Folktales and Fables

a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters

• myth
• legend
• fable
• folktale

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition.

• myth
• legend
• fable
• folktale

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Tortoise and the Hare (lesson: slow and steady wins the race)

• myth
• legend
• fable
• folktale

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Paul Bunyan is a story about a giant lumberjack; his story told through oral tradition in US

• myth
• legend
• fable
• folktale

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The Lion and the Mouse (lesson: no act of kindness is ever too small)

• myth
• legend
• fable 
• folktale 

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Normally fables have _______ as characters?

• children
• bugs
• animals
• teachers

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Fables ____________.

• teach us a lesson
• are non-fiction stories
• tell a funny story
• show us how to draw

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CCSS.RL.1.10

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CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What kind of story is a fable?

• fiction
• non-fiction

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CCSS.RL.1.10

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CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

The grasshopper ___________ while the ants worked.

• talked

• played

• helped

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.K.6

A fable teaches a lesson.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5