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Utah Education Network

Uen: Tortoise and Hare Races

For Teachers K
In this lesson students use the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" while learning basic mapping skills.
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Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Two Lesson Unit: Theme

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A set of two lesson plans designed to teach students to use story elements to identify theme and to match a given theme to a story. Lessons are based on the book Aesop's Fables by Jerry Pinkney....
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Other

Huayu World: Global Chinese Language and Culture Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Good resource for exploring Chinese culture and language. Learn about Taiwanese lantern riddles, Chinese folklore, clothing, poetry and fables, papercutting, Chinese New Year, and Chinese festival and every-day cooking. Multimedia makes...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Three Little Pigs" by Joseph Jacobs

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the short story "The Three Little Pigs" by Joseph Jacobs, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Thief and His Mother

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Thief and His Mother" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The House Dog and the Wolf" by Gail Terp

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "The House Dog and the Wolf" by Gail Terp, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Goose With the Golden Egg

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "The Goose with the Golden Egg" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Lion in Love

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Lion in Love" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: A Cave That Talked

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Literature: Personification

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains what personification is and gives examples. Includes links to related articles on symbolism, elements of rhetoric, fables, figure of speech, and allegory.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Ants and the Grasshopper" by Aesop

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "The Ants and the Grasshopper" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Frog and the Mouse" by Aesop

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Frog and the Mouse" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Farmer and the Viper

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Farmer and the Viper" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" by Aesop

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Donkey, the Fox, and the Lion

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Donkey, The Fox, and the Lion" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Fox and the Lion

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Fox and the Lion" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Ant and the Dove

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Ant and the Dove" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Other

Learning Farm 3rd Grade Reading Messages, Lessons, and Morals Lesson

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students will watch an introduction into key terms, then read a fables and answers questions with immediate feedback. There is also an option to chose an interactive assessment and play a choice of games once the student has answered the...
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Read Works

Read Works: A Tricky Monkey

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This read aloud passage shares the fable of a monkey that other animals did not trust. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
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eBook
Library of Congress

Library of Congress: The Fox and the Grapes

For Students 3rd - 5th
This text copy of the Fox and the Grapes, which includes a short illustration and audio.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Alchemist by Paul Coelho

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the allegorical novel The Alchemist by Paul Coelho including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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eBook
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Good Stories for Great Holidays

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A full e-text of this great collection of myths, fables, fairy tales, and historical stories. From the University of Virginia.
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Education.com

Education.com: Finding the Moral

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will be able to recount fables and folktales and determine the moral or lesson, explaining how it is conveyed through key details or ideas in the text. Printable resources...