Deconstructing a Fable

Student name: Ty
Assessment date:

Monday, February 23, 11:05 12:05 pm

Subject & Grade:

Language Acquisition (English, Phase 4), GRADE 8

Key Concept: Culture and Identities

Global Context: Orientation in space and time
Your Task:
1. Construct meaning and draw conclusions from the video How Tiger Got His Stripes. Identify the
main idea and supporting details presented in the video.
2. Interpret conventions.
3. Answer the questions drawing from your personal experiences and opinions.

Details & Conditions:

Take notes while watching the movie clip.

Make sure your handwriting is NEAT

You will be assessed on the following MYP criteria:

Criterion A:

Comprehending spoken and visual text

Language Acquisition MYP Grade Boundaries

0-5

6-9

10-14

15-18

19-23

24-27

28-32

Criterion A:

Comprehending spoken and visual text

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Published Descriptors
You have not reached a standard described by any of the descriptors given below.
The student:

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i. has difficulty constructing meaning from information or main ideas and supporting
details; is not able to draw conclusions
ii. has difficulty interpreting conventions
iii. engages minimally with the spoken and visual text by identifying few ideas, opinions
and attitudes; has difficulty making a response to the text based on personal
experiences and opinions.
The student shows limited understanding of the content, context and concepts of the
text as a whole.

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56

78

i. constructs some meaning and draws some conclusions from information, main ideas
and some supporting details
ii. interprets some conventions
iii. engages adequately with the spoken and visual text by identifying some ideas,
opinions and attitudes and by making some response to the text based on personal
experiences and opinions.
The student shows some understanding of the content, context and concepts of the text
as a whole.
i. constructs considerable meaning and draws conclusions from information, main ideas
and supporting details
ii. interprets most conventions
iii. engages considerably with the spoken and visual text by identifying most ideas,
opinions and attitudes and by making a response to the text based on personal
experiences and opinions.
The student shows considerable understanding of the content, context and concepts of
the text as a whole.
i. constructs extensive meaning and draws conclusions from information, main ideas
and supporting details
ii. interprets conventions
iii. engages thoroughly with the spoken and visual text by identifying ideas, opinions
and attitudes and by making a response to the text based on personal experiences and
opinions.
The student shows thorough understanding of the content, context and concepts of the
text as a whole.

Task-specific indicators:
i.

Construct meaning and draw conclusions from the video How Tiger Got His Stripes. Identify
main idea and supporting details presented in the video.

ii.

Interpret conventions. Think about the style of delivery (pace, passion, volume and
clarity).

iii.

Write a response to the video drawing from your personal experiences and opinions.

Student reflections:

Teacher comments:

HOW TIGER GOT HIS STRIPES

Vietnamese tale of humility and

wisdom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf7ascNGbcM

8 minutes 54 seconds

1. Construct meaning and draw

conclusions from the video How
Tiger Got His Stripes. Identify main
idea and supporting details presented
in the video.
a. Deconstruct the folktale by identifying different parts of the plot. Make sure you write in
COMPLETE sentences. (5 points)
Exposition
(Characters and Setting)
In this story its explain how tiger got his strip. There are 3 main
character in this story, they are Tiger, Buffalo and the man. Everyday
tiger in the jungle with lots of other animals and also the buffalo and
the man.

Inciting Incident
(A single event that sets
off the action)

Long long ago, there were animals, lots of different animals.

One of them happend to be a tiger. The tiger was orange, quite
a strange sort of animal, plain old orange. He didn't find it
diffucult to have everything his as he was very very fierce, and
that led to every one being scared of him.

Rising Action
(Events and conflicts)

Suddenly, the buffalo was surprised when a tiger appeared in

front of him. Instead he walk quietly and stood next to the buffalo.
The buffalo asked him why hes here for then, the tiger the answer
back Im here to ask you a question said the tiger. How are you
so so strong said the tiger. "I do not know!" said the buffalo. Man
rules over me and many other animals on his farm. He said it is his
wisdom that allows him to rule over us. He is quite smart!"
"If I had his wisdom," said the tiger, "I would be able to control all the
animals. I could make them all stand still while I selected my meals
each day."

