Fairy-tales

What is a fairy-tale?? With your partner, brainstorm; What is a fairy-tale??

What is a Fairy-tale? Fairy-tales are stories from the past. They have no known author, and have been passed from generation to generation through story-telling. Most fairy-tales have many different versions, as each person who tells the story, changes some details. Copy this down into your workbook

With your partner write down as many fairy-tales as you can think of. Write these down in your workbook. At least: J=5+ R=7+ M=9+ T=10+

What fairy-tales do you know? Cinderella Jack and the Beanstalk Aladdin Snow White Sleeping Beauty Goldilocks Hansel and Gretel The Gingerbread Man The Billy Goats Gruff Choose two and summarise the story in at least 3 sentences.

What do most fairy-tales have in common? 1.They are set in an imaginary land. 2.They have either very poor or very rich characters. 3.They may use animals as characters. 4.The story has some morals: ie, we can learn something from the story. 5.They tell us how people used to live in the past. For each statement – decide if it’s TRUE or FALSE for fairy-tales (in your books).

Story mountain Most fairy-tales follow a pattern: Copy the story mountain down into your workbooks.

Copy the following table into your workbook. Read the following 5 slides and come up with your own example of a fairy-tale. We have given you an example. Snow WhiteExample: OpeningHappy and pretty girl. Build-upStep mother doesn’t like Snow White (Mirror, mirror) DilemmaBanishes Snow White into the forest ResolutionFinds the 7 dwarfs and makes friends with them EndingFalls in love with Prince

Opening The opening is the beginning of the story. It introduces the characters and the setting. Most stories begin like these: Finish each of the following sentences with your own example. – Once upon a time … – There once was a … – A long time ago … – Long long ago … Can you think of a different opening? (M/T)

Build-up The build-up starts to introduce a storyline for the main character. More characters will be introduced, or a new setting. It may involve giving some clues to what might happen later in the story. Choose one dot point that will help you remember this and copy it down into your books.

Dilemma The dilemma can also be known as the problem. Each fairy-tale has some sort of problem which needs to be overcome. What story problems can you think of? Choose one dot point that will help you remember this and copy it down into your books.

Resolution The resolution is where the story starts to solve the problem. Most resolutions involve thinking sensibly about the problem, or involving a new character that can help. Choose one dot point that will help you remember this and copy it down into your books.

Ending The ending is always happy in fairy-tales. You usually find out what lesson the main character has learned. The story describes what the characters lives will now be like. – And they all lived happily ever after – All’s well that ends well Choose one dot point that will help you remember this and copy it down into your books.

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