes”

 Identify that “The Fox and the Grapes” is a fable

 Identify characteristics of fables (short, moral, personification)

 Explain in their own words the moral of “The Fox and the Grapes”

Language Arts Objectives

The following language arts objectives are addressed in this lesson.

Objectives aligning with the Common Core State Standards are noted

with the corresponding standard in parentheses. Refer to the Alignment

Chart for additional standards that are addressed in all lessons in this

domain.

Students will:

 Retell the fable “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” including key details

and interpret the moral of the fable using their own words (RL.1.2)

 Restate the moral of the fable “The Fox and the Grapes” using their

own words (RL.1.2)

 Use narrative language to describe characters, setting, and plot from

“The Fox and the Grapes” (RL.1.3)

 Identify that “The Fox and the Grapes” is fiction (RL.1.5)

 Write an opinion piece about their favorite fable in which they

introduce their favorite fable, supply a reason why they chose that

fable, and provide some sense of closure ( W.1.1)

 Make personal connections to the phrase “sour grapes” (W.1.8)