Casarett, V / Fables

ESOL:

Copy and paste the web address below to watch this Discovery Education video on Fables. You will need to sign in. Complete the worksheet on "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."
http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/7A95374E-4E6F-4281-95B9-57553DE01843

ESOL English:

Read this Discovery Education PPT on Fables.
http://mediashare.discoveryeducation.com/mediashare/index.cfm?event=pushFile&guidAssetMediaFileId=4bcc506d-3d21-4bea-a739-d799acbcd448

Then go to the 2 links for the first fable of "The Ant and the Grasshopper."
Traditional Version: http://www.umass.edu/aesop/content.php?n=0&i=1

Modern Version:      http://www.umass.edu/aesop/content.php?n=0&i=2

Compare and contrast the 2 versions in an H chart or a Venn diagram. Which version do you like better? Explain why.

Compare = find similarities: What is the same?
Contrast  = find differences: What is different?

Watch this Walt Disney cartoon of Aesop's fable "The Tortoise and the Hare." How does an animated film affect the story?

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