9:4th_ELA_Fables_ClassroomTeacher: Allright.Todayguys,wearegoingtodoastudentseminaraboutmainidea.

Beforewegetstartedwiththis,sinceyoudon'tknowwhatwe'regoingtodoyet,wehavetogooverourseminarrules.Doesanybodyrememberanyofthoseseminarrules?ThefirstoneIwouldlikeyoutotalkaboutisme,whereI'mstandingrightnow.SomebodytellmewhatthismeansifI'mstandinghere.“student”?

Student: You'retheteacherandnooneshouldbetalkingoveryou.

Teacher: Youshouldn'tbetalkingovermeinordertospeak.WhatdoyouhavetodowhenI'mstandinghere?

Student: Raiseyourhand.

Teacher: What'sthat?

Student: Raiseyourhand.

Teacher: Raiseyourhandiscorrect.Anybodyelseknowanotherruleforaseminar?“student”?

Student: Whenyou'resittingdown,yourpartofus,sowedon'traiseourhand.Wejustwaituntilyou'redonetalking.

Teacher: Verynice.Howdoyouknowwhensomebody'sdonetalking?You'remakingwhat?

Class: Eyecontact.

Teacher: Verynice.Anybodyelseknowanotherrule?There'sacouplemore."student"?

Student: Youneedtomakeeyecontactifyouwanttotalkaftersomeoneelseis[talking00:01:01].

Teacher: Right.Anymore?Hmm,let'sthinkaboutwhatkindofdoweuse?Wespeaklikewhat?

Class: Scholars.

Teacher: Wespeaklikeascholarduringseminar.Thelastruleisthereisno...Wait,no.Whensomebodyfinishestalking,whatdotheyhavetodo?

Student: Asksomeonetheiropinion,ortojoinin.

Teacher: Andtojoinin.Howdowespeaktoeachother?

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Student: Respectfully.

Teacher: Oh,Ihearditoverhere.“student”,couldyousayitlouder?

Student: Respectfully.

Teacher: Youspeakwhat?

Student: Respect.

Teacher: Respectfully.Iwantustorememberthoserulesaswegetstarted.Takealookatourtarget,itsaysIamabletofindthetheme,mainidea,ormoralofatextandausetextevidencetosupportmyreasoning.Today,I'mgoingtouseafabletohelpteachthislesson.Anybodyeverheardofafable?Anybodyhaveanyidea?You'veheardofthem,youjustmightnotknow.“student”,what'safable?

Student: I'mguessingit's[00:02:00]aboutfakethings,butit'snotreal.

Teacher: Bookaboutfakethings,notreal.Kindof,anybodyelsehaveanidea?“student”?

Student: Thestoryitselfisnotreal,butithaslessonsinvolvedinit.

Teacher: Saythatlouder,Idon'tknowiftheyheardyouoverthere.

Student: It'sastorythatisn'treal,buthasalessoninsideofit.

Teacher: Cananybodyaddtothat?“student”?

Student: Anexample,liketheBrothersGrimmbooks,weretoteachkidslessonsandexamplesofwhatnottodo.They'reusuallynotreal,ortheyarenotreal.Theyhavetalkinganimalsandstuffinthem.

Teacher: Talkinganimals.Typically,that'sareallycommonthemeinfables.“student”,didyouknowsomethingelse?

Student: Ireadthisstoryinsecondgrade,andit'saboutthistoadandafrog.

Teacher: Toadandafrog.Whathappenedinthatstory?

Student: Theywerebestfriends.

Teacher: Theywerebestfriends.Doyourememberanylessonsbeingtaught?Notsure?HasanybodyeverheardofTheBoyWhoCriedWolf?

Student: Yes,yes!Ohyes!

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Teacher: Maybeyou'veheardofit.Domeafavor,turntothepersonnexttoyouandtellthemwhatthatwasabout.Youdon'tknowthestory?

Student: I'veheardofit[crosstalk00:03:29].

Teacher: Okay,givemefive.Wehaveacoupleofstudentswhohaven'theardofit.Cansomebodygivemeabriefsummaryofthestory?Tellmewhathappened.Let'sseesomebodywhohasn'tspokenyet.“student”,doyourememberthestory?

Student: Ineverreadit.

Teacher: Neverreadit.Haveyoureadthestory,“student”?Canyousharewiththeclass?

Student: It'saboutaboythatwaslyingbecausehewas[00:04:00]yellingthattherewasawolfinthevillage.Thevillagerscameoutandtherewasnowolf.Hediditafewtimes,andwhenthewolfreallycame,thevillagersdidn'tbelievehim.

Teacher: Right,theydidn'tbelievehim.Youguysrememberthatstory,soundfamiliar?Whatwouldyousaythemainidea,thelessonofthatstory,wouldbe?

Student: Nottolie.

Teacher: Nottolie.Whathappensifyoulie?

Student: Peoplewon'tbelieveyou.

Student: Ifyouactuallyneedhelp,theywon'ttrustyou.

Teacher: Right.Iknowanotheroneyouguyshaveprobablyheardof.WhataboutTheHareandtheTortoise?Anybodyeverheardthatstory?

Class: Yeah.

Teacher: Okay.Turntoyourneighbor,tellthemthatone.Okay,givemefive.Givemefive,please.Isthereanyonethatdoesnotknowthatstory?Youneverheardthestory,“student”?Cansomeonegiveabriefsummaryofthestory?Areallyquicksummary,“student”.

Student: Basically,theharewasbraggingthathewasdefinitelygoingtowin,hethoughtsomuchofhimself.Then,inthemiddle,hetookanapbecauseheknewthathewasn'tgoingtolosebecausethetortoisewassoslow.Then,thetortoisepassedhim,andthenhebeathim.

Teacher: Whatwasthetheme,whatwasthemoralofthatstory?

Student: Thatyoushouldneverbrag,andthatweshouldn't[crosstalk00:05:50].

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Teacher: Shouldn'tbrag.Yousaylazy?

Student: Yeah,beself-centered.Thehare,hetookalongnap.

Teacher: Theharetookalongnap.Oh,soyou'resaying[00:06:00]lazy,got[ragged00:06:01].Anybodyelsehaveanyotherthemesfromthatstory?“student”?

Student: Don'tthinkthatyou'rebetterthaneverybodyelse.

Teacher: Ooo,don'tthinkthatyou'rebetterthaneveryoneelse.Kindoflike“student”saidaboutbragging.“student”?

Student: Don'tthinkthatsometimes,fastcanbeatslow.

Teacher: Sometimesfastcanbeatslow.Ibelievethemoralwassomethinglikeslowandsteady...

Student: Winstherace.

Teacher: Whatisit?

Student: Slowandsteadywinstherace.

Teacher: Slowandsteadywinstherace.Youknowwhenwetakeassessments?This[round00:06:29]saystotakeyourwhat?

Class: Time.

Teacher: Time,andtoputinyourwhat?

Class: Besteffort.

Teacher: Besteffort.Doesitmatterifyoufinishfast?

Class: No.

Teacher: No.Itmatterswhat?

Student: Ifyougiveallyourtime[crosstalk00:06:42].

Student: 100%.

Teacher: Ifyouhave100what?

Class: Percenteffort.

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Teacher: Verygood.Today,we'regoingtoreadafable,hopefullythatyouhavenotheardof.I'mgoingtopassthisaround,I'mgoingtopassitoneachside,soeverybodyjusttakeone.Theyshouldendupat“Teacher-2”,and“Teacher-2”willgivemetherest.It'scalledTheBadKangaroo,andI'mgoingtoneedacoupleofreaderstoreadthisaloudforus.We'regoingtosharethisfableandseeifweunderstand,orseeifwecanfigureoutwhytheauthorchosethemoral,orthetheme,thattheydid.Youcanplaceitonyourclipboardsoit'seasilyaccessible.DoeseveryonehaveTheBadKangaroo?

Student: Mm-hmm(affirmative).

Student: Yeah.

Teacher: Iactually[00:08:00]changedmymind,“Teacher’s”goingtoreadthisaloud.Ifyou'reaself-directedlearner,wherewouldyoufingerbe?

Student: On"the".

Teacher: Onwhat?

Class: The.

