Unit 4 Assignment: Graphic Organizer for Traditional Fable

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For this Unit 4 assignment, you will complete and submit the “Graphic Organizer for Traditional Fable” template. This will prepare you to write a short fable that you will submit and present in Unit 5. The finished fable will be an original short story that follows the traditional model of creating characters, setting, and plot that teach a moral. You will choose a moral from this collection of Aesop Fables from the Library of Congress

Interactive Collection of Aesop Fables

. Be sure to click on each of the fables to see the short stories and see the interactive images. This will help you to create two or three characters of your own for your fable to help you create a story with a lesson. The characters must be animals or inanimate things (such as the sun or the wind) that act and think like humans.You will work on this over the next two units.

• Unit 4:  Complete the Fable Graphic Organizer.
• Unit 5:  Write, illustrate, and present your fable. This can be done as a PowerPoint or as a video where you read your fable and show the illustrations.

Use this link to see a good tutorial from Wikihow on how to write a fable: 

https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Fable

Due Date: 11:59 p.m. EST, Sunday of Unit 4
Points: 100

Overview:

For this Unit 4 assignment, you will complete and submit the Graphic Organizer for Traditional Fables
template. This will prepare you to write a short fable that you will submit and present in Unit 5.

You will work on this over the next two units.

• Unit 4: Complete the Fable Graphic Organizer.
• Unit 5: Write and present your short fable. This may be done as a PowerPoint with illustrations

or as a video where you tell or read your fable. Start planning ahead for the next unit!

Instructions:

In this unit, you will plan your fable by completing the graphic organizer template. The fable will be an
original short story that follows the traditional model with characters, setting, and plot that teach a
moral. You will choose a moral from the Aesop Fables and create two or three characters that are
either animals or inanimate things (such as the sun or the wind) that act and think like humans.

Requirements:

• Review the Interactive Collection of Aesop Fables to help you choose a classic moral and
create characters, setting and plot.

• Submit the completed Graphic Organizer to the link in Unit 4.

• Remember, you will be submitting your written fable and presenting it in the next unit. You may
want to begin working on that, but it is not due until Unit 5.

Be sure to review the rubric to understand the criteria by which your work will be evaluated.

CHS203 – Children’s Literature and Language Arts

Unit 4 Assignment: Graphic Organizer Traditional Fable – Rubric

http://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html

RUBRICGra

CRITERIA Proficient Satisfactory
Needs

Improvement
Deficient

20 10 5-4 (0 – 4)

Moral
The lesson you
want to teach is
the moral of the
story. Even
though it should
be very brief it can
still be profound.
For example, the
moral of the fable
of The Sun and
the Wind is
“Kindness can be
more effective
than strength.”

A traditional moral
is clearly stated
and it fits well with
the plot of the the
story.

Contains only two
of the following
elements:

A moral is not
clearly stated,
or it is not a
traditional moral,
and or it does not
support the action
story plot.

Contains only one
of the following
elements:

A moral is not
clearly stated,
or it is not a
traditional moral,
or it does not
support the action
story plot

Contains only one
of the following
elements:

A moral is not
clearly stated,
or it is not a
traditional moral,
or it does not
support the action
story plot

Characters
Fable provide
good descriptions
of appearance,
actions, and
thoughts of
characters.
Choice of
character(s)
enhances the
moral of the
story.

Fable has no
more than two or
three characters.

Descriptions
provided of each
character.

Characters
enhance the
moral of the story.

Contains only two
of these elements:

Fable has no
more than two or
three characters.

Descriptions
provided of each
character.

Characters
enhance the
moral of the story

Contains only two
of these elements:

Fable has no
more than two or
three characters.

Descriptions
provided of each
character.

Characters
enhance the
moral of the story

Fable has no
traditional
character or more
than three
characters.

Descriptions are
missing.

Characters do not
enhance the
moral of the story.

Setting
Since your
animals or
characters act like
people, you can
put them in
natural settings
like a forest or a
pond but you
could also put
them in a human
setting.

The setting is
clearly evident
and supports the
point of view of
the characters.

The setting is
vague but
supports the point
of view of the
characters.

The setting is
vague or does not
related to the
point of view of
the characters.

The setting is very
vague or missing.

CRITERIA Proficient Satisfactory
Needs
Improvement
Deficient

Plot
The plot must
contain a logical
beginning, middle,
and end, that
increase the value
of the moral.

Clear beginning,
middle and end
evident.

The end of the
story includes the
moral which
makes sense with
the story.

Only two of the
three elements
are Present:

Clear beginning,
middle and end
evident.

The end of the
story includes the
moral.

The moral makes
sense with the
story.

Only one of the
three elements
are Present:

Clear beginning,
middle and end
evident.

The end of the
story includes the
moral.

The moral makes
sense with the
story

Clear beginning,
middle and end
are missing an the
end of the story
does not include
the moral or the
moral is not
illustrated by the
story.

Writing
Clear and
professional
writing.

Zero to one
grammar error
(sentence
structure,
complete
sentences, parts
of speech) or
mechanical error
(capitalization,
punctuation,
spelling).

Maximum of two
three grammar
errors (sentence
structure,
complete
sentences, parts
of speech) or
mechanical error
(capitalization,
punctuation,
spelling)

Maximum of 4 or
5 grammar errors
(sentence
structure,
complete
sentences, parts
of speech) or
mechanical
errors
(capitalization,
punctuation, and
spelling)

More than 5
grammar errors
(sentence
structure,
complete
sentences, parts
of speech) or
mechanical
errors
(capitalization,
punctuation, and
spelling)