It is strongly recommended that students should first have experiences with the various text forms and features through hearing then read and through reading them in supported and independent situations before being expected to write them on their own. The animals are always animals. The animals act and talk like humans. There is always some trickery in the story. A fable always has a moral.
Fables tell about one incident.
My T's mark My characters are animals. The animals talk. This resource is intended to be a working document for teachers to add to and amend as necessary. Space is provided for teachers to list titles and to make notes on skills and strategies introduced, as well as notes on writing opportunities and assignments related to each form of text. There are many genre charts presenting different ways of categorizing text forms.