Teacher: Allright.Letuslistentothisstoryandseeifwecanfigureoutthetheme,themainidea,orthemoralofthis.TheBadKangaroo.TherewasasmallKangaroowhowasbadinschool.Heputthumbtacksontheteacher´schair.Hethrewspitballacrosstheclassroom.Hesetofffirecrackersinthelavatoryandspreadglueonthedoorknobs."Yourbehaviorisimpossible!"saidtheschoolprincipal."Iamgoingtoseeyourparents.Iwilltellthemwhataproblemyouare!"TheprincipalwenttovisitMr.andMrs.Kangaroo.Hesatdowninaliving-roomchair."Ouch!criedtheprincipal."Thereisathumbtackinthechair!""Yes,Iknow,"saidMr.Kangaroo."Ienjoyputtingthumbtacksinchairs."Aspitballhittheprincipalonhisnose."Forgiveme,"saidMrs.Kangaroo,"butIcanneverresistthrowingthosethings."

Therewasaloudboomingsoundinthebathroom."Keepcalm,"saidMr.Kangaroototheprincipal."Thefirecrackersthatwekeepinthemedicinechesthavejustexploded.Welovethenoise."Theprincipalrushedforthefrontdoor.Inaninstant,hewasstucktothedoorknob."Pullhard,"saidMrs.Kangaroo."Therearelittleglobsofglueonallofourdoorknobs."Theprincipalpulledhimselffree.Hedashedoutofthehouseandrandownhestreet."Suchaniceperson,"saidMr.Kangaroo."Iwonderwhyheleftsoquickly.""Nodoubthehadanappointment,"saidMrs.Kangaroo."Nevermind,supperisready."Mr.andMrs.Kangarooandtheirsonenjoyedtheireveningmeal.Afterthedessert,theyallthrewspitballsateachotherandacrossthedining-roomtable.Fablesoftenputthemoral,orthetheme,atthebottom.Doyouthinkwecanreadthistogether?Thislastsentence,startswithA.Fingeronit,let'sreadit[00:10:00].

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All: Achild'sconductwillreflectthewaysofhisparents.

Teacher: Whatintheworlddoesthatmean?Don'ttellme,tellthepersonnexttoyou.Whatdoesitmean[crosstalk00:10:20]?Okay,givemefive.WhatIwantyoutodonowistakeonestickynote.Fables,themoralsareoftenwritteninveryfancylanguage.Iwantyoutowriteitinnice,fourthgradelanguage.Whatisthemoralofthisstory?I'mgoingtogiveyoulike,exactly45seconds,sogo.Tenseconds.Remember,wewanttokeepthemoral,orthetheme,likewedoinclass,it'sgottobekindofshort.We'renotwritingaparagraph,sothinkaboutasentence.Asentenceisprettygood[00:12:00].Okay,Istillseeafewpencilsmoving,soI'llgiveyouanother15moresecondsorso.Now,takeanotherstickynoteandstickitontopofyourstory,soyoushouldhavetwostickynotes.Onthisstickynote,Iwantyoutoprovetome,fromthispiece,whyyourthemeiscorrect.Howdoyouknowyourthemeiscorrect?What,inhere,helpedyoucomeupwiththattheme?

I'mgoingtogiveyoualittlebitmoretimeforthis,thenwe'regoingtodiscussit.I'llgiveyouabout60secondsforthisone.Goahead,findmesomeevidence,supportinthestorythatsupportsyourtheme.Howdoyouknowthis?Agoodwaytostartwouldbelike,"Iknowthisisthethemoral,Iknowthisisthetheme,Iknowthisisthemainideabecause..."Like“Teacher”alwayssays,you'vegottodowhat?Proveittome,please[00:14:00].Okay,couplemoreseconds.Finishupyourideas,thenwe'regoingtostartourseminar.Okay,allpencilsaredown,solistenupcarefully.Iwouldlikesomeofyoutoshareyourideas,butfollowthisformat:"Ithinkthemoralofthisstoryis"whateveryourmoralis,"Becauseinthetext,Ifound."Andstateit.Isthereanyonethatwouldliketostartfirst?Let'sopenuptheseminar.Okay,we'llstartwith“student”.Remembertoeither,“student”,invitesomeonein,orsomeonemayrespondtowhat“student”says.Theotherruleweforgotabout[00:16:00]isdon'tlookatwho?

Student: You.

Student: Theteacher.

Teacher: Don'tlookatme.Whoarewelookingatallrightnow?

Student: Theclass.

Teacher: Who'sabouttospeak?

Class: “student”.

Teacher: Allright,herewego.

Student: Icameupwiththemoral,"Monkeysee,monkeydo"becausethatwastheshortestandmostaccuratemoralthatIcouldcomeupwith.Ifound,becausein

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thetext,thekangaroos,themotherandthefather,putthumbtacksdown,andtheygluedthedoorhandlesandtheythrewspitballs,sothekiddid,too.

Teacher: Okay.Anybodyagree,disagree?

Student: Iagree,becausewhatevertheparentsdo,andtheykidsarewatching,thekidswilldothesamethingbecauseit'spartoftheirtraitsfromtheirfamily.

Teacher: Oh,lookatthatvocabularyword.Traits,welearnedthat.He'ssayingit'soneofthoselearnedbehaviors.Twoclapsnapforthat,that'sfromscience.High-fiveonthat.Anybodyelsehaveadifferentmoral,amoralthatyou'vecomeupwith“student”?

Student: ThemoralthatIcameupwith...

Student: Readit!

Student: ThemoralthatIcameupwith,theysaidthatifyourparentsdosomething,youwillcopyit.Youwilllearnthattraitandkeepondoingit[anddoingit00:17:49].

Teacher: Howdoyouknow?

Student: Iknowbecausewhenthekangaroowasdoingallthisstuff,the[00:18:00]parentsdidit,too.Theparentsdidthesamethingasthekangaroo.

Student: Iagree,becausetheparentsweren'tteachingtheirkidmannersandstuff,andtoberespectfultoothers.Theyweredoingabunchofbadstuff,andtheywere...

Teacher: Theparents?You'resayingtheparentsweredoingbadthings?Oh,okay.

Student: [inaudible00:18:28].

Student: Iagreewith“student”and“student”becausewhattheirchildwoulddoinschool,likespitspitballsacrosstheroomandputglueonthedoorknobs,andputthumbtacksintheteacher'schair,theparentswoulddothesamethingasthekid.Then,whentheprincipalwenttotheirhouse,shesatonathumbtack.

Teacher: Igotaquestion:whydoyouthinktheauthorwrotethisstory?We'reinseminar,so...

Student: [crosstalk00:19:13]parentsthinkbeforetheydosomethinginfrontoftheirkids.

Teacher: Youthinktheauthorwaswritingthisforparents?

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Student: Yeah,becauseiftheparentsdosomethingbadinfrontofthekids,thekidsmightcopyit.Theymightgetintroubleatschool,too.Ithinktheparentsshouldwatchwhattheydobeforetheydoit,thinkwhattheydobeforetheydoit.

Student: Irespectfullydisagree.

Student: Yes.

Student: Ithinkthatwhattheauthorwastryingtoputoutwasforkids,youshouldn'tcopyeverysinglethingthatyousee.Justbecauseyourparentsmaydocertain[00:20:00]thingsdoesn'tmeanthatyoushould,anditmayalsobewrittenjusttoshowabadexample.

Student: Or,thekids,whentheywereyounger,theparentsusedtodoitinfrontofthem.Hecopiedthesamethingthathisparentsdidinfrontofhim.

Student: [crosstalk00:20:27]wouldn'tbeaboutkangaroos.

Student: Istilldisagree,but...

Teacher: Wait,whichonedoyoudisagreewith?

Student: Idisagreewithyou,[inaudible00:20:36].Ithinkit'sforthekids,becausesometimes,thekidscancorrecttheirparentsfromdoing...Iftheirparentsaredoingsomethingbad,maybethekidscancorrecttheirparentsifit'sabadideatodosomethingbadtootherpeople,orsomethingbadforotherpeople.

Teacher: Ihaven'theardanyoneonthisside,asksomebodywhattheythink.

Student: Whatdoyoudothinkaboutthat[line00:21:05]?

Student: Iagree,because...

Teacher: Withwho?

Student: With“student”,becausechildrencouldcorrecttheirparents.Ifparentssmoke,andiftheyhaveanotherchildintheirstomach,anddrink,becausethekidcouldenduphavingsomethingdifferentintheirbody,likedisabilities.Theycan'tdolikeotherchildren.

Teacher: Canyouinvitesomeonein,overhere?

Student: Whatdoyouthinkaboutthat,[“student”00:21:37]?

