Fox Grapes Fable Storyboard
Bluebonnet Grade 1 • Lesson 6 Kindergarten DHH Adapted
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The Fox and the Grapes
Visual Vocabulary & ASL Sign Guide • Pre-Story Anchor
Look • Sign • Retell
Deaf Education Signing Notes: Pre-teach the 4 target signs below. Model the Non-Manual Markers (NMM): spatial eye gaze looking UP at high grapes, puffed cheeks for effort, and tight puckered mouth for SOUR!
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FOX
Finger-spell: F-O-X
Character
ASL Sign How-To:
Form an "F" handshape over the tip of your nose. Twist your wrist twice to mimic a fox's pointed nose.
"A clever, furry wild animal with big ears and a bushy tail."
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GRAPES
Finger-spell: G-R-A-P-E-S
Object
ASL Sign How-To:
Non-dominant hand hangs down. Curved dominant "claw" bounces down the back of your hand like clusters of fruit.
"Sweet, juicy purple fruit that grows in big bunches on vines."
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HIGH / JUMP
Finger-spell: J-U-M-P
Action
ASL Sign & Gaze:
HIGH: Raise flat hand way up with upward eye gaze. JUMP: Bent-V fingers spring off palm into air!
"Grapes are way up high. Fox pushes off his legs to reach."
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SOUR
Finger-spell: S-O-U-R
Taste / Feeling
ASL Sign & Facial Grammar:
Point index finger to corner of mouth and twist. Squeeze eyes tight and pucker lips like tasting a sour lemon!
"A sharp taste that makes your face squeeze shut!"
Fable Key Concept
What does "Sour Grapes" mean in the story?
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1. Want It
Fox wants the tasty grapes.
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2. Can't Get It
Fox tries and jumps, but fails.
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3. Make Excuse
Fox says, "I didn't want them anyway!"
"Sour Grapes" means pretending something is bad just because you cannot have it!
Bluebonnet Grade 1 Knowledge • Aesop Fable Adaptations Page 1: Vocabulary & Sign Anchors
Sequential Retelling The Fox and the Grapes • Storyboard
Kindergarten Sight Print & Sign
1. Look at scene 2. Read simple text 3. Sign & use facial expressions!
1. Beginning Fox is Hungry
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Fox is hungry.
Fox walks in the warm woods. Fox wants food.
🤟 Sign: HUNGRY (C-hand drags down chest) + look around with searching eyes.
2. See Grapes Juicy & Sweet
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Fox sees grapes!
Fox looks up. Big, purple, sweet grapes hang on a vine.
🤟 Sign & Gaze: Eye gaze UP HIGH! Sign GRAPES + smack lips for sweet.
3. Problem Too High Up
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HIGH!
The grapes are high.
The vine is tall. Fox stands on his tiptoes, but cannot reach.
🤟 Sign: HIGH (hand raised above head) + wide eyes staring upward.
4. Action Jump, Jump!
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Fox jumps up high!
Fox runs back. Fox leaps up! Jump! Jump! Reach!
🤟 Sign: JUMP (bent-V jumps off palm). Puffed cheeks for big effort!
5. Missed Cannot Reach
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Fox cannot reach.
Thud! Fox lands on the ground. His mouth is empty.
🤟 Sign: CANNOT + shake head NO. Furrow brows with tired sigh.
6. Ending Sour Grapes!
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Fox walks away.
Fox lifts his nose. "Those grapes are sour anyway!"
🤟 Sign: SOUR (twist finger on cheek + pucker face tight) + WALK-AWAY.
Fable Moral It is easy to dislike what you cannot have!
"Sour Grapes"
Bluebonnet Grade 1 Knowledge • Aesop Fable Adaptations Page 2: 6-Panel Sequential Storyboard
Student Activity Mat Sign, Order & Retell
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Date:
Student Storyboard Challenge
1 Write order: 1, 2, 3, 4
2 Sign the scene to a friend
3 Show sour face!
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Fox Jumps!
Order #
Fox leaps high into the air with outstretched paws.
🤟 Partner Sign: JUMP Puff cheeks!
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Sees Grapes
Order #
Fox is hungry and looks up at the sweet purple grapes.
🤟 Partner Sign: HUNGRY + GRAPES Look UP!
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Sour Grapes
Order #
Fox walks away and says, "Those grapes are sour!"
🤟 Partner Sign: SOUR Pucker face tight!
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Cannot Reach
Order #
Fox falls back down to the ground with empty paws.
🤟 Partner Sign: CANNOT Shake head NO!
Deaf Ed Communication & Signing Rubric
Peer or Teacher Check
Signed FOX (F-shape on nose)
Used Upward Eye Gaze for high grapes
Signed GRAPES (bouncing claw)
Made Tight Sour Face expression!
My Favorite Sign In The Story:
🦊 FOX 🍇 GRAPES ⬆️ JUMP 😖 SOUR
Signing Master:
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Bluebonnet Grade 1 Knowledge • Aesop Fable Adaptations Page 3: Student Retell Mat & Signing Activity