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What's the Moral?

This lesson focuses on the comprehension of fables and folktales in order to identify a moral or lesson. Use this lesson as a stand-alone activity or a support lesson for the Finding the Moral lesson plan.
This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the Finding the Moral lesson plan.
Grade
Second Grade
Subject
Reading & Writing
English Learner
English Learner Prelessons
View aligned standards
TX ELP c3D
TX ELP c4I
NY HLAP RL.1.2.1
CA ELD SL.2.1
CA ELD RL.2.1
RL.2.2
This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the Finding the Moral lesson plan.

Objectives

Academic

Students will be able to summarize fables and folktales and determine the moral or lesson.

Language

Students will be able to orally summarize a fable and use sentence frames to discuss the moral.

Introduction

(2 minutes)
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  • Tell students that today they'll be reading and summarizing a short story called a fable.
  • Ask students to name a story they know with animals as the main characters. Define fable and determine whether student examples are fables or not, based on whether they have a moral, or lesson.