Moral Review

What is the moral of a story?

• a lesson
• a story
• a character
• none of the above

Which of these could be the setting of a fairy tale?

• a king and queen 
• people change as they get older
• a faraway castle
• a wicked witch puts a curse on a princess

The conflict in a story is called

• problem
• Plot
• Rising Action
• Setting

The story's time and place is

• tone
• plot
• setting
• voice

The people in a story are called the ...

• personages
• characters
• actors
• stars

What is a short story with animals as characters and was created to teach a lesson?

• A. fable

• B. fiction

• C. fairy tale

• D. informational text

Moral of the story is...

• The main idea

• The characters

• The lesson taught in the story

• The setting

FIND THE MORAL OF THE STORY:

There was a boy named John who was so lazy, he couldn’t even bother to change his clothes. One day, he saw that the apple tree in their yard was full of fruits. He wanted to eat some apples but he was too lazy to climb the tree and take the fruits. So he lay down underneath the tree and waited for the fruits to fall off. John waited and waited until he was very hungry but the apples never fell.

• Be a good friend.

• Being lazy will not get you anything.

• Hard work pays off.

• Always be honest.

FIND THE MORAL OF THE STORY:

There was once a shepherd boy who liked to play tricks. One day, while he was watching over the herd, the boy decided to play a trick and cried “wolf! wolf!”. The people who heard rushed over to help him. But they were disappointed when they saw that there was no wolf and the boy was laughing at them. The next day, he did it again and people rushed to his aid only to be disappointed once again. On the third day, the boy saw a wolf devouring one of his sheep and cried for help. But the people who heard him thought this is just another of the boy’s pranks so no one came to help him. That day, the boy lost some of his sheep to the wolf.

• Treat everyone with kindness.

• Always do good deeds.

• If you lie too much, no one will ever believe you.

• Never judge a book by it's cover.

All of these are examples of morals EXCEPT...?

• Never lie.

• Never give up on your dreams.

• Be kind to others and others will be kind to you.

• Bananas taste really good.