Kindergarden Seasons and Weather

Seasons and Weather: Supplemental Guide 6A | The Grasshopper and the Ants 117

Personification

1. Aesop was a great storyteller. Aesop used personification in his
   fables.


2. Say the word personification with me three times.


3. Personification is when animals in a story talk and act like people do.


4. In the story “Chicken Little,” the author uses personification because
   all of the characters are animals but they talk and act like people.


5. [Display images from familiar stories that include personification.]
   Think of a story you’ve heard in which the author uses personification.
   Tell your partner about how the animals in the story act like people.

[Sentence frame: “The author uses personification in [name of story]
because [name of character] acts like a person.”]

Purpose for Listening

Tell students that they are going to hear the fable “The Grasshopper and
the Ants.” Explain that this story takes place throughout the different
seasons of the year and that at the end of this fable the grasshopper
learns a lesson. Tell students to listen carefully so that they can find out
what moral, or lesson, the grasshopper learns at the end of the fable.

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

 Identify the seasons at the beginning and end of the fable

 Explain the moral, or lesson, that the grasshopper learns at the end of
the fable