FOLK TALES, FAIRY TALES, AND FABLES
Ms. Lichtenstein
3rd Grade English/Language
Arts
FOLK TALE
Made up storyPassed down from older generationsLegends, wise talesStories are superstitious
FAIRY TALE
A simple children’s story
Uses your imagination
Usually involves magic
Princesses, fairies, goblins, wizards, etc.
FABLE
A short, fictional storyUsually teach a lesson MoralUses animals, creaturesOften see talking animals
THEMESubject for a storyQualities and characteristicsExamples of common themes• Journeys/ adventure• Love/ friendship•Mysteries
MAIN IDEA
“Big picture” of a storyMessage in a storyLook for a topic sentence
Idea
MORAL
Lesson about right and wrongMorals aren’t always good•Bad things can teach good lessons
WRITING TOOLSPrediction: what you think will happenPersonification: giving human characteristics to thingsPoint of View: who tells the storySetting: where the story takes place
THE LITTLE RED HEN
“Then, probably because she had acquired the habit, the Red Hen called: ‘Who will eat the Bread?’ All the animals in the barnyard were watching hungrily and smacking their lips in anticipation, and the pig said, ‘I will,’ and the Cat said, ‘I will,’ and the Rat said, ‘I will.’ But the Little Red Hen said, ‘No, you won’t. I will.’ And she did.”
THE LITTLE RED HEN CONT.
Type of story (folk tale, fairy tale, fable?)
• Folk Tale
Point of View (who’s telling the story?)
• Red Hen
Setting: (Where does the story take place?)
• Farm
THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA
“Well, we’ll soon find that out,” thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedspread, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and lad them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of mattresses.”
THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA CONT.
Type of story (folk tale, fairy tale, fable?)
• Fairy TalePoint of view (who tells the story?)
• A narrator (unknown character)Setting (where does the story take place?)
• Prince’s Castle
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE
“The tortoise never for a moment stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course. The hare, trusting to his native swiftness, cared little about the race, and lying down by the wayside, fell asleep. At last, waking up, and moving as fast as he could, he saw the tortoise had reached the goal and was comfortably dozing after fatigue.”
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE CONT.
Type of Story (folk tale, fairy tale, fable?)
• FablePoint of View (who tells the story?)
• Narrator Setting (where does the story take place?)
• Outside at a race/ competition
REVIEWThere are several different types of stories
• Specific things are unique to specific storiesMorals are the lessons/meanings in stories
• They can be good or badAuthors use writing tools
• Prediction
• Personification
• Point of View
• Setting
WORKS CITEDAndersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen. 2008. Print.
"BrainPOP Jr. | Main Idea | Lesson Ideas." BrainPOP Jr. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/comprehension/mainidea/grownups.weml.
"Definition of - Merriam-Webster's Student Dictionary." Merriam-Webster's Word Central. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. http://wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student.
WORKS CITED CONT.
Various. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories. Vol. 1. New York: University Society, 1927. Print. The Young Folks Treasury.
Williams, Florance White. The Little Red Hen An Old English Folk Tale. Chicago - Akron, Ohio - New York: Saalfield, 1918. Print.
IMAGES
“Light Bulb” Microsoft Clip Art“Pea” Microsoft Clip Art“Rabbit” Microsoft Clip Art“Turtle” Microsoft Clip Art.http://www.alloccasion-clipart.com/free/pea_princes
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