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Title of Lesson: Fairy tales, fables, folk tales

3rd Grade/4th grade

Essential Question(s):

How are fairy tales, fables, and folk tales similar and more

importantly how are they dierent

Lesson Objective:

 To explain the diferences and similarities o airy tales, ables,

and olk tales

Standard(s): RL 3.2 Recount stories, including ables, olktales, and airy talesrom diverse cultures determine the central message, lesson, ormoral and explain ho! it is conveyed through key details in thetext.

"ompare and contrast the treatment o similar themes and topics#e.g., opposition o good and evil$ and patterns o events #e.g.,the %uest$ in stories, myths, and traditional literature romdiferent cultures.

&'( )3)*.+. Recogni-e basic plot eatures o airy tales, olk

tales, ables, and myths.

Content Area(s): ReadingLanguage /rts

Resources:

0hite board, various !ell1kno!n copies o each to provide

examples

( usually pull LT& o examples

Vocabulary:

oral, enchantment, anonymous

Activity Overview:

 TL0 set up a chart on the !hite board divided into thirds !ith the

titles 45airy Tales, 5ables, 5olk Tales6 and then choose a category

to begin !ith. /llo! students to tell !hat they already kno!7

guide them in telling8

Fairy Tales9 not real and could not possibly be true, begin !ith

4nce upon a Time6 have d!arves, elves, airies, giants, goblins,

mermaids, princesses, magic, enchantment describe something

that is blessed !ith unusual happiness as in airy tale ending

:xamples are Cinderella, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, the

Frog Prince, Little Mermaid

Fables9 not real, Teach a lesson !ith a moral have animals that

have human %ualities that have eelings most end !ith 4the

moral o the story is 86 :xamples9 The Town Mouse and The

Country Mouse, The Lion and the Mouse, Aesop,

Folk Tales9 not real, begin !ith 4nce upon a time and end !iththey lived happily ever ater6 places are imaginary, good v. evil,

giants, goblins, elves, d!arves, they are anonymous and many

are retold :xamples9 Jac and the Beanstal, Paul Bunyan, Pecos

Bill, John !enry, Three Little Pigs

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