It was clear to me that this folk tale genre had provided the class with a concise structure and enjoyable motivation for their pieces

By giving students different examples of something you expect them to do, it will help get their minds moving and them thinking towards what they need to do.

Students who were more advanced in language development were often on target with the moral Aesop had intended.

After reading different Aesop fables, the morals for some of them were easy to figure out. For some of the other fables, they were not as easy. I think its great that students can figure out a moral to a fable without a teacher telling the students what it is.

the original fables and a modern version. That way, the students would have a broader view of the genre.

I think that when teachers use different views of something, it defiantly does help students have a broader view on something. I think that this is a great thing to do through fables.