Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
Standard:
CC.1.3.3.A
Description:
Determine the central message, lesson, or moral in literary text; explain how it is conveyed in text.
Standard:
E03.A-K.1.1.2
Description:
Recount poems, dramas, or stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
3rd Grade Reading - Messages, Lessons, and Morals Lesson
A story's message, lesson, or moral is the idea the author wants the reader to learn from a story.
Stories often have a message, lesson, or moral. Many fables, folktales, or myths teach us about life and the world through the characters and the events.
When identifying the message, lesson, or moral of the story, look for:
the right or the wrong thing a character does or says
what a character learns from his/her own or others’ mistakes
the main idea of the story, like the bad effect of greed
Fable
A fable is a short story that teaches a moral lesson. It often has animals or objects that talk and act like people.
Folktale
A folktale is a made-up story that is passed on from one person to another.
Myth
A myth is a story that explains how something came to be. It usually has a superhuman hero or an event that is made up. A myth also explains something in nature, like how Earth was made.
3rd Grade Reading - Messages, Lessons, and Morals Lesson