Student: Iagree,becausetheparentsshouldn'tbesettingbadbehaviorinfrontoftheirownchildbecausewhatevertheyparentswoulddo,thekidwilldo.They're

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learningthingsfromthem,andtheparentsaresupposedtosetthegoodbehavior.[00:22:00]Whatdoyouthinkaboutthat,“student”?

Student: Iagree,becausetheparentsaresupposedtosetagoodexampleforyou.

Teacher: Canyouhelpherout?“student”,whatdoyouthink?

Student: Iagree,becausethekidsshouldbeabletocorrecttheirparentsifthey'redoingsomethingbadlikethattoyou.Like“student”said,ifthey'resmokingordrinking,youshouldbeabletocorrecttheirparentsbecause,forinstancemymomusedtosmoke.Iwasafraidshewasgoingtogetcancer,becauseIsawacommercialthatwouldhappentopeople.Ikeptontellinghertostopsmoking,andoneday,sheeventuallystopped.

Teacher: Youthinktheauthorwrotethisforparents?Let'ssee,byshowofhands,ifyouthinktheauthorwroteitforparents,orifyouthinktheauthorwrotethisfableforchildren.Let'ssee,ifyouthinkit'swrittenforparents,raiseyourhandifyouthinktheaudienceisparents.Right,ifyouthinktheaudienceforthechild.“student”,youdidn'traiseyourhand.Whatdoyouthink?Handsdown.

Student: Ithinkit'salittlebitofboth.Thekiddoeslearnfromtheirparents,butthekidcanalsotelltheirparents"Don'tdothis,becauseit'swrong."Ifthekidcorrectedthem,thenIbetthatthekidwouldprobablyhavebetterdecisions,whichwouldbebetter.Thenagain,theparentdoesn'talwayslistentothekid.Sometimes,parentsjustignorethekid,andthatdoesn'thelpatall[00:24:00].Itjustgetsthemmad.

Teacher: Whatdoyouthink,Tyler,aboutwhat“student”justsaid?

Tyler: Ithinkyou'reright,“student”,becauseIaskmyparentsaboutstuff,andthentheyjustignoremesometimes.Sometimes,Imayasksomethingelse,theywillanswerafewdayslater.

Teacher: “student”hitthenailonthehead.Fablesarewrittenfor,guesswhat?

Student: Eachother.

Class: Everybody.

Teacher: Everybody.Itiswrittenforparents,itisalsowrittenforchildren.It'smeanttohaveuniversalmeaning.DoesanybodyknowwhatImeanwhenIsay"universalmeaning"?Youhaveanidea?Whatdoyouthink?

Student: Universalmeaningmeansitdependsonwhoyou'retalkingto.Peoplecouldhavedifferentmeanings,differentdefinitionsforwhatthisarticleisabout.

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Teacher: Butitshouldmeansomethingtothem,buthowtheyperceiveit.Ifyoumomordadreadthis,whatdoyouthinktheywouldthinkaboutit?

Student: Theywouldthink...

Teacher: Tellthepersonnexttoyou,whatdoyouthink?Ifitwaswrittenforyourparents,whatwouldtheythink?[“student”00:25:41],whatdoyouthink?Okay,givemefive.I'llaskyouinaminute,okay?Sorry,Brian,didIcutyouoff?Youcanfinishwhatyouweresaying.

Student: Then,hekeptcomingtogetitanyway.Then,Uncledidn'thaveenough.

Teacher: Willyoushare[00:26:00]thatwiththeclass?

Student: Mygrandpahadastroke,andheshouldreadthissohewouldlistentokidsmore.WhathappenedwasmyUncleneededtoborrowsomemoneybecauseGrandmaowedhimsome.ShegavethemoneytoGrandpa,andsheputmeinchargeofthem.Itoldhimnottospendit,buthespentitonpopcornanddrinksanyways,somyUncledidnothaveenoughmoney.

Teacher: Oh.Sometimes,childrencanbeabetterexample,oragoodexample,foradults.Doweagree?

Student: Yes.

Student: Mm-hmm(affirmative).

Teacher: Okay.Youguysdidreallywellwiththat,butthatwasone“Teacher”kindofhelpedyouwith.Now,Iwanttoseewhatyoucandoonourown.WhatI'mgoingtodoisI'mgoingtopassaroundthisbasket.You'regoingtosimplytakeonepieceofpaperoutofthebasket.Eachpaperhasadifferentfable.However,twootherpeopleintheclasswillhavethesamefableasyou.Thefirstthing,we'regoingtowaituntileveryonegetstheirfable.Then,you'regoingtohavetofindtheothergroupmembers.Onegroupwillonlyhavetwo,but“Teacher-2”'sgoingtotakethatextraone.Whatyou'regoingtodothen,you'regoingtotakeyourfableandyou'regoingtogotoanyarea.Youcansitnexttoeachotherinseminar,youcanfindaspaceintheroom.

You'regoingtohavetoreadthefable,andyou,yourgroup,isgoingtohavetocomeupwiththetheme,themainidea,orthemoral.Then,we'regoingtocomebacktoseminar.You'regoingtoreadyourfables,noticetheseareallkindofshort.Seehowshortthatis?It'sarealshortone.We'regoingtosharethefables,onepersonfromyourgroupwillreadthefablealoud.Youneedtohaveaspokespersoninyourgroupwho'sgoingtospeakforthegroup,andthey'regoingtosharetheirtheme.We,asaclass,we'regoingtodecideifwethinkyouguyscameupwithagoodmoral,orifwethinkyouneedtoworkonitalittlebitmore.Iftheclassagrees[00:28:00]withyourmoral,we'regoingtoputitinthe

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keepside.Ifwethinkyouneedtoworkonitalittlemore,wherearewegoingtoputit?

Class: Backinthethinktank.

Teacher: Backinthethinktank.Now,I'mgoingtopassthesearound...Situp[inaudible00:28:12],please.Thisshouldtakemaybe40secondstogoaround.Donotlookinheretryingtofindonethatyourfriendhas,Iwantyouliterallytopickandpass.Areweclear?GivemeanumberifyouunderstandwhatIjustsaid.Idon'twanttoseethis,lookingtoseewhat“student”hasandtryingtofinditinhere.Youtakeoneaspassiton,areweclear?Okay,verygood.Takeitandpass,quick.Chopchop,chopchopsuey!

Teacher-2: Doyouwantmetograbone?

Teacher: Yes,pleasegrabonebecausewehaveonestudentabsent.Takeandpass!Now,you'regoingtohavetofindyourothergroupmembers.“Teacher”isn'tgoingtohelpyou,I'mnotgoingtodoanything.Youhaveapproximatelytofindyourothergroupmember,andI'mgoingtosetthetimer.Listencarefully:oncethetimerisset,youandyourgroupneedtobereading.Youcangoanywhereintheclassroomthatyoulike,youjustneedtobewithyourgroup.Makesureyouhaveyourclipboardandyourstickynotes,yourstickynotesarewhereyou'regoingtowriteyourtheme.DoeseverybodyunderstandwhatIsaid?GivemeanumberifyouunderstandwhatIjustsaid.

Student: Oh,wait[00:30:00].

Teacher-2: Yes,“student”?Youhaveaquestion?

Student: Yes.Howdoweknowifthey'reinourgroupornot?

Teacher: They'regoingtohavethesamefableasyou.

Student: Thetitle[crosstalk00:30:08].

Teacher: Wait,you'vegottofigureouthowyou'regoingtofindthat.“Teacher”,youguysknowhowtoread.Letmegrabmytimer,becauseIleftitoverherebythesafety[scissors00:30:16].Youhavetwominutes,andwhenthetimergoesoff,youneedtobeinyourgroup.Areweclear?

Student: Yeah.

Teacher-2: Okay,go.

Student: “student”,doyouhaveTheDog?

Student: No.

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Teacher: Findaplace.

Student: Ivolunteertothewriterandexplainer.

Student: Ivolunteertoread.

Teacher: Oneminute.

Student: I'llread.

Student: [Maybeyou00:31:34]havetoreadtoeachother.

Student: Okay,ready?

Student: Ialreadyreadit.

Student: Didyoureaditalready,[crosstalk00:31:48]?

Teacher: Turnyourseatssoyou'refacingeachother,like[crosstalk00:31:50]you'refacingeachother.

Student: Areyoureadingitrightnow?

Student: Afterthat[00:32:00],Donkeydecidedthathewouldonlyeatdew.

