1. Unit Question: How do fictional stories teach real lessons?
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2. How do imaginary stories teach us real lessons
How do imaginary stories teach us real lessons? Do Now Please open to your notes on fables. Traditional Fables: characters are mostly animals speak to children written in Greece over 2,500 years ago. Values still hold true today.

3. Writing Response about Literature
Name a children’s fable or story involving a wolf.
What does the wolf represent in the story?

4. allegory
A narrative in which the characters and events are to be understood as representing other things and symbolically expressing a deeper, often moral, spiritual, or political meaning.
After you read, “A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” we will discuss the deeper meaning or allegory of the narrative.

5. “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” by Aesop
1. Why does the lamb trust the wolf? The lamb thinks the wolf is it’s mother. 2. Lamb- Type of person: follower, innocence, victim Support: began to follow wolf, “he soon made a meal off her”

6. 2. Wolf- Type of person: evil, predator, con artist, deceptive, villain Support: led the lamb a little apart, succeeded in deceiving the sheep, put skin of a sheep over it’s own 3. Moral of the story- Not everything is as it seems Appearances can be deceiving ***** Be careful who you trust

7. 4.Aesop chose a wolf because the wolf is a natural predator to a sheep.
Wolf is seen as a villain, evil.
Sheep are seen as innocent and sweet
If I were to rewrite the story I would use an animal that would want to harm another. Natural predator/victim.
snake/mouse
fox/bunny

8. Writing Reflection “wolf in sheep’s clothing”. or
In our world today, you might read in the newspaper, or see on TV, a person who could be considered a
“wolf in sheep’s clothing”. or
Have you or someone you know ever been like the lamb and have someone who appeared to be a friend
“devour” you?
Discuss how this situation is similar to the fable. Explain how someone who was trusted by others tricks them in some way.
Explain the connection in a thoughtful paragraph of at least 5-7 sentences.
Be sure to explain who is the “sheep” and who would be the “wolf”.

9. Do Now: Writing Reflection
Have you or someone you know ever been like the Lamb and have someone who appeared to be a friend “devour” you or others?
Explain what happened to the people involved in this situation.