Climax
(The highest point in the
story)

Falling Action
(Events Resulting from
Conflict)

The tiger allowed the man to put a rope around his neck and tie him to a
tree. The man ran home. When he returned, he returned with a wagon
filled with straw and a burning torch. "Here is my wisdom," said the
man. "You will be much more wise when I am done with you.

The man spread the dry straw all around the tiger, just outside the reach
of its paws. Then he lit fire to the straw. The heat of the fire burned the
tiger badly. The tigr growled and screamed in pain until the rope burned
through, and the tiger was able to escape. Lines where the flames and
smoke burned his body made stripes across the tiger's body.
The tiger still wears stripes on his skin today. And he never tries to get
wisdom from man any more.

b. In 100 or less words summarize the content of the video How Tiger Got His Stripes. (5 points)

This humorous folktale, tells the story of Tiger, who was once the proudest animal of the jungle. Tiger was
most proud of was his beautiful golden coat. But unfortunately for Tiger, he didnt have wisdom and so he
was jealous that only Man seemed to possess it. So Tiger approached Man and demanded that he give

Tiger his wisdom. Man then uses his wisdom to outsmart Tiger when he finds himself tied to a tree with a
rope. While he was trying to escape, Tiger burns his coat on the rope, leaving permanent stripes on his
beautiful golden coat.

c. What is the purpose of this folktale? What message is he trying to send to the audience? (100
or less words, 5 points)

Explains why something is the way it is. The story explains why Tiger has stripes on his beautiful golden
coat. This is not really how Tiger got his stripes but the story creatively employs humor to teach valuable
life lessons about character values such as courage, caring and resourcefulness. Tiger quickly learns that
you cant use intimidation to gain wisdom and someone else cant just give you wisdom. But instead you
have to earn it through experience and try hard so that the thing you need will come itself. So his
experience teaches him wisdom the hard way.
2. Interpret conventions. Think about the presenter's style of delivery (pace,

passion, volume and clarity).

a.

Evaluate 1 thing you really liked about the video and the presentation and why. (5 points)

I like the part when the man tricked him by tie him to the tress and cant move at all. So that the
tiger wont eat the man goat but it was a lie to the tiger. And the man tell him that hell go get the
wisdom but he never came back to see him again. And thats what he learn from the experience
himself that he did of wanting to get the wisdom so easy. The tiger use work to earn it and not just
getting it so easy.

b. Identify 1 thing you think that could have been done better next time and why. (5 points)
After watching this video, 1 thing I thing that I think I could have done better next time is to not
over do to much and wanting something that you can get easy by not earning to do it. Because I
want myself to earn something and get my goal done and not just get it by forcing it.

3. Write a response to the video drawing from your personal experiences and opinions.
a. What is the moral of the story? What lesson is How Tiger Got His Stripes is teaching us? (5 points)

This is not really how Tiger got his stripes but the story creatively employs humor to teach valuable life
lessons about character values such as courage, caring and resourcefulness. But the moral or the lesson
of this story is that you have to earn it through experience and try hard so that the thing you need will
come itself. So his experience teaches him wisdom the hard way.

Bonus points: Think of a folktale with a moral or a lesson similar to that of How Tiger Got His Stripes.
Summarize this similar folktale in 100 or less words. (2 points)

TheresafolktalewithamoraloralessonsimilartothatisRabbitrunaracewiththeturtle.As the race

began, the rabbit raced way ahead of the turtle. The rabbit got to the halfway point and
could not see the turtle anywhere. I think hes going to win anyways so he slept for a well
then the turtle passed him so then the turtle won the race. This story teaches us to not show
off yourself so much and looking down on others and should not over act yourself.