fables


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Read two different fables from the Aesop's Fables site and complete a 'Double Bubble Map' with them. http://aesopfables.com/ || Select any one fable from the University of Virginia site, and complete a story board with 4 - 12 frames. http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/AesFabl.html ||
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Click on the 'FABLES' button to hyperlink to the fables illustrated by some University of Massachussetts students. Create your own A3 poster with at least two graphics (no more than 3) and a quote or description for each graphic. http://www.umass.edu/aesop/index.php || Look at this site and select one of the digital stories that tell a fable. Complete a PMI on telling fables in this way and compare it to one other site you have been on. http://us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/aesop/index.html || Read one of the fables on this page and complete a story map. If you have access to a computer use Paint or Artrage for the story map. http://www.fablevision.com/place/library/index.html || Some of the fables translated by GF Townsend use some very difficult vocabulary. Find the 5 most difficult words in one of these fables and use a dictionary of thesaurus to help explain what they mean. http://www.literature.org/authors/aesop/fables/ ||
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What is the difference between a myth, a fable and a legend? Use this site to find your answer. Then follow the hyperlink figure to read a different version of some favourite fables. Draw a Venn Diagram of the two main characters. http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/theatre.htm ||

Choose one of these frog fables to illustrate for a class book on fables. Make sure you include a title, story, picture, and the meaning or message of the fable. http://allaboutfrogs.org/stories/fables.html ||
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Select one of the fables on this site and change it so it fits into a New Zealand context. http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Aesop/Aesops_Fables/ ||

Read and/ or listen to the recording of a fable on the 'Ivy Joy' site Complete a MAS (Modify, Add, change Size) to rewrite the fable. You may draw or find images to support your new fable. Create and record your version using PowerPoint or PhotoStory3. http://www.ivyjoy.com/fables/ ||
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How do some of the versions in 'Tom's Domain' differ? Say which one you like best and why. http://tomsdomain.com/aesop/t3n02.htm ||

More fables. http://www.dusklight.com/aesop/ ||
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Read a fable and then complete the quiz. http://www.mcwdn.org/fables/aesop.html || media type="custom" key="3050686" ||