Student: Okay,Ireadit.

Student: Ididn't.

Student: Hediedofhunger.

Student: Igetit.

Student: Okay.Ithinkthatthemoralofthestoryisnomatterwhatsize,youcanalwayshelp.

Student: TheDonkeyheardthat[crosstalk00:32:18].

Student: Ifyou'resmall,orifyou'rebigger,doesn'tmatterwhatsize,youcanalwayshelp.

Student: Whatdidyouguyseattogetthatsweetmelodyofyours?Then,thegrasshoppersaiddew.Sohesearchedforit,thenhediedofhunger.Thatmeansthatheneveractuallyfoundrealdew.

Student: Ithinkthemoralisit'susuallynotbecauseofwhatweeat[crosstalk00:32:53].

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Student: Nomatterwhatsize,youcanalwayshelp.

Student: Nomatterwhatsize,youcanalwayshelp.

Student: Ifyou'rebigger,orsmaller.

Student: Yeah.

Teacher: Okay,and[crosstalk00:33:02]?Youhaveaskwhatyouthinkyourmoralis,Iwantyoutoproveittome.Howdoyouknow?

Student: That'salittlebit[approved00:33:19]withhow[crosstalk00:33:20].

Student: Well,duh.Weneedtoprovethis.

Student: That's[crosstalk00:33:27]explaining.

Student: Justbecause[crosstalk00:33:29].

Student: [crosstalk00:33:42]Whatyoudodoesn'tmatter.

Teacher: Ohyeah,[crosstalk00:33:49].Maybeyoucanmakeit[crosstalk00:33:54].Remember,Ineedproof.Provetomethatthat'swhatthatmoral[00:34:00]is,makesureyouwriteitdown.

Student: Ithinkthat,nomatterwhatsize,youcanalwayshelp.Theproofisnowyoucanseethatevenamousecanhelpalionsometimes.It'sbasicallyexactlywhatwejustsaid.

Student: Wefoundtheproofinourlastsentence,thissoundssogood.[crosstalk00:34:10].

Teacher: Doyouhaveyourpersonthat'sgoingtoreadit,explainit,andeverybodyunderstands?Ishouldbeabletoaskanyofyou,anyinthisgroup,Ishouldbeabletoaskyouallaboutit.Readitonemoretime,makesureyouknow.

Student: I'llreaditoutloudnow.Alionlookedupwhenamouseranoverhisface.Theangrylioncaughtthemouse,andwasabouttokillhim.Firstoff,whywouldamouserunoveralion'sface?Justsaying.

Student: Becausehe'sprobablygoingtoannoyhimorsomething[crosstalk00:34:39].

Student: Probablytogettothelion.

Student: Hesaid,"Ifyousparemylife,IamsureIcanhelpyouinthefuture."Thelionlaughedatthisidea,butletthemousego.Notlongafter,thelionwascaughtbyhuntersandtiedtotheground.Then,themouseheardthelionroaring.He

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cameupandgnawedthroughtheropesholdingthelioncaptive."YoulaughedattheideathatIcouldhelpyou,"saidthemouse."Now,youcansaythatevenamousecanhelpalionsometimes."

Teacher: Okay.What'syourmoral,what'dyouguyscomeupwith?

Student: Beyourself.[crosstalk00:34:55]beyourself.

Teacher: Youjustgottobeyourself?Hopeit'sright.Yeah,thatwasonehewasdrinkingdew?

Student: Eatingdew.

Teacher: Eatingdew,[that's00:35:07]Donkey.Youthinkthatyoushouldjustbeyourself?

Student: Yeah.

Teacher: Canyouproveittome?Doyouhaveproofinthere?Makesureyouhavebothofthosewrittendown,becausewhenwecomeback,Ineedtoknow.Whatdoyouguysgot?

Student: Iwantedtoexplaintheproof,shesaidshe'sgoingtochooseanyofus.

Student: Yeah,butI'mgoingtobetalking.Then,youguyswillcomeinandtalkwhensheasksyou.

Student: Beyourself,don'tadd...

Student: [crosstalk00:35:41]explainitinsteps.

Teacher: Kindoflikeinaclock,right?Whatwouldhappenifeverybodywasdoingtheirownthing,allthetime?

Student: [inaudible00:35:51][00:36:00].

Teacher: Kindoflikehowyouguysareworkingtogetherrightnow,aren'tyou?What'sgoingtohappenifyouworktogether,what's[crosstalk00:36:13]aboutbeingtogether?Ooo,Iheardthat.Yousaidwhat?Differentideas[crosstalk00:36:21].Ifyouwrite[crosstalk00:36:25],butyouknowI'mgoingtoaskyouforthatproof.Ifyoucanproveitto,it'sright.

Student: Beyourself,don'tactlikesomeoneelse.

Teacher: Allright,what[one00:36:46]didyouguyscomeupwith?

Student: Iknowthisisthetheme.

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Student: Youdon'tknowwhatwe'redoing,“student”?

Student: [crosstalk00:37:08]becausehediedofhungerand[crosstalk00:37:11].

Student: Youknowwhatthethemeis?Repeatthethemetome.

Student: Nomatterhow,becausehedied[crosstalk00:37:19],youcanalwayshelp.

Student: Andtheproofisnowyoucanseethatevenamousecanhelpalion.

Student: Here,justreaditinyourmind.

Student: I'mnotgoingtorememberit.

Student: Youhavethepaperinyourface.

Student: Now,youcanseethatevenamouse...

Student: Imadealittlearrowthatsaidproof[crosstalk00:37:45].

Student: Oh,thisisthethemebecause...[00:38:00]Inthetext,itsaid.

Student: Holdthepaperonyourclipboard.

Student: Okay.

Student: Ifounditrightthere.

Student: I'mgoingtothe[crosstalk00:39:13],becauseTeacher'sgoingtoaskallofus[crosstalk00:39:16]putinontheboard[crosstalk00:39:19].

Student: She'sgoingtoputinthe[crosstalk00:39:25],Ithink,inthethinktank,orinthekeep.

Student: Okay.

Student: Thethinktank?

Student: Thethinkingtank.

Student: That'snotwith[heat00:39:41].

Teacher: Maybeyoushouldbecareful[crosstalk00:39:52].Whatwasthat?Why?No,tellmewhy.Find[00:40:00]theproofastowhy.Why[crosstalk00:40:01]?Whatyouguysgotoverhereaboutyourfable?

Student: Youcanjustwriteontheback,dude.

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Student: Idon'tcare!

Student: Ithinkthemoralofthestoryisjustbeyourself.Iknowthisbecauseinthetext,itsaysbecauseifyouareadonkeyandyouliketoeatthe[crosstalk00:40:34]becausethat'snotwhatdonkeyseat.Donkeysdon'teat[crosstalk00:40:43].

Student: Ithinkthethemeisbeyourself,don'tactlikesomeoneelse.Don't[crosstalk00:40:59].Iknowthisis[crosstalk00:41:03]inthetext,heatedew,andhediedofhungerbecausethatisnotwhatdonkeyseat.

Teacher: Givemefive,please.Givemefive.[I'm00:41:18]hearingvoices,butIshouldseealleyeballs.Wearegoingtocomeback.I'mgivingyouonemoreminute,sohaveyourideasfinalized.Ifyoualreadyhaveyourideasfinalized,youmaycomesitinseminar,butsitnexttoyourgroupmembers.Makesureyouneedtohaveaspeaker.

Student: I'llbethespeaker,I'lltellyoumine.Beyourself,hediedofhungerbecausehedidn'tgetwhathisbodyneeded.Heneededcertainthingsthatdewdidn'thave.Therewereholes[crosstalk00:41:53].

Student: [crosstalk00:41:52]justuseyours,okay?

Student: Okay.

Teacher: Makesureyou'realltogetheronyourideas.[crosstalk00:41:56]sitnexttoyourgroup[00:42:00].

Student: Letmegetmychair.

Student: It'srighthere.

Student: I'mgoingtogetmychair.

Teacher: Youthreeareagroup?

Student: Yeah.

Teacher: Youthreeareagroup?

Student: Yeah.

Teacher: Okay.

Student: You'regoingtobesittingoverthere[crosstalk00:42:14].

