About This Lesson
Grant Wood’s Parson Weems’ Fable offers mentor art for teaching students about satire.
Mentor texts have long been used to model writing techniques. Mentor art can likewise be used to inspire, teach, and refine student writing. Mentor art has the added benefit of addressing diverse learning styles and providing visual support to language learners. Consider introducing satire to your students with Grant Wood’s Parson Weems’ Fable. In this lesson students will read Parson Weems' original story that inspired the myth and then compare two depictions of the story—one sincere, one satirical.
