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© 2014 wheresjenny.com Folk Tales Vocabulary Folklore (or lore) (Folk tales): consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales, stories, tall tales, and customs included in the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. The study of folklore is sometimes called folkloristics, and people who study folklore are sometimes referred to as folklorists. Fables: a short moral story, esp. one with animals as characters Myths: A myth is a story that usually explains something about the world and involves gods and other superhuman beings. Fairy tale: It is a type of imaginative writing that carries the reader into an invented world where the laws of nature, as we know them, do not operate. A proverb: is a simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity.

© 2014 wheresjenny.com Folk Tales What is a folk tale? A folktale is a story which began with oral storytelling. Passed down through the ages Teaches lesson Explains why things are as they are.

© 2014 wheresjenny.com Folk Tales Why use folktales?  The great power of the story is that it engages us affectively as well as requiring our cognitive attention, we learn the content of the story we are emotionally engaged by its characters or events.  The use of literature designed for children in the target culture allows learner of the target language to share cultural experiences and attitudes in a very direct way.

© 2014 wheresjenny.com Folk Tales  simple and straightforward  includes magic or supernatural powers  characters represent human qualities such as good, evil, wisdom, foolishness, laziness  problems and conflicts are clear  ending usually happy or satisfying  good usually rewarded, evil punished Characteristics of Folktales

© 2014 wheresjenny.com Folk Tales Examples of Folk Tales  The Nightingale  The Seventh Sister  How the Snake Got Poison  Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves  He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit

© 2014 wheresjenny.com Folk Tales What is a fable? A fable is a very brief story in prose or in verse that teaches a moral or a practical lesson about how to succeed in life. The Crow and the Jar The Wolf and the House Dog The Fox and the Crow The Country Mouse and the City Mouse The Maid and the Milk pail Examples of Fables

© 2014 wheresjenny.com Folk Tales Examples of Fairy Tales  Cinderella  Snow White and the Seven Dwarves  Ella Enchanted  Cinder Edna What is a fairy tale? A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features European folkloric fantasy characters, such as dwarves, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, mermaids, trolls, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described) [1] and explicitly moral tales, including beast fables. [1]

© 2014 wheresjenny.com Folk Tales Quiz Time! Which genre teaches a moral at the end? What are two examples of fairy tales? What is a story with no known author? What are three examples of folk tales? What kind of story is The Country Mouse and the City Mouse?