Teacher: Yeah.Cometogether,allthreetogether.Okay,I'llgiveyoulike30moreseconds.Thoseofyouthatarestillwriting,finishupwithyourwriting.Imet

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withallofyou,soyouprettymuchhaveyourmoralsdecided.“student”,ifyouwant,Iwillreadyourgroup,ifyouwantmeto.Doyouwantmetoreadit?

Student: Yeah.

Teacher: Idon'tknowhowIgotthree[inaudible00:43:14].I'mnotgoingtoreadthatpart,you'vegottoreadthatpart,“student”.

Teacher-2: “student”,where'syour[group00:43:21]?

Student: Righthere.

Teacher-2: Okay,soyouturnitover,[crosstalk00:43:24].

Student: “student”,sitwithyourgroup.

Teacher-2: Yougottositwithyourgroup.

Teacher: Again.

Teacher-2: Yougottomoveoveronebecause“student”'s...“student”,honey,let'sgo.We'remissingachair?

Teacher: Apparently.Somebodyprobablyjustpulleditout.It'sokay,youcansitdown.Scootthischairdown[00:44:00].Allright.Iwasabletomeetwithallofyou,andby“student”,Ithinkyou'vegotit.I'mprettysure,butIwanttohearwhatyouhavetosay.I'mgoingtoreadonegroup,becauseIhappenedtogetonegroupofallshies,shykids.Idon'tknowhowthathappened.I'mgoingtoreadtheirfableforthem,andwe'regoingtoeachlisten.Theseareallveryshort,soyoushouldhaveyourspeakerandbereadytogo.We'regoingtoliterallygoaroundthecircle,andwhenwegettoyouguys,I'lljustreadyourfable.Youneedtolistencarefullytoeachspeaker,alleyesshouldbeonthepersonthatisspeaking.Weneedtolistentothefable,becauseyou'regoingtohavetodecidewhetherornotyouagreeordisagreewiththeirmoral.They'regoingtoprovidesupporttohelpconvinceyou.Yes,“student”?

Student: Canthetalkerstandupwhendoingit?

Teacher: Yes.Thespeakermaystand,iftheylike.Arethereanyotherquestions?Okay,wearegoingtostartwiththisfirstgrouptomyleft,whichis“student”,“student”,and“student”.Who'sgoingtoreadyourfable?

Student: Iam.

Teacher: Areyougoingtostand?Readthefablefirst,please.

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Student: Thefableisadogwithsomemeatinhismouthwaswalkingacrossabridge.Helookeddownandsawhisreflectioninthewater.Thisfoolishdogmistookhisreflectionforanotherdogwithamuchlargerpieceofmeat.Heimmediatelydroppedhisownmeatandattackedtheotherdog.Ofcourse,thereflectionwasonlyinthewater,andhissupperwaswashedaway.Ourgroupdecidedthatthemoraltothisfableisyoushouldbethankfulforthatyoualreadyhave.Thisisbecausehethoughtthathis[00:46:00]reflectionwasanotherdogwithalargerpieceofmeat,sohedroppedhistogetthebiggerpiece,anddidn'thaveanythingafterall.

Teacher: Hmm.Doweagreewiththatone?Yes?No?Maybeso?Anybodydisagree,hearadifferentfable?Anybodywanttocomment?[00:46:17]?Oh,itlookedlikeyourhandwasup.Pleasestickyourfable,arewegoingtoputitinthekeep,orbackinthethinktank?Thumbsup,orthumbsdownplease?Goahead,thumbsup,thumbsdown.Let'ssee.Or,sidewaysifyou'renotsure.Youknowhowwedoit.Lookslikewe'regoingtokeepthatone,soyoucangostickitupthere.Everybodygiveheratwoclapsnap,goodjobfirstgroup.It'salwaysscariesttogofirst.Next,wehave“student”,“student”,and“student”.Whichoneisthespeaker?Okay.

Student: TimandJoeyweretravelingtogether,andverysilentlybecausetheydidn'twanttobecaught.Timquicklyclimbedintoatree,Joeyfellflatontheground.ThebearsniffedJoeyalloverhisbody.Heheldhisbreathandpretendedtobedead.Thebearwentawaybecausebearswillnottouchadeadbody.Timcamedownfromthetreeandmakeajoke.TimaskedJoey,"Whatdidthebearwhisperinyourear?"Joeyfrowned.Hesaid,"Thebeartoldmenevertotravelwithafriendwhorunsawaywhendangercomes."

Teacher: Verynice.Whatwasyourmoral?

Student: Mymoralwaschoosefriendswisely,becausesomewilljusttrytogetstuffoutofyou.Theywon'tstickwithyouwhensomethingbadcomes,they'lljustleaveyoualone.

Teacher: Anybodyeverhadafriendlikethat[00:48:00]?

Student: Yes.

Teacher: Or,somebodyyouthoughtwasyourfriend,thentheyturnedoutnottobeyourfriend?Anybodywanttoshareastorythathappenedlikethatforthem?

Class: No.

Teacher: Youwant“Teacher”toshareherstory?

Student: No.Yes.

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Class: Yes.

Teacher: When“Teacher”wasincollege,Igotstrandedreallyfaraway,becauseIdidn'thaveacar.Iwasafreshmanincollege,andweweren'tallowedtohavecarsonourcampus.Ihadthreefriendsthathadcars,orsoIthoughtweremyfriends.Doyouknowtheyleftmeontheothersideoftown?PictureKailua,andbeingstuckin[00:48:37].YouhavetogetbacktoKailua,butyoudon'thaveacar.

Student: Icouldwalk.

Teacher: Youcouldwalk.

Student: Waimanalonotfar.

Student: Iknowmywayback.

Teacher: Well,it'snotfar,buthowlongwouldittakemetogetthere?

Student: Aboutthreehours,twohours.

Teacher: Let'stakeitalittlefarther.Twohourswalking?Notthatlong.

Student: Forme,towalktomyhouse,maybesinceI[walk00:48:58]inlike15minutes.

Student: I[know00:49:00]lotsofpeoplethatmadeitlikehalfanhour.

Student: Youliveclose,right?

Teacher: Youwouldhaveotherfriends,though,“Teacher”didn'thave.TheothertimewasIgotreallysick,Ihadthefluincollege.Doyouknowwhatallmyfriendsdid?

Class: What?

Teacher: Theyleftme.Theywentoutandhadfun,andIwasjustintheroom,sick,throwingup.Theydidn'tevencare.Theydidn'tcall,theydidn'tcheckonme.Weretheyreallymyfriend?

Class: No.

Teacher: “Teacher”hadtolearnthatlessonthehardway.

Student: Didyoutreatthemlikeafriend?

Teacher: Yeah,Idohavesomefriendsfromcollege.IhavesomefriendsthatI'vehadnowthathavebeenmyfriendsfor20years,butthatwaswhenIfirstwenttocollege

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andIthoughteveryonewasmyfriend.Everyonewasnot.Didyouhaveastory,“student”?

Student: Yes.Onetime,wewereplayinginthisrockyarea.Arockwaswatery,soItwistedmyankle.Myfrienddidnothelpme,eventhoughIscreamedforhelp.Hewalkedoff.

Teacher: Oh,bummers.That'swhatI'mtalkingabout.Okay,let'sgeta...Oh,youhaveastory,“student”?

Student: Yeah[00:50:00].There'sthisgirlthatIliveby,hernameis“student”.EverytimeItrytogo,sincewecalloutpeopletogoaskthemiftheycanplayoutside,shewaslyingbecauseshedidn'twanttoplaywithme.Shetoldmethatshewasmybestfriend.It'sdifficulttolivebyherbecauseshegoesagainstme,andsheusesmejusttogoinmyhouseandstuff.

Teacher: Right.Let'sseethethumbsuporthumbsdownifweagreewiththeirmoral,orsidewaysifyou'renotsure.

Student: Ihatethatgirl!

Teacher: Youhatethegirl.

Student: [crosstalk00:50:41].

Teacher: Verynice.Pleasestickyoursinthekeep,anddomeafavor.Canyouguysusemagnetstostickthemupthere?Usually,westickthemonourboard,onourwhitepaper,butwe'llusemagnets.Stickituptherewiththemagnets,they'reontheside.

Student: Wait,minesisnotspelledright.

Teacher: Doesn'tmatter,we'renotcheckingforspelling.We'recheckingforyourideas,andyouhadgreatideas.Allright,we'regoingtoquicklyputthoseup.Thankyou,“student”,theycangrabthem.Allright,nextgroup.

Student: Awolfhadabonestuckinhisthroat.

