1. anthropomorphism
Beyond Boundaries

2. What is anthropomorphism?
Watch this video clip and be prepared to tell what you think anthropomorphism means…
Homeward Bound

3. In your spiral… Write your own definition of this concept.
Compare it with the dictionary definition—
an interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal characteristics

4. In your spiral… Analyze the samples:
What human characteristics did the characters in the video clips portray? In other words, what did these nonhuman things do that were humanlike? List as many as you can.
Homeward Bound
Beauty and the Beast
Lion King

5. Lesson: part two
Using inference
Fables
Short stories

6. Inference
schema
new information
deeper understanding

7. FABLES
Definition:
: a short fictitious story; especially : one intended to teach a lesson; a story in which animals often speak and act like human beings.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf

8. Schema: our knowledge, experience, current understanding
What do we already know?
Definition of anthropomorphism
How to recognize a big idea
Movies and stories with animals
Movies and stories that teach a lesson
The Tortoise and the Hare

9. In your spiral (Page 841) Fable Name Page # Animal characters
Lesson to be learned

10. In your spiral (Pages 872 and 873)
Fable Name
Page #
Animal characters
Lesson to be learned

11. Inference: short stories
What do we already know? (OUR SCHEMA)
Definition of anthropomorphism
How to recognize a big idea
Movies and stories with animals
Movies and stories that teach a lesson
SHORT STORY STRUCTURE