Classical Composition: Fable Stage Student Book

Lessons

• 1 Read The Ant and the Chrysalis aloud; define terms; highlight examples of Recognition and Reversal; discuss Recognition and Reversal; discuss Suffering; have student narrate from memory.
• 1 Variations Part 1
• 1 Outline
• 1 Narration
• 1 Paraphrase 1; explain and discuss "Anemographia", "Dendographia", and "Ethopoeia"; include these three figures of description in Paraphrase 1
• 1 Paraphrase 2; explain inversion, and rewrite fable inverted.
• 1 Variations Part 2
• 1 Proofread and Final Draft.
• 2 Read The Ant and the Grasshopper aloud; define terms, highlight and discuss Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 2 Variations Part 1
• 2 Outline
• 2 Narration
• 2 Paraphrase 1; explain and discuss "Anemographia", "Dendographia", and "Ethopoea"; write paraphrase from outline.
• 2 Paraphrase 2; explain how to invert a sequence; practice orally; write paraphrase 2 using inversion.
• 2 Variations Part 2
• 2 Proofread and Final Draft.
• 3 Read The Fox and the Grapes aloud; define terms and discuss; discuss and highlight Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering.
• 3 Variations Part 1
• 3 Outline
• 3 Written Narration
• 3 Paraphrase 1; explain and discuss "astrothesia", "chorographia", and "chronographia"; write paraphrase using outline.
• 3 Paraphrase 2--inversion
• 3 Variations Part 2
• 3 Proofread and Final Draft.
• 4 Read The Hare and the Tortoise aloud; define terms; discuss and highlight Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 4 Variations Part 1
• 4 Outline
• 4 Written Narration
• 4 Paraphrase 1; explain and discuss "ecphrasis", "geographia", and "dialogismus"; write paraphrase using outline.
• 4 Paraphrase 2; explain reduction; practice orally; write reduced fable from outline.
• 4 Variations Part 2
• 4 Proofread and Final Draft.
• 5 Read The Fisherman Piping aloud; define terms; discuss and highlight Reversal, Recognition, and Suffering
• 5 Variations Part 1
• 5 Outline
• 5 Written Narration
• 5 Paraphrase 1; discuss and define "hydrographia", "mimesis", and "topographia"; write paraphrase from outline.
• 5 Paraphrase 2; explain inversion from middle of fable; write using inversion from middle of fable
• 5 Variations Part 2
• 5 Proofread and Final Draft
• 6 Read The Flies and the Honey-Pot aloud; define terms; discuss and highlight Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 6 Variations Part 1
• 6 Outline
• 6 Written Narration
• 6 Paraphrase 1; discuss and define "pragmatographia", "prosopopoeia", and "sermocinatio"; write paraphrase using outline
• 6 Paraphrase 2; write paraphrase using reduction
• 6 Variations Part 2
• 6 Proofread and Final Draft
• 7 Read The Bear and the Two Travelers aloud; define terms; discuss and highlight Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 7 Variations Part 1
• 7 Outline
• 7 Narration
• 7 Paraphrase 1; discuss and define "chorographia", "chronographia", and "prosopographia"; rewrite paraphrase using outline.