Teacher: Can'thearyou.

Student: Awolfhadabonestuckinhisthroat.Hepromisedacranealotofmoneytoputherheadinhismouthandpulloutthebone.Whenthecranehadextractedthebone,sheaskedforpayment.Thewolfbaredhisteethatthecraneandgrowled,"Thinkyourselflucky.YouwerepaidenoughwhenIletyoutakeyouheadfrommyjawswithoutbitingitoff."

Teacher: Woo!Whatwasthemoralofthatone?“student”?

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Student: Themoralthatwecameupwithwasbethankfulforwhatyougot,because[00:52:00]ifyougotyourheadtakenoffandstillpaid,youcouldn'tdoanythingwithit.

Teacher: Sayitagain,Idon'tthinktheyheardyou.

Student: Ifthewolftookyourheadoff,buthestillpaidyou,youwouldn'tbeabletodoanythingwithit.Rather,haveyourheadnottakenoff,andliveyourlife.

Teacher: Verynice.Anybodyeverbeenungrateful?

Student: Yeah.

Class: Yeah.

Teacher: Yourparentskindofscoldyouforthat.Anybodyeverybeenungrateful,andyourparentssaid,"Well,sinceyou'reungrateful,thenyoudon'tneeditatall."Haveyoueverheardthatone?

Class: Yes.

Teacher: Mymomsaidthatwithme,lotsoftimes.Youwhatwouldhappen?Whenyougotothegrocerystore,yourparentseversay,"Don'tyouaskforanything!"Dotheyeversaythat?

Student: Yeah,andthen[crosstalk00:52:49].

Teacher: Thenyousee[this00:52:49],andyou'reaskingandyou'reaskingandyou'reasking,andyouendupgettingsomethingsevereinexchange.

Student: Actually,everytimeIaskmygrandmathat,shealwaysgetsomethingbecause[crosstalk00:53:00].

Teacher: Well,grandmasaredifferent,grandmasaredifferent.

Student: Well,mygrandma[crosstalk00:53:03].

Student: Mygrandma'slikemymom,shedoesn'tletmegetanything.

Student: She'slikemymom.

Teacher: We'retalkingovereachother,thisisnotourseminarrule.Okay,therewego.Allright,doweagreewithhis?Thecranekepthiswhat?

Student: Head.

Teacher: Shouldhebehappy,ornot?

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Class: Yes.

Teacher: Thumbsup,thumbsdownifweagree.Youguysaredoing...

Student: Wait,couldI[add00:53:22]?

Teacher: Ifyoudisagree,orifyou'renotsure,Iwouldliketohearwhy.“student”?

Student: Tellthem,notme.Iagree,butdisagreeatthesametimebecauseI'mnotreallysure.Yourmoraltothefableisreallyreasonable,butsomethingthatIwasthinkingofwasyourfable,wasthatthewolfshouldmakereasonablepromisesto[00:54:00]thegooseitwas,right?

Teacher-2: Thecrane.

Teacher: Thecrane.Itlookslike“student”mayhavehadacomment.Couldyouinvitehim,“student”?

Student: Whatdoyouthinkaboutthat,“student”?

Student: I'mthesameas“student”.Youshouldmakepromisesandnotbreakthem,becauseotherwise,shewon'thelpyoueveragain.Or,thecranewon'teverhelpyou.Yougottomakepromisesthatyoucankeep,ratherthanbreakingthemandsaying,"Aww,toobad.Youshouldbehappyyoudidn'tgetyourheadchoppedoff."Really,youshouldkeepyourpromise.

Teacher: Anybodyelseagreeordisagreewithwhatwassaid?Pleaseinvitesomeone,“student”.

Student: Whatdoyouthinkaboutit,“student”?

Student: Ithinkthecraneshould'vejustbeenabletodoasolidforthewolf,becausethewolfcouldeasilyonedayhelpthecrane.Whatifthewolf,oneday,wentlikethattothecrane?Whatifthecraneneededhelp,andthewolf'slike,"Where[is00:55:11]mypayment?"Justdoasolidforsome[inaudible00:55:13].

Teacher: You'resayingyoushouldjustbenice.Youshouldjustbekindtopeople,because.I'vegotaquestionforyou.Itwasawolfandacrane.Anybodyhaveanyideawhytheywouldchooseawolfandcrane?Whywouldn'ttheychooselikeawolfadog?Orawolfandabear,orawolfandalion?Whywouldthisauthorchooseawolfandacrane?

Student: What'sacrane?

Teacher: It'satypeofbird.“student”?

Student: Becausecraneshavelongnecks,sotheycanreach...

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Teacher: Holdon,wait.Let'slisten.

Student: Becausecraneshavelongnecks,sotheycanreachtheirheadintothewolf'snecktogettheboneout.

Teacher: That'sagoodreason.Whataboutfoodchain?

Class: Oh!

Teacher: Tellyourneighbor.Whywouldtheychooseawolfandacrane,basedonthefoodchain[00:56:00].Absolutely.Givemefive,let'scomeback.“student”hadainterestingexplanationforwhytheywouldchooseawolfandacrane,andI'dlikehertoshareit.Ifanybodywouldliketocomment,pleasefollow-upafterwards.

Student: Becausethey'dhavea[lower00:57:07]thingthefoodchainbecauseawolfcouldbeapredator.

Teacher: Tothewhat?

Class: Crane.

Teacher: Tothecrane.Typically,hewouldeatthecrane.Pictureyourself,you'rethecrane.Wouldyouhelpthewolfout?

Student: No.

Student: No.

Student: Yes.

Student: Probablynot,becauseIwouldgeteaten.

Teacher: Tellyourneighborwhatyouwoulddo,tellthemwhy.Okay,Igotanotherone.Givemefive.Ihearddifferentthings.Iheardpeoplestillsayingyeah,youwouldjustdoittobenice.Iheardsomepeoplesayno.Whatifitwasyouandalion?

Class: No!

Teacher: Tellyourneighbor[00:58:00].Okay,givemefive.Thisone,weactuallyhadalmostsplitdownthemiddle.Wehavetwodifferentsidesofthis,twodifferentperspectives.Ithinkeverybody'sperspectivesoundedsimilarwhenIsaidyouandalion,though.Everybody'sfacewaslike,"Ohyeah,no.Thatlion'sjustgoingtohavethatboneinhisthroat."WhatIwouldlikeyoutodoistostickyourtheme,stickitdirectlyontheline.Canyoudothat,please?Thankyou.Wehadtwodifferentsides,twodifferentperspectives.I'mgoingtoreadforthisgroup,becausethey'reallsuperquiet.Anantwenttotheriverbankforthedrink.The

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unluckyantfellintothewaterandalmostdrowned.Adovewassittinginatreehangingovertheriver.Shepluckedaleafandletitfallinthewaterneartheant.Theantclimbedintotheleafandfloatedbacktotheriverbank.Later,ahunterarrivedandbegantomakeatrapforthedove.Theantcameandstungthehunteronthefoot.Thepainfulstingmadethehuntercryout.Thedovewaswarnedofthedangerandflewaway.“student”isgoingtotelluswhat'sthemoralofthemofthisone.

Student: Ifsomeonehelpsyou,youshouldhelpthemback.

Teacher: Howdoyouknow?

Student: Becausetheantgetbacktotheriverbankandnotdrown,andtheanthelpedthedovenotgettrappedandnotgetkilled.

Teacher: Cananybodythinkofarulethatwe...Youprobably[01:00:00]heardthisrulesinceyouwereinkindergarten,youprobablyhearditeverysingleyear.Don'tscreamitatme,don'ttellme.Tellthepersonnexttoyou,whatwereyou[crosstalk01:00:09].Okay,givemefive.What'sthatruleI'mtalkingabout,whocantellmethatrule?Wecallitsomething,too.Wecallittheblankrule.Ithinkallofyoushouldtellme,whatkindruleisit?The...

Class: GoldenRule.

Teacher: Whatisit?

Class: Treateverybodyhowyouwanttobetreated.

Teacher: Verynice.Theirmoralwasspot-on.Dowehaveanydissension,anybodywhodoesn'tagree?Allright,canyoustickinonthekeepside?Movingrightalongwith“student”,“student”,and“student”.

Student: Eww.

Teacher: Youshould'vehadyourspeakerbeforeyoucamebackhere.

