98 Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 6A | The Fox and the Grapes
- Remind students that the special word for animals acting like people
is called personification.- Have students echo the word personification three times.
- Mention that this word starts with the word person. Personification
means acting like a person. - Have students tell their partner how the wolf acts like real wolf in the
story. Write accurate responses on the middle column. (The wolf
prowls and wants to eat the sheep.) - Have students tell their partner how the wolf acts like a person. Write
accurate responses on the right column. (The wolf dresses in disguise.) - Ask students: “What is the word for animals acting like people?”
(personification) - Tell students that they will continue to fill in this personification chart
as they meet other animals in the stories that act like people.
Introducing “The Fox and the Grapes”
Show image 6A-1: Fox and the grapes- Invite students to make up their own title for this fable using the
illustration. Call on three volunteers to share their title. - Tell students that today they will hear the last fable in this domain
called, “The Fox and the Grapes.” - Have students tell you the three characteristics of a fable: it’s short,
has a moral, and has animals that act like people. Tell students that
“The Fox and the Grapes” has all three characteristics of a fable. - Ask students what character they see in the picture. (There is only
one character in the picture, the fox.) - Have students tell their partner what the fox is doing or thinking.
- Give students Response Card 6 (The Fox and the Grapes) from
Instructional Master 6A-1. Have students talk with their partner about
what the fox might be doing or thinking in each of the images.