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Fairy Tales: Planning and Writing Your Own Piece of Folk Literature
Description:
In this set of lessons, students will participate in an activity to learn the elements of a fairy tale. After listening to a fairy tale (or more than one) read aloud by the LMS and/or the classroom teacher, the students will complete a graphic organizer and then write their own fairy tale. The students may share their work by reading it aloud to the class or displaying it for others to view.This lesson is designed for third grade and may be taught collaboratively between the LMS and the classroom teacher and integrated into the Language Arts curriculum. Please allow 2-3 class periods for this lesson.

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This lesson was also designed to be integrated into the Social Studies curriculum when our students were learning about communities around the world and doing country research projects. We shared folktales and fairy tales from various countries and had the students write a fairy tale based on the country, which he/she was studying.
Goals & Objectives:

The students will be able to:

  • share aloud what they already know about fairy tales.
  • participate in a group activity.
  • listen attentively to and respond to a fairy tale.
    state in their own words the elements of a fairy tale.
  • state in their own words where fairy tales are shelved in the library.
  • use a graphic organizer to plan and write their own fairy tale.
Materials & Sources:

1. chart paper

2. cooking pot, wooden spoon, and recipe box

3. index cards with one fairy tale element written on each card (setting, characters, magic, problem, solution, ending)

4. assorted titles of fairy tale books for display

5. KATE AND THE BEANSTALK by Mary Pope Osborne (or other fairy tale)

6. 'Hi-Ho Librario' cassette tape by Judy Freeman

7. overhead projector and 'Recipe for A Fairy Tale' graphic organizer transparency

8. copies of the following for each student: graphic organizer -Planning and Writing Your Own Piece of Folk Literature

Procedures:

FIRST CLASS

 

1. Librarian and teacher will brainstorm what students already know about fairy tales and record on chart paper.

2. Students will be asked to pull a recipe card from the recipe box, read aloud the fairy tale element listed on the card, and then drop it into the cooking pot. 3. Students will be directed to listen for the fairy tale elements in the book, KATE AND THE BEANSTALK ( or other fairy tale), when it is read aloud.

4. Students will recall fairy tale elements, and the librarian and teacher will use the overhead projector with the "Recipe for a Fairy Tale" graphic organizer transparency to list the elements from the story.

5. Students will listen to the chant "Look for 398.2" on the cassette tape to learn where the fairy tales and folk tales are shelved in the library.

6. Students will stand up and say the chant together.

7. Teacher and librarian will hand out and explain to the students the "Planning and Writing Your Own Piece of Folk Literature" graphic organizer.

8. Students will complete the graphic organizer for their fairytale.

 

NEXT CLASS

 

9. Students will write a rough draft, edit it, and write their fairy tale.

 

NEXT CLASS 

 

10. Students may share their stories by reading them aloud to the class or displaying their work for others to view.

Assessment:
The teacher will observe the students:
1. working cooperatively in group activities.
2. locating fairy tales books on the library shelves.
3. completing a graphic organizer.
4. writing a rough draft.
5. writing a fair tale.
*You may wish to use a rubric (Did the student use the graphic organizer to plan their story? Did the students have a rough draft? Did the student's story have a beginning, a good and bad character, a setting, a problem, a solution, magic, and an ending?)
Sources:
KATE AND THE BEANSTALK by Mary Pope Osborne
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Presented By: Cynthia Tidd
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