• 7 Paraphrase 2; rewrite paraphrase using reduction
• 7 Variations Part 2
• 7 Proofread and Final Draft
• 8 Read The Dove and the Ant aloud; define terms; highlight and discuss Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 8 Variations Part 1
• 8 Outline
• 8 Written Narration
• 8 Paraphrase 1; discuss and define "astrothesia", "effictio", and "ecphrasis"; write paraphrase from outline
• 8 Paraphrase 2: rewrite fable beginning in middle
• 8 Variations Part 2
• 8 Proofread and Final Draft
• 9 Read The Thirsty Pigeon aloud; define terms; discuss and highlight Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 9 Variations Part 1
• 9 Outline
• 9 Written Narration
• 9 Paraphrase 1; discuss and define "topographia", "mimesis", and "topothesia"; write paraphrase from outline
• 9 Paraphrase 2; write paraphrase using inversion
• 9 Variations Part 2
• 9 Proofread and Final Draft
• 10 Read The Dog and the Shadow aloud; define terms; discuss and highlight Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 10 Variations Part 1
• 10 Outline
• 10 Written Narration
• 10 Paraphrase 1; define and discuss "dialogismus", "pragmatographia", and "prosopoeia"; write paraphrase from outline
• 10 Paraphrase 2; write paraphrase using inversion
• 10 Variations Part 2
• 10 Proofread and Final Draft
• 11 Read The Dog and the Manger aloud; define terms; discuss and highlight Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 11 Variations Part 1
• 11 Outline
• 11 Written Narration
• 11 Paraphrase 1; discuss and define "astrothesia", "effictio", and "dialogismus"; write paraphrase using outline
• 11 Paraphrase 2; write paraphrase using inversion
• 11 Variations Part 2
• 11 Proofread and Final Draft
• 12 Read The Mountain in Labor aloud; define terms; discuss and highlight Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 12 Variations Part 1
• 12 Outline
• 12 Written Narration
• 12 Paraphrase 1; define and discuss "topothesia", "dialogismus", and "topographia"; write paraphrase from outline
• 12 Paraphrase 2; write paraphrase using inversion from the middle
• 12 Variations Part 2
• 12 Proofread and Final Draft
• 13 Read The Sick Lion aloud; define terms; highlight and discuss Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 13 Variations Part 1
• 13 Outline
• 13 Written Narration
• 13 Paraphrase 1; define and discuss "hydrographia", "chronographia", and "pragmatographia"; write paraphrase from outline
• 13 Paraphrase 2; rewrite fable using inversion from the middle
• 13 Variations Part 2
• 13 Proofread and Final Draft
• 14 Read The Ass and the Lapdog aloud; define terms; highlight and discuss Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 14 Variations Part 1
• 14 Outline
• 14 Written Narration
• 14 Paraphrase 1; discuss "chorographia", "mimesis", and "anemographia"; write paraphrase from outline
• 14 Paraphrase 2; rewrite fable using reduction
• 14 Variations Part 2
• 14 Proofread and Final Draft
• 15 Read The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing aloud; define terms; discuss and highlight Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 15 Variations Part 1
• 15 Outline
• 15 Written Narration
• 15 Paraphrase 1; discuss "geographia", "prosopographia", and "prosopopoeia"; write paraphrase from outline
• 15 Paraphrase 2; rewrite fable using reduction
• 15 Variations Part 2
• 15 Proofread and Final Draft
• 16 Read The Ass and the Mule aloud; define terms; highlight and discuss Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 16 Variations Part 1
• 16 Outline
• 16 Written Narration
• 16 Paraphrase 1; discuss "topographia", "topothesia", "dialogismus"; write paraphrase from outline
• 16 Paraphrase 2; rewrite fable using inversion from middle
• 16 Variations 2
• 16 Proofread and Final Draft
• 17 Read The Frogs Asking for a King aloud; define terms; highlight and discuss Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 17 Variations Part 1
• 17 Outline
• 17 Written Narration
• 17 Paraphrase 1; discuss "geographia", "hydrographia", and "ecphrasis"; rewrite fable using outline
• 17 Paraphrase 2; rewrite fable using inversion
• 17 Variations Part 2
• 17 Proofread and Final Draft
• 18 Read The Mischievous Dog aloud; define terms; discuss and highlight Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 18 Variations Part 1
• 18 Outline
• 18 Written Narration
• 18 Paraphrase 1; discuss "ethopoeia", "chronographia", and "effictio"; rewrite fable using outline
• 18 Paraphrase 2; rewrite fable using reduction AND inversion from the middle of the fable
• 18 Variations Part 2
• 18 Proofreading and Final Draft
• 19 Read The Old Woman and the Physician aloud; define terms; discuss and highlight Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 19 Variations Part 1
• 19 Outline
• 19 Written Narration
• 19 Paraphrase 1; discuss "prosopographia", "chorographia", and a"prosopopoeia"; rewrite fable using outline
• 19 Paraphrase 2; rewrite fable using reduction
• 19 Variations 2
• 19 Proofread and Final Draft
• 20 Read The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle aloud; define terms; discuss and highlight Recognition, Reversal, and Suffering
• 20 Variations Part 1
• 20 Outline
• 20 Written Narration
• 20 Paraphrase 1; discuss "dendographia", "mimesis", and "pragmatographia"; rewrite fable using outline
• 20 Paraphrase 2; rewrite fable inverting the sequence
• 20 Variations Part 2
• 20 Proofreading and Final Draft