How can you retell and identify the central message in a story?
Adaptive Perseverance: Students will explore stories from various cultures, facing and overcoming the challenge of understanding unfamiliar contexts.
Learner’s Mindset: Encourage a curiosity for different cultures' stories and morals.
Communication: Enhance skills in both oral and written communication through the retelling of stories and discussion of their morals.
Critical Thinking: Foster a deeper understanding of the narratives to identify central messages.
Global Citizenship: Build an appreciation for cultural diversity through the exploration of stories from around the world.
What makes a good retelling of a story?
How can you identify the central message of a story?
Why is understanding the central message important?
Students will be able to accurately retell stories, highlighting key details.
Students will identify and articulate the central message, lesson, or moral of stories.
Students will analyze a text to uncover its Students will demonstrate an understanding of how diverse cultures convey morals through storytelling. structure.
RL.2.2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
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