Aesop Remix: Ancient Tales, Modern Twists

🎙️ Story Circle Listening Moves

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Story Circle Research

Students will gather direct audience evidence through structured story-circle research, analyze what modern issues and story elements matter to real listeners, and turn those findings into a clear empathy artifact that can guide later fable adaptations and drafting decisions.

Days 5 - 9

Knowledge/Skill Building 40m

🗣️ Modern Issues Story Circles

Research 50m

📌 Theme Clusters and Evidence Wall

Knowledge/Skill Building 50m

🧭 Empathy Map Draft Gallery

Deliverable 60m

✅ Story Research Packet Checkpoint

🏺 Greek Context to Modern Issues

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Define Design Brief

Students will synthesize story-circle research and content knowledge into a clear design brief for a modern fable adaptation. They will sort evidence into themes, connect audience needs to Ancient Greek history and Aesop’s fables, draft and revise a How Might We statement, and create a visible checklist that will guide later story concept work.

Days 10 - 14

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

🧭 Evidence Clusters and Need Statements

Research 50m

✍️ How Might We Brief Draft

💬 Brief Feedback Carousel

✅ Design Brief Checkpoint Board

Knowledge/Skill Building 40m

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Generate Story Concepts

Students will generate several modern fable concepts from their existing design brief, use Aesop-inspired structures and audience evidence to compare options, and narrow to one story direction through feedback, revision, and a drafting checkpoint for their mini story book.

Days 15 - 19

🧭 Aesop Adaptation Moves

💡 Three Modern Fable Paths

🗣️ Story Concept Feedback Carousel

✏️ Mini Story Book First Draft

Deliverable 60m

✅ Draft Gate Conference

🧭 Storyboard and Read-Aloud Moves

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Prototype And Test

Students will build and test low-fidelity mini story book prototypes by drafting key scenes, checking clarity and audience response with real readers, and revising their modern fable ideas based on evidence from feedback.

Days 20 - 24

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

✏️ Rough Fable Scene Packet

🗣️ Two-Peer Feedback Carousel

👂 Reader Test and Evidence Notes

Community Experience 55m

📘 Drafting Checkpoint for Mini Books

🧭 Mini Book Revision Moves

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Refine And Present

Students will refine their modern fable mini story books through a second full iteration cycle, test clarity and impact with a new audience, and prepare a concise stakeholder presentation that traces how user evidence, Ancient Greek inspiration, and drafting choices shaped their design decisions.

Days 25 - 29

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

✏️ Refined Mini Book Draft

🗣️ Two-Peer Story Book Critique

👂 Reader Check With New Audience

Community Experience 55m

🎤 Design Journey Presentation

🎤 Story Circle Read-Aloud Launch

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Showcase

Students will present their modern mini story books to an authentic audience, explain how Ancient Greek history and Aesop’s fables shaped their choices, gather final audience feedback, and reflect on how drafting, revision, and story circles helped them answer the question, Why do we tell stories?

Days 30 - 32

Launch 40m

📚 Mini Story Book Exhibition

Community Experience 60m

📝 Final Drafting Reflection Portfolio