Folk+Tales

[|FolkTales.kid] -- This one is completely filled out [|FolkTalesPrint.kid] -- This one is empty ready for kids to use to take notes... [] You can use the webquest as such or use the links to TEACH about each of the different kinds of folktales... [|Is it a Fairytale,][| Fable], [|Myth,] [|Legend], [|Tall Tale]worksheet

Check - up to see what they actually learned [|Folktales Worksheet.doc]

CPS (clicker) Quiz -- the kids enjoy this and it is a great review... media type="custom" key="5310513"

4 session unit of 45 minutes each to develop an understanding and APPRECIATION for Folktales (Fairytales, Tall Tales, Myths, Legends, and Fables) I tell a story from each genre --- which is the fun part of the lesson for me.....

Long-term project fits into the overall concept of the Big 3. Explain during the first session that we begin to **PLAN** for our study of Folktales as see how much we already know about Folktales. We take our first steps into the world of imagination! Mention that during the next few sessions we will Pland then Do then Review!

1. They are stories that come out of common ordinary people and have no known author. 2. They are passed down from generation to generation 3. They can involve talking animals, castles, kings, and a host of other imaginary things. //Do the worst first –// Define Folktale -- Have children name stories they already know that are folktales and list them on the screen. Discuss ways they fit into the definition Use Kidspiration to web out from Folktale center to the other Kinds of Folktales to prepare students for what is to come…Each week we will consider one of the types (genres) of folktales.   **KIDSPIRATION** (completed version )
 * Session 1 -- Overview What is a Folktale and What is a Fairytale**
 * Goal: **Children will be able to give the two major characteristics of a folk tale. They will also recognize and be able to describe the attributes of the fairy tale.

I use this version at the beginning and the empty printed version each week –where students write their notes from week to week until we complete the web.   **Re-Tell Your favorite Fairytale**   Have students use **the Is it a Fairytale note taking sheet** where they record the title of the story I have just told, and place their X under the characteristics they found in the tale. (There is always a little confusion at this point – because you’ve introduced Folktales – this is where their graphic organizer is helpful… I often use an example like FRUIT and they name many kinds of fruitcomparing Folktale to Fruit and fairytale to a kind of fruit. That usually clears up the confusion.)   Use the webpage (so they can go there on their own later or with their parents) to watch Faithful John - which is under the fairytale section in the webquest… They use the Is It a Fairytale sheet to identify the characteristics of Faithful John as a fairytale. On each table have stack of fairytales (checked out as a class set to be taken with students as they return to class) at various reading levels (Including the Hillert for some of the kids who have poor reading skills) Students will use the sheet Let students check out a fairytale at their AR level and have them return next week with it recorded as to which characteristics it has recorded on their sheet.
 * Rumplestilkskin is one that I use….but if you don’t tell you could read your favorite version of any number of tales.**

Session 3 - Overview What is a Folktale(review) Review Fairytales and Fables Introduce What is a Tall Tale Session 4 - Overivew and review Folktale, Fairytale, Fable, Tall Tale, and Introduce Myth & Legend Session 5 - Test and check to see if kids maintained information....**
 * Session 2 -- Overview What is a Folktale (review), Fairytale, and What is a Fable