1/04/2012

Final Questionnaire

After all your hard work, now it's time to check your knowledge of fables. Please answer all the questions below and submit the questionnaire.

Final task: Fable comic

As a final task for this unit regarding fables, I would like you to create a comic using Toondoo

For your comic's story you can use anyone from Aesop's Fables or other fables you know.

Try to express the essence of the fable in as few frames as possible.

You cand deliver your fables to me via e-mail. I will print them and hang them on the class' wall, so that everyone can enjoy them.

Below you can find an example of comic made by me about "the wolf and the lamb" fable so you can get an idea of what you are supposed to do.

I hope you enjoy your task!

THE WOLF AND THE LAMB

12/18/2011

The Man, the Boy and the Donkey: Listening & Writing

In this activity you will listen to a Voki animated character reading the "The man, the boy and the donkey" fable.

It is divided into three parts

PART 1:


PART 2:


PART 3:


After listening, I would like you to create your own Voki animation!
You should use it to tell your opinion of this fable:

How would you have acted If they were the boy in “the man, the boy and the donkey”?
what if you were the man?
what if you were the people in the streets?
Do you agree with the moral?

You can crate your Voki animation here and post your link in the comments section below.

Aesop's Fables: Writing Task

In order to test your writing skills, we are going to collaboratively create a fable of our own!

The title of the fable will be: "The dog and the cat"



The moral of the fable must be: "Be yourself and you will be loved"

From these concepts, you can be as creative as you want.
You should each write only a short sentence, so that all your classmates can participate.

We will be using Google Docs, you have all already been invited to participate in the document and can start right now through this link: Writing task: The dog and the cat




Aesop's Fables: Vocabulary

Which of these words do you already know? Which ones you do not? Is there any word that calls your attention?



You can give your answers or ask your questions in the comments section below.

The Ant and the Grasshopper: Animated video

This here is Walt Disney's 1934 short animated film "the grasshopper and the ants"

The Wolf and the Lamb: listening activity

In the next video you can listen to a longer, playacted version of "The wolf and the lamb"