Student: Afatherhadsonswhowerealwaysquarreling.Theywouldnotlistenwhenhetoldthemaboutthedangerofdisagreement.Thisfatherdecidedtogivehissonsapartiallesson.Hetookabundleofsticksandaskedeachson,inturn,tobreakthebundle.Noneofhissonswereabletodothis.Then,thefatheropenedthebundleandgavehissonsseparatesticks.Ofcourse,thesonscouldbreakthesestickseasily.Thefathersaid,"Ourfamilyislikethisbundleofsticks.Whilewearetogether,nothingcanbreakus.Whenwearedivided,ourenemies[01:02:00]willbreakusaseasilyasthesesticks."

Teacher: Okay,what'syourmoral?

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Student: Themoralofthisstoryiswhenyoubreakapartfromyourfamily,youalwaysdisagree.Youalwaysfightaboutwhatyouwantandwhattheywant.Ifthispersonwantstodothis,andtheotherpersonwantstodothis,they'llalwayskeepfightingandfightingandneverstop.Fatheristeachingthemalessonaboutifthey'retogether,theycan'tbebroken,sotheywon'talsodisagreeandalwaysfight.

Teacher: Verynice.Atschool,weknowaboutbullying,right?

Class: Yes.

Teacher: Howwouldthisapplytobullying?Tellyourneighbor.Together,wouldtheybeabletobully[crosstalk01:03:48]?That'showwewhat?That'showweroll.[crosstalk01:03:53].Whenyoupracticethisfableeveryday,[crosstalk01:03:57].Verynice[01:04:00].Okay,givemefive.Whocanhelpmeoutwiththat,withthatbullying?Howdoesthatfablerelatetobullying,“student”?Then,canyouinvite“student”after,becauseheraisedhishand?

Student: Ifyoustickasone,andsomeonegetsbulliedinourclass,andwe'reallaround,noonewillpickonthembecausewe're[inaudible01:04:25]one,andnoonegetsbullied.

Student: That'showweroll.

Teacher: That'swhat?

Class: That'showweroll.

Teacher: That'showwerollinI-21,that'sreallyhowweroll.Canyouinvite?

Student: Whatdoyouthinkaboutthat,“student”?

Student: Iagree,becauseifweweredivided,itwouldactuallybetobullying.Onceyoustartedfighting,youwouldstartingdisagreeingalot.Whenyoustartedfighting,youcouldreallystarttogetmadwitheachother,startcallingeachothernames,andpushingeachotheraroundbecauseyoujustdisagree,andit'sallitledto.

Teacher: Buttogether...

Student: Youagree,andyoudon'tfight.

Teacher: Verynice,weworktogether.Eventhoughwe'remorethanone,“student”madeacomment.Dowealwayshavetohavethesameidea?

Class: No.

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Teacher: Isitokay?

Class: Yes.

Teacher: What'sthedifference?Howcomeinonecase,you'refighting,andonecaseyou'renot?What'sthedifference.Tellyourneighbor,don'ttellme.What'sthat?

Student: Disagreementsarepartoflife.Ifeveryonealwaysagrees,[crosstalk01:05:38].

Teacher: Soit'sokay[01:06:00]to[crosstalk01:06:01]?But,weknowtodisagreeacertainway,whatdowe[crosstalk01:06:03]?Right.Canyoupleasesharethatwhenwecomeback?

Student: Yes.

Teacher: Thankyou.Okay,givemefiveplease.There'sadifferencebetweendisagreeingandbullying.I'mgoingtostartwith“student”and“student”becauseIheardwhattheysaid.Feelfreetorespondtowhattheyhavetosay.Goahead.

Student: Disagreeingispartoflife,butdisagreeingisonlygoodifyouknowhowtodisagreecorrectly.Don'tdisagree,likeina[battery01:06:57],don'tsay,"Ithinkyou'rewrong,justbecauseofmythought."Justwhatyouthink.Disagreeingupon...

Teacher: Howcouldyousayit?“student”saysitallthetime,shesaysI...

Student: Disagreerespectfully.

Teacher: Irespectfullydisagree,yes.

Student: Or,Idisagreewithyouropinion...Ithinkit'sagoodthing,butIdisagreewithitbecause,andyoucouldsayblahblahblah.

Student: You'reright,IrespectfullydisagreebecauseIbelievethatthereisrespectindisagreement,butyoudon'thavetosaythatyouliketheidea.Youdon'thavetosay,"Oh,that'sgoodidea,butIalsothink",whichisgood.Youdon'thavetolikeit,youjusthavetorespectfullydisagree.Itdoesn'thavetobe[crosstalk01:07:59].

Teacher: There'sawordIwantyoutosay,letmeheartheword[01:08:00]validate.

Class: Validate.

Teacher: Acknowledge.

Class: Acknowledge.

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Teacher: Youacknowledgewhatthepersonsays,thenyouvalidatethembysayingsomethinglike,"“student”,Irespectfullydisagreebecause..."Youdonothavetosay,"Ilikeyouropinion,andthisismine"becausethat'skindofnotbeinghonest.Ifyoureallydon'tagreewithwhattheysay,it'sfinetodisagree.Youjustneedtomakesureyouacknowledgeandvalidatewhattheysaid.

Student: Disagreeisapartoflife,becauseifwedid[not01:08:32]disagree,everyonewouldsaythesamething.Ifyou'retalkingtoeachother,youguyssaythesamething,anditmightbeweird.Ifonlyonepersonsaysit,thenyouthinkaboutsomethingelse,youcansay,"Idisagreewithyours".Or,"Ithinkthatyoursisgood,butIdisagreewithit."

Teacher: Verynice.Dowehaveathumbsupforthatgroup?Okay,please[add01:09:02]yourstothekeep.Nextgroup,weonlyhavetwomore.Who'sthespeakerforyouguys,[crosstalk01:09:08]?

Student: Us?Okay,I'llread.Oneday,adonkeyheardsomegrasshopperschirpingandlovedthemelody.Thedonkeywishedhecouldsingthesameway.Heaskedthegrasshopperswhatsortoffoodtheylivedon.Thedonkeythoughtthegrasshopperfoodwasthesecrettotheirbeautifulvoices.Thegrasshopperstoldthedonkeytheylivedondew.Afterthat,thedonkeydecidedhewouldonlyeatdew.Ashorttimelater,hediedofhunger.

Teacher: Thatwaskindoffunnytome,becausethedonkeywaseatingwhat?Whatwasheeating,“student”?

Class: Dew.

Teacher: Dew.Now,I'mprettysuredonkeysdon'teatdew.Whatwasyourmoral?

Student: Beyourself[01:10:00],don'tbesomeonewhoareyouarenot.

Student: Youdon'talwayshavetobeperfect.

Student: Justlistenaboutyourinstinctsandwhatyouwanttodo.

Teacher: Saythat,followyourwhat?

Student: Instincts.Youcanstill[seem01:10:18]good,it'sjustthatit'snotwhattheyeat,it'sforwhatyoudo.Thegrasshoppers,theyjustdothatsoundbecause.Whentheyrubtheirlegs,theymakethatsound.Thedonkeycannotmakethatsounds,heprobablymighthufforpufforsomething.Hecannotmakethesound,butstill,he'sadonkey.Itdoesn'tmatterifthegrasshopperssoundgood,orbetterthanhim.Justgowhatyouthinkaboutyourself.

Student: [crosstalk01:11:00]

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Teacher: Didyouhavesomethingadd,“student”?

Student: Basically,you'vegottobeyourself.Hediedofhunger,you'vegottorealizethat.Hedidn'tgetwhathisbodyneeded,andheneededcertainthingsthatdewdefinitelydidnothave.Therereallywasn'tholesinhim,butit'sliketherewasholesinhim.Hedidn'thavesomestuffthatheabsolutelyneededtolive.

Teacher: Verynice.Twoclapsnaponthat,wasveryconcise.Doweagree,disagree?Whatdowegot?Thumbsup,thumbsdown?Pleaseaddittothekeep,andourlastgroup.Areyougoingtostand,[01:11:39]?

Student: Yes.

Teacher: Ofcourseyouare.

Student: Thankyou,“student”.

Teacher: Comeon,let'sgo.

Student: Alionwokeupwhenamouseranoverhisface.Theangrylioncaughtthemouseandwasabouttokillhim.Theterrifiedmousepleadedwiththelion.Hesaid,"If[01:12:00]yousparemylife,IamsureIcanhelpyouinthefuture."Thelionlaughedatthisidea,butletthemousego.Notlongafter,thelionwascaughtbyhuntersandtiedtotheground.Then,themouseheardthelionroaring.Hecameupandgnawedthroughtheropesholdingthelioncaptive."YoulaughedattheideathatIcouldhelpyou,"saidthemouse."Now,youcansaythatevenamousecanhelpalionsometimes."

