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Fable Scripts

These well-known Aesop Fables, based on the Tapsy Tales French versions, are written using simple English in the present tense so that they can be used by all levels of students.

Teachers with ESL children should find the scripts easy enough for those just learning the language. Each story also has an audio file so that students can hear the story as they read along. A great way for students to practise before presenting the play themselves!

Wanda's Versions

Wanda loves words! Sometimes she goes a bit overboard but she has a great time doing it. Her scripts add an element of linguistic play to the play. The traditionally simple style of the fable is maintained, but since she loves words, Wanda expresses herself in longer sentences with more descriptive vocabulary. These scripts are great for all students.

Students will enjoy dressing up and playing the roles themselves or staying behind the scenes to present the stories with puppets.

A Few Ideas for the Learning Through Play part ..........

The scripts can also be used as materials for:

vocabulary extension
studying common expressions / figures of speech
.......... similies, metaphors
devices - alliteration, personification, humour, exaggeration
discussions/debates over the morals
examples for student writing
(give students one of the simple ESL versions of a fable to compare to Wanda's version; then challenge students rewrite one of the other fables)
integrate the fables into your music program by having students compose their own music for the chants, create theme melodies for each character (study Peter and the Wolf) or use orff instruments to create background music and sound effects for the play
integrate the stories into a science study of insects etc. - how has Aesop drawn upon the true characteristics of the natural world for his stories ..

Series A	Series B	Series C
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER	THE OAK AND THE REEDS	THE LARK AND HER YOUNG ONES
THE CROW AND THE PITCHER	THE FARMER AND THE STORK	THE FROG AND THE OX
THE FOX AND THE CROW	THE ANT AND THE DOVE	THE BUNDLE OF STICKS
THE FOX ANDTHE GRAPES	THE FROGS WHO WANT A KING	THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN
THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE	THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL	THE BAT, THE BIRDS AND THE BEASTS

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