1. Maria Noyola LTEC 4100 University of North Texas Spring 2010

2.  §110.13. English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 2, Beginning with School Year 2009-2010.  (6) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:  (A) identify moral lessons as themes in well-known fables, legends, myths, or stories; and  (B) compare different versions of the same story in traditional and contemporary folktales with respect to their characters, settings, and plot.  (18) Writing/Literary Texts. Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas. Students are expected to:  (A) write brief stories that include a beginning, middle, and end

3.  ESL Second Grade Students, 1 week long

4.  The Students will be able to create a fable they can call their own.  The students will be able to organize a concept map to go with the fable they are writing.  The students will be able to compare/contrast each other’s fables.

5.  Read The Three Little Pigs and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs to introduce fables a. Discuss as a class the themes and/or moral lessons b. Make a concept map (double bubble) to compare/contrast as a class of the two stories

6.  The students will be instructed to go onto http://www.text2mindmap.com/ and create a concept map on what they could possibly include in stories that they will be composing. http://www.text2mindmap.com/  They would then create their own fable using word; be it similar to the Three Little Pigs or something completely different.  Must have a beginning, middle, and “happily ever after”(end)  They will then create a “drawing” to go with the story using paint.

7.  They will print out their  Concept map  Word document  Drawing  The students will then pair up and compare/contrast their fables on a double bubble worksheet  The students will then present to the class their stories. They can show their drawings to go with the story.

8.  http://officeport.com/edu/blooms.htm http://officeport.com/edu/blooms.htm  http://www.text2mindmap.com/ http://www.text2mindmap.com/