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Aesop’s Wise Words NEW
Aesop’s fables are as popular today as they were two thousand years ago, when this Greek slave first told them. A fable is a short story, usually with animal characters possessing human-like character traits that can cause or solve a problem. A fable ends with a lesson learned, often stated as a moral. You probably have heard some of these fables, for example, the Grasshopper and the Ant, the Boy Who Cried Wolf, the Lion and the Mouse, the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, the Tortoise and the Hare, and the Fox and the Crow. During this residency, you will hear several of Aesop’s fables. Then you will learn how to write your own fable following a simple fable plot structure. Working with others in your class, you will develop a class fable based on the plot outline you learned. Then, working in a small group, you will write a group fable. You will develop the animal characters in your fable according to their character traits, incorporating body language, facial expression, movement, and sound. You will decide how to present your fable using one of the following methods: narration, drama, rap, music, or poetry. Your group will present your fable to an audience. By the end of this residency, you will have learned about fables and will have written a class and a group fable following a plot structure outline, and will also have dramatized your fable for an audience.
| Format | Costs | Grade Level(s) | Curriculum Connections |
| Residency | Cost for 3 Classrooms x 4 sessions: $1026 | Grade 3 - Grade 4 | Communication Arts Critical Thinking / Problem Solving Storytelling |
About Watkins, Carol
Carol Watkins has over twenty years experience as a classroom teacher. She is a writer with published articles in magazines and has served as a consultant and curriculum writer for over twelve years. While teaching, Carol used storytelling as a means to motivate her students to read. These same stories were used to teach writing through dissecting them and discovering the plot outline. For the last seven years, Carol has delighted audiences with her energetic storytelling. Carol is passionate about exciting young minds to explore the possibilities of creating their own original stories. She believes that, given the tools and motivation, most students will discover the world of imagination that will spill over into creative expression through writing.
All Programs by Watkins, Carol
- Aesop’s Wise Words (Workshop)
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