Fable is an engaging title that uses fables from around the world to help readers identify the conventions of this genre. Readers are guided through a series of writing tasks to learn how to incorporate these same conventions in their own writing.
Content Note
What is a fable? -- "The boy who cried wolf" -- Fable characters -- Dialogue, the characters talk -- Setting, Here, there, or anywhere -- Fable plots, simple plot, big lesson -- Theme, the moral of the fable -- Creative response to the fable -- Fables from India -- "The Blue Jackal" -- What a character! -- Dialogue, formal language -- Setting, where in the world? -- Plot, the map of the fable -- Theme, the lesson we learn -- Creative response to the fable -- Writing a fable.