6th Grade

Utilize this resource: Illustrated children's stories for kids of all ages

http://www.magickeys.com/books/

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Ask students what they already know about fairy tales. Ask them to give examples of fairy tales. Aladdin, Cinderella…

Review that fairy tales are:

·        Stories for children that come from oral storytelling tradition

·        Old stories that tell of man’s problems, fears, and hopes

 

Fairy tales contain one ore more of these elements:

• Contain magic or enchantment in characters, plot, or settings
• May contain characters such as fairies, witches, elves, pixies, magicians, fairy godparents…
• Good versus Evil 
• May teach a moral lesson

 

Review what a fairytale is by viewing and completing these two online lessons: Go to this website: http://www.magickeys.com/books/quizzes/index.html

A lesson and a quiz combined! These are self-contained teaching quizzes about fairy tales. Each one presents information and then reinforces it by asking simple questions.

Lesson 1: What makes a fairy tale?

Lesson 2: How fairy tales came to be.