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Review of
Traditional
Literature
People have always loved stories.
• Today we read stories in books and watch stories through
Television, the internet, and the movies.
• But when your grandparent’s grandparents were kids there was no
tv, no internet, no movies, no radio.
• Many people could not read.
• Many people could not afford books if they could read.
• But people still wanted stories.
In ancient times, people made up stories to tell each other
Every culture
all over the world
has had stories passed down
from one person to the next for
hundreds of years.
People told stories to:
• entertain
• teach a lesson
• teach important ideas
The best stories were
told over and over by
different people. Often
details were added.
These are some Traditional Stories
you may be familiar with. Can you
work with a partner to think of three
more?
stop here and make a list with students
Traditional stories / folk tales we know:
Itsy Bitsy spider
Jack and the Bean Stalk
Princes and the Frog
Cinderella
Three little pigs
Beauty and the Beast ?
Stone Soup
Little Red Riding Hood
Rumplestiltskin
Rapunzel
Today I want
to share
one of my
favorite
Traditional Stories
Martina the Beautiful
Cockroach
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This morning we talked about how people have passed
down stories for hundreds of years.
We still do this!
I’m going to tell you a story that has been passed down in
my family.
Then, for writing today
I want you to think of a story that your parents or grandparents
have told you and begin to write this down so that you can share
it with the class later this week.
Even though there are traditional stories
(aka folk tales) from every culture around
the world most folk stories have a few
elements in common
People told stories to:
entertain
teach a lesson
teach important ideas
