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Points to be covered this week

Fable: Lion & the MouseFable: Sinbad & GenieThe 100 words [Missing Letters & crossword

puzzle]Class work: Ex:1 & 6 pg#81 +85

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Fable

Fable Lion & the MouseSinbad & Genie

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Describe the structural differences of various imaginative forms of literature, including

fantasies, fables, myths, legends, and fairy tales.

What is a Fable?

Fables are stories intended to teach a lesson, and animals often speak and act like human beings.

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Elements to Remember

ANIMALS are usually the main

characters

The plot and characters are SIMPLE

Stories teach a MORAL or LESSON

SETTING is common and nonspecific

Author uses PERSONIFICATION

LRA 3.1

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What is Personification?

In simple terms, its making animals or objects seem like real people, with real human feelings and emotions.

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Aesop

Aesop was a slave that lived about 550 BC.

He is famous for his fables.Legend says he was granted freedom

from his master because he enjoyed the stories so much.

Interesting, Aesop didn’t write down any of his fables. But after his death, they were written down for him.

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Aesop(Painting, c. 1638, by Diego Velasquez.Museo del Prado, Madrid)

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Author’s Purpose

These stories were brief, and told to adults for entertainment.

These stories were passed down from generation to generation.

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Hyperlink

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Once a lion trapped a mouse under it’s large paw. The mouse pleaded

for it’s life, so the lion let it go. Later the lion became entangled in a hunter’s net and roared in distress. The mouse rushed to

help. “You’re too small to help,” said the lion. But the mouse

nibbled at the net until the lion was free.

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Summary

1. TopicLion and the Mouse

2. AuthorAesop’s Fable from Greece

3. Characters Lion Mouse Hunters

4. SettingIn the Jungle

5. ActionWhen the hunters came and caught the lion and tied him with

ropes.6. Resolution

Mouse cut the ropes with his teeth and make lion free.

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Sinbad and the Genie14

Summary

1. TopicSinbad and the Genie

2. AuthorFable from Middle East

3. Characters Sinbad the Sailor Genie

4. SettingAt the seaside (beach)

5. ActionWhen the genie has Sinbad in this hand and tries to eat him.

6. ResolutionSinbad made the genie turn small again and sealed him in the

bottle.

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Moral of the story

Is not the size or the strength, but the cleverness with which you do things.

Thanks,

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Parts of Speech

“Parts of speech” are the basic types of words that English has. Most grammar books say that there are eight parts of speech:

We will add one more type: articles.

It is important to be able to recognize and identify the different types of words in English, so that you can understand grammar explanations and use the right word form in the right place. Here is a brief explanation of what the parts of speech are:

nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections.

+ article

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Noun A noun is a naming word. It names a person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action.Examples: cowboy, theatre, box, thought, tree, kindness, arrival

Verb A verb is a word which describes an action (doing something) or a state (being something).Examples: walk, talk, think, believe, live, like, want

Adjective An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells you something about the noun.Examples: big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important

Parts of Speech

Adverb An adverb is a word which usually describes a verb. It tells you how something is done. It may also tell you when or where something happened.Examples: slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here, everywhere

Pronoun A pronoun is used instead of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun.Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they

Preposition A preposition usually comes before a noun, pronoun or noun phrase. It joins the noun to some other part of the sentence.Examples: on, in, by, with, under, through, at

Conjunction A conjunction joins two words, phrases or sentences together.Examples: but, so, and, because, or

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Parts of Speech

Interjection An interjection is an unusual kind of word, because it often stands alone. Interjections are words which express emotion or surprise, and they are usually followed by exclamation marks.Examples: Ouch!, Hello!, Hurray!, Oh no!, Ha!

Article An article is used to introduce a noun.Examples: the, a, an

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Assignment

Ex. 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 (p. 82 - 85)Make meaningful sentences: [ caught,

hungry, quickly, terrible, angry, sleeping, help & climbed]

Learn the spelling for Dictation:[ caught, roar, little, rope, laughed,

strong, village, hunters, angry, cried, sailor, around, nearby, terrible, hungry, quickly, climbed, threw, shouted, clever]

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