1. Once Upon a time……..

2. Fairy Tales are children's stories about magical and imaginary beings and lands.

3. Where did Fairy Tales come from?
Fairy tales are from stories that have been passed down for a long time.
They are important because they teach us a lesson (truth about life)
All cultures around the world have different fairy tales to reflect what they believe

4. What are some fairy tales that you would know?
Aladdin Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Beauty and The Beast Cinderella Hansel and Gretel Rapunzel Rumpelstiltzkin Sleeping Beauty Snow White The Gingerbread Man Princess and The Pea Ugly Duckling Thumbelina Jack and The Beanstock Red Riding Hood Three Little Pigs

5. You will know you are reading a Fairy Tale because ALL Fairy Tales have 4 ingredients in common…….

6. The Four Ingredients of a Fairy Tale
1st Ingredient: A Moral A Lesson the reader learns from the story Ci Moral From Cinderella: Good things happen to good people

7. Moral
Beauty and The Beast The Moral is: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

8. Moral
A moral is: What did you learn from the story?

9. 2nd Ingredient of a Fairy Tale
Characters you remember (memorable)
They must be someone the audience can relate to
Cinderella is one because she works really hard and is often not appreciated.

10. Without the Prince in Sleeping Beauty she would not have woken up!
Memorable Characters
This character can be a hero
Without the Prince in Sleeping Beauty she would not have woken up!

11. Memorable Characters The Character can be a Villain
The Witch In Snow White is jealous of her beauty. Most people have felt like that before.

12. Memorable Characters
These Characters don’t even have to be human! Just important to the fairy tale.

13. In most fairy tales there is a battle between good and evil.
Memorable Characters
In most fairy tales there is a battle between good and evil.

14. The Third Ingredient A challenge or obstacle to overcome
This is important because it gives the character’s something to do during the story
It could be:
A destination to travel to:
Over the bridge in the
Billy Goats Gruff

15. Obstacle To Overcome
Could be a person to rescue

16. Obstacle To Overcome
Could be a curse to break

17. Obstacle to Overcome
Could be to find true love

18. 4th Ingredient for a Fairy Tale
A happy ending!
This makes the reader think that anything is possible

19. A Happy Ending
The problem needs to be solved in a way that makes sense

20. and they lived happily ever after…….

21. Other things usually in Fairy Tales
Animals that talk
Magic

22. Other Things Usually In Fairy Tales
Royalty
The Setting is usually in the past
A long time ago in a castle far, far,
away…………

23. Did you know….
That the numbers 3 and 7 are “magical” numbers in fairy tales?
In The Three Little Pigs:
3 pigs, 3 houses, Wolf comes and blows houses down 3 times
Snow White:
Becomes beautiful when she is 7 years old
7 dwarfs
3 times the Queen (witch) disguises herself

24. What are the 4 Ingredients again?
A Moral or lesson for the story
Important characters we remember
Problem to overcome
A Happy Ending

25. Why are Fairy Tales important to learn about?
You can use these things in your writing to make it more interesting
They teach us a lesson (truth about life)
They allow us to use our imaginations and dream about the impossible
They allow us to read about magic, princesses, animals that talk
They are stories that have been passed down

26. Our first task……..