Pages 1 to 3 tell one fable three ways: as prose, as a poem and as a play. Pages 4 and 5 ask about the parts of the poem and the play, page 6 sorts the parts of each form, and page 7 is a page to write any scene as a play.
Read the three tellings aloud on one day: the prose by the teacher, the poem in chorus with claps on the strong beats, and the play in parts. Then ask what each form could do that the others could not.
Read the play together, each taking a part, and follow the stage directions.
One of Aesop's fables, The Fox and the Crane, told three ways: as prose, as a poem and as a play. Students find what makes each form what it is, from stanzas, rhythm and meter to the cast, setting and stage directions, then write a scene as a play.
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