Describe= tell what makes a story a fairy tale Characteristics= different parts What are we going to describe today? What does describe mean? What are we going to do today? Today we will describe different characteristics of a fairy tale.

Raise your hand if you have ever… Told a friend about the parts to a video game. Listened to a story that has three talking pigs. Then you know that things have different parts. You also know that some stories are fiction or make believe.

Fairy Tales Fairy Tales= A make believe story that has different characteristics (parts). Fairy Tale Characteristics Fairy Tales have imaginary characters, such as fairies, elves, trolls, dwarfs, pixies, fairy godparents, princesses, prince, kings, queens, or even giants. Most of the time the imaginary characters do things that involve magic. Some fairy-tale characters are wicked and some are good. The imaginary characters are seen by and talk to other human characters in the story. Most fairy tales have magical settings ( magical castles, palaces, mansions, or wonderland), but sometimes they happen anywhere and anytime. Most fairy tales have a simple plot that begins with the phrase “Once upon a time”. Most fairy tales teach a moral lesson. Most fairy tales have a happy ending (live happily ever after).

What is a fairy tale? What makes a story a fairy tale?

Characteristics Imaginary Characters in a Fairy Tale: Fairies and Pixies elves

Imaginary Characters in a Fairy Tale Trolls Dwarfs

Imaginary Characters in a Fairy Tale Giants Fairy Godmother

What are Fairy Tale Imaginary Characters? Fairies Pixies Elves Trolls Dwarfs fairy godmothers Giants Prince, princess, kings, and queens

Setting They were told as oral stories before they were written down. The setting can take place anywhere or anytime. Certain numbers like three and seven are often in the story. Sometimes the story takes place in magical place like a wonderland castle, mansion, or a palace.

Plot The story begins with “once upon a time” or something similar. Plots are simple and direct. Magic events, characters and objects are part of the story.

Examples of Fairy Tales Cinderella Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Ella Enchanted Cinder Edna Photo from:

Examples of Fairy Tales Sleeping Beauty The Three Little Pigs Cinderella Hansel and Gretel Jack and the Beanstalk

Why is it important to know fairy tales? It is important to know fairy tales because they teach a lesson. Fairy tales ____________________________. Fairy tales tell a fun story.

Practice Read and think about each sentence. Choose and write the answer on the blank line. Step one: Read and think about the sentence. Read the sentence. Think: “What is the sentence about?” Choose: Choose the answer. Write: Write the answer on the line Example: Fairy tales are __________. Choose and write the answer on the blank line. A) fiction B)facts C) true stories Fairy tales are fiction.

Read and think about each sentence. Choose and write the answer on the blank line. Fairy tales have ____________ characters. A) real B) imaginary C)not here imaginary

Read and think about each sentence. Choose and write the answer on the blank line. Most fairy tales begin with the phrase _________ A) Once upon a time… B) To begin with… C) You are invited… Once upon a time

Read and think about each sentence. Choose and write the answer on the blank line. The setting in a fairy tale takes place__________. A) anywhere and anytime B) sometimes in a magical palace, mansion, castle, or wonderland C) both A and B C

Read and think about each sentence. Choose and write the answer on the blank line. Most fairy tales teach people _______________. A)how to cook B) a lesson C) how to dance b

Review Fairy Tales= A make believe story that has different characteristics (parts). Fairy Tale Story Parts Fairy Tales have imaginary characters, such as fairies, elves, trolls, dwarfs, pixies, fairy godparents, princesses, prince, kings, queens, or even giants. Most of the time the imaginary characters do things that involve magic. Some fairy-tale characters are wicked and some are good. The imaginary characters are seen by and talk to other human characters in the story. Most fairy tales have magical settings (castles, palaces, mansions, or wonderland), but sometimes they happen anywhere and anytime. Most fairy tales teach a moral lesson. Most fairy tales have a happy ending (live happily ever after).

Popular Fairy Tales Sleeping Beauty Cinderella Rapunzel Jack and the Beanstalk Snow White Beauty and the Beast The Frog Prince Red Riding Hood Hansel and Gretel Rumpelstiltskin Snow Queen Thumbelina The Emperor’s New Clothes The Real Princess

An illustrated retelling of the classic tale about a boy named Jack who uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make a fortune for himself and his widowed mother.

A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note that traces the Italian, French, and German origins of the story, and discusses the author's decision to mimic the style of Italian Renaissance art in his illustrations.

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

A retelling of the well- known tale in which two children are left in the woods but find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.

Although she is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, a kind-hearted young woman manages to attend the palace ball with the help of her fairy godmother.

A mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has changed them into different kinds of food.

Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.

Rebuffed by the princess after retrieving her golden ball, a noble frog sets out to find a more suitable mate.

On her way to deliver a basket of food to her sick grandmother, Elisabeth encounters a sly wolf.

The queen has a plan to help the prince find a real princess to marry.

An illustrated retelling of the fairy tale in which a jealous queen attempts to kill her beautiful stepdaughter and is thwarted on every try.

A beautiful and beloved princess, cursed by the one fairy who was not invited to her christening, pricks her finger on her sixteenth birthday and falls asleep for one hundred years.

Fractured Fairy Tales When authors modernize or change one or more of the elements of the story, the story is called a fractured fairy tale.

Based on "Cinderella," this story is set in Texas, the fairy godmother is a cow, and the hero, named Bubba, is the stepson of a wicked rancher.

A rhyming retelling of the story of a young woman who finds her prince at a Halloween ball despite the efforts of her wicked stepmother. The main characters are skeletons.

Cindy Ellen loses one of her diamond spurs at the square dance in this wild western retelling of the classic Cinderella story. Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.0 Point Value: 0.5

A Spanish American retelling of the familiar story of a kind girl who is mistreated by her jealous stepmother and stepsisters. In this version, the Virgin Mary replaces the traditional fairy godmother.

Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife

A Creole variant of the familiar Cinderella tale set in the Caribbean and narrated by the godmother who helps Cendrillon find true love.

A young Chinese girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince. Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.0 Point Value: 0.5

After the death of her mother and father, Adelita is badly mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters until she finds her own true love at a grand fiesta. Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 3.3 Point Value: 0.5

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A girl climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where she uses her quick wits to outsmart a giant and make her and her mother's fortune.

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A collection of nine familiar fractured tales including Little Red Riding Hood, Princess and the Pea, Jack and the Beanstalk, and the Ugly Duckling. Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 3.4 Point Value: 0.5

In this African American retelling of "Rumpelstiltskin," Lit'mahn spins thread into gold cloth for the king's new bride.

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This version of the familiar story in which a mistreated step-child finds happiness with the "man" of her dreams is set in the old- growth forest and features Bigfoot characters.

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