Teacher: Youreadawfulfast.MayIreaditagain?Justalittleslowersoeverybodycanhear?

Student: Icanreadslower.

Teacher: Okay,readalittleslower.

Student: Ahem.Alionwokeupwhenamouseranoverhisface.Theangrylioncaughtthemouseandwasabouttokillhim.Theterrifiedmousepleadedwiththelion.Hesaid,"Ifyousparemylife,IamsureIcanhelpyouinthefuture."Thelionlaughedatthisidea,butletthemousego.Notlongafter,thelionwascaughtbyhuntersandtiedtotheground.Then,themouseheardthelionroaring.Hecameupandgnawedthroughtheropesholdingthelioncaptive."YoulaughedattheideathatIcouldhelpyou,"saidthemouse."Now,youcansaythatevenamousecanhelpalionsometimes."

Teacher: Okay,sowhat'syouguys'theme?

Student: Ourthemewas...

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Teacher: Tellthem,you'relookingatme.

Student: Notmatterwhatsize,youcanalwayshelp.Ourproofwasitsaiddirectlyinthetext,"Nowyoucanseethatevenamousecanhelpalionsometimes."

Teacher: Ifweapplythattopeople,howwouldwesaythataboutpeople?

Student: Inpeople,wecouldsay...

Student: Howabouthelpingwith“student”?

Teacher: Well,maybenot.ThinkbacktoTheBadKangarooone.WithTheBadKangaroo,whoarewetalkingabout?Kidsand...

Class: Parents.

Teacher: Parents.Inthecaseof,canyousitdownformenow?Ican'tseethepeople.Inthecase,like“student”gavetheexample,cankidshelptheirparentssometimes?

Class: Yes.

Teacher: Canparentshelptheirkids?

Class: Yes.

Teacher: Kids,ambassadors,whereyouat?Youguysareallinthefourthgrade,buthaveyouhelpedlotsofpeoplethisyear?

Class: Yes.

Teacher: Whatkindofthingshaveyoudone?

Student: WegavegoodtotheKennyMcKindlekids.

Teacher: McKinney[Vento01:13:59]kids,right[01:14:00]?Whatelsedidyoudo?

Student: Weprovidedbackpackswith[inaudible01:14:06]insideofitforkidsthatdon'thavebackpacks.

Teacher: Mm-hmm(affirmative),whatelsedidyoudo?

Student: Themoneythatweraisedfor[GlowDance01:14:14],weusedforthepreschoolers.

Teacher: Fortheirwhat?

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Student: Fortheirplaygroundequipment.

Teacher: Right,andhowoldareyouguys,righthere,thisclass?

Student: 10.

Teacher: Youguysaremakingthesebigchanges.Doesyoursizematter?

Student: No.

Teacher: Doesyouragematter?

Student: No.

Teacher: Whatmatters?What'sinyourwhat?

Class: Yourheart.

Teacher: Verynice.Givemeathumbsup,thumbsdownifweagreewiththisone.Okay.We'regoingtoput...Yes,[you01:14:42]cleanedthecabinets,too.Wearegoingtonowreturntoourseats,butnotyet.“Teacher”'sinthecenter,soalleyesshouldbeonme.I'mgoingtopassthisouttoyou,andyou'regoingtogotoyourseat.You'regoingtowriteyourownfable.Iknow.“Teacher”cameupwithatemplateforyou,andyou'regoingtoworkonit.Whatkindofworkdoes“Teacher”want?

Class: Amazing.

Teacher: What'sthat?

Class: Amazing.

Teacher: Amazing,andIexpectwhat?

Class: Nowhitespaces.

Teacher: No.100...

Class: Percenteffort.

Teacher: What'sthat?

Class: 100%effort.

Teacher: Ican'thearyou.

Class: 100%effort!

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Teacher: Thatsoundsmuchbetter.Onthis,itsays"Writeyourownfable.Choosetwocharacters,onesetting,andonemoral.Then,usethecharttoplanyourwriting."Wehavesomemoralsupthere.Youmaychooseanyofthose,oryoumaychooseonethatIgaveyouhere.Injustasecond.Ialsogavesomesuggestionsforcharacters.Didwenoticeatheme?Whatkindofcharacterswerewereadingabout?Theywereallwhat?

Class: Animals.

Teacher: Animals,soIgaveyousomeanimals.Doyouthinkyou'reonlylimitedtotheseanimals?

Class: No.

Teacher: No,youmaychooseadditionalanimals.Then,settings.Igaveyousomesettingchoicesaswell,butyoucanchooseadifferentsetting.This[01:16:00]basicallywilloutlineitforyou.Now,weonlyhaveaboutsevenminutesbeforerecess,sodoyouthinkIwantyoutorushandtrytogetthisdonebeforerecess?

Class: No.

Teacher: No.Iwillgiveyoutimeafterlunchtocontinuetoworkonthis.Areweclear?

Class: Yes.

Teacher: Takeoneandpassit.Onceyouhaveitonyourclipboard,pleasereturntoyourseats,andtakeyourchairsbacktoyourseats.Onceeveryonehasit,don'tmore.Freezetileveryonehasit.Becarefulwiththistable,becausethemicrophoneisthere.“student”,getoffthetable.

Student: Arewegoingtochoosewhichonetohave?

Teacher: Youcan.Youcanuseoneofthose,oryoucanuseonethat'sonethepaper.

Student: No,Imeantlike...Oh,nevermind.Wecan'tevendothat.

Student: What?Oh.

Teacher: Iwasgoingtosay,whereisitonthisside?IknowIpasseditbothways.I'lltaketheextras.Pleasereturntoourseatsquickly,quietly,andcorrectly.Pickupyourchairsandtakethemwithyou.Excusemehoney,honeybunny[01:18:00].Allright,shouldIhearanyvoicesrightnow?

Class: No.

Teacher: Okay.I'llberighthere.Ifyouhaveanyquestions,youcanaskme,or“Teacher-2”.Whenthebells,IaskedsomeofyoutostaytohelpmegetChromebooks,so

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whoeverstayswillgetthem.Makesureyournameanddateisatthetopplease,Iknowyouguyslovetoforgetthat.Noyou,[inaudible01:19:10].[inaudible01:19:17],what'syournumber?Doesthathave[inaudible01:19:25]?[01:20:00][inaudible01:20:01]adogandapig?Where'syour[inaudible01:20:10],isitinthere?Canyou[inaudible01:20:13]say?Okay,[getstarted01:20:23].Yourproblemisthatthedog...Oh,sowait,thepigis[off01:20:34]theground.WhereitsaysP,that'swhereyou'dwritethat.That'stheproblem,andthenyousaidthesolutionisthatthedogisgoingto...[inaudible01:21:57]P,that'syourproblem[01:22:00],therabbitislost.[inaudible01:22:07]didyoucircleit?It'sgoingtohelpyouwhenyou'retryingtowriteit.Boysandgirls,rememberfablesdon'thavetobeaslongasTheBadKangaroo.Remember,Igaveyouthoselittlesmallpieces.Yesma'am?

Student: [inaudible01:22:22]?

Teacher: Youabsolutelycan.Yes,weareactually.Areyougoingtobringthemover?Domeafavor.Secureyourpapersonyourclipboard,thebellisabouttoringanymoment.Besureyourmathbookandmathnotebookareonyourdesk.“Teacher's”classisgoingtobebringingoverChromebooks,andthoseofyouthatwillstaywillhelpgetthem.Youwillcontinueworkingonyourfableafterlunch,we'regoingtodomathwhenwegetbackfromrecess,okay?Guys,youseethemoralsontheboard?I'mjustgoingtomovethemovertotheleft,becauseIneedtousetheboardforsomemath.

Student: Okay.

Teacher: Youcan[crosstalk01:23:20]theboardwhilewe'rewaiting.Youneedtohaveyourgeometrictool,yourmathbook,andyourmathnotebookonyourdesk.I'mgoingtogetthis,thankyou.

Student: "Teacher",rememberourcandy?

Teacher: I'llgiveittoyoubeforeyouguystogolunch.Youknowwhocan'tdothat[crosstalk01:23:56][01:24:00].