1. Bell Ringer
Read each statement and check whether you agree with the statement (it’s true) or disagree with the statement (it’s false) in the bell ringer column.
Take out your planner and have it open to today’s date.

2. Housekeeping HOME LEARNING: Weekly A3Ks due this Sunday (5/22)
Read the following stories in the lit. book, by next class (total 17 pages):
Ceres & Proserpina
Arachne
Uncle Septimus’ Beard
Crane Maiden

3. Housekeeping ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Summer reading available on school website (link on my blog)
All class library books due by May 27th. Checking out books stops on that date too. 
The LAST Make-Up Monday of the year is next week: May 23rd from 3-4:45 p.m.

4. Myths, Legends, Tall Tales, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales!
Traditional Stories
Myths, Legends, Tall Tales, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales!

5. Traditional Stories
Traditional stories are based on the traditions and beliefs of people
Were originally passed down by word of mouth
Usually teach a lesson or cultural value, which is the behaviors that a society expects from its people.
Written to entertain, but also help us understand and appreciate other times and other cultures.

6. Traditional Stories
Think of traditional stories as the main category in which all the offshoots fall under:
TRADITIONAL STORIES
Myths
Legends
Tall Tales
Fables
Folk Tales
Fairy
Tales

7. EXAMPLES OF TRADITIONAL TALES
Myths
Legends
Tall Tales
Fables
Fairy Tales
Folk Tales
Midas Touch
Daedalus
The Minotaur
Demeter and Perseph-one
Clash of the Titans
King Arthur
Robin Hood
William Tell
Johnny Apple-seed
Casey Jones
Trojan Horse
St. Patrick
Paul Bunyan
Pecos Bill
Annie Oakley
Davy Crockett
John Henry
Tortoise and the Hare
Fox and the Crow
Ant and the Grass-hopper
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Little Mermaid
The Ugly Duckling
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The Crane Maiden
Aunty Misery
Edit to match website/matrix. Add folktales

8. Traditional Tales
Many people have asked what are the differences among myths, legends, fables, tall tales and folk tales?
Myths, legends, tall tales and fables are old stories written for adults and children. Folk and fairy tales were written specially for children.

9. What are myths?
“Myth” comes from the Greek word “mythos” which means “word of mouth”.
Myths are made up stories that try to explain how our world works and how we should treat each other.
The stories are usually set in times long ago, before history as we know it was written.

10. Myths
People have always asked questions like “How did our world come to be?” or “Why do tornadoes happen?” Some myths answered these questions.
In other myths, gods or “super-beings” used their powers to make events happen. Or the stories were the adventures of gods, goddesses, men and women.

11. Myths
These myths described the big things that happened to people and the choices they made. They might be about:
triumph (achieving something)
tragedy (losing something)
honor (doing the right thing)
being brave even when you are frightened or
being foolish and making mistakes.
People might be heroes in these stories and gods and goddesses could use their powers to help them or make things more difficult for them.

12. Myths
Around the world, myths were shared by groups of people and became part of their culture.
Some myths are told in many cultures, but with variations in the events or characters.
For example, most cultures, tribes or groups of people have their version of how our world came to be.

13. Myths
For early people, myths were like science because they explained how natural events work.
Some of the stories or characters may seem impossible, and science gives us different explanations for some of our questions. But people all over the world still like to read myths and we all like to think about what they might mean.

14. What are legends?
Legends are also stories that have been made up, but they are different from myths.
Legends are about people and their actions or deeds.
Legends are based on real people who lived in more recent times and are mentioned in history. Legends are told for a purpose and are based on facts, but they are not completely true.

15. Legends
Either the person never really did what the story says, or the historical events were changed.
The purpose was to make the story more interesting or convincing, or to teach a lesson, like knowing right from wrong.

16. Legends
Examples of people in English legends are King Arthur, Robin Hood and Queen Boadicea.
A man who may have been King Arthur is known to have lived in the 5th or 6th century. But the stories about the Knights of the Round Table and Merlin the Magician may not be true.
The point of the story was that the knights and their king defended their people and helped them.

17. Legends
The character and deeds of Robin Hood may have been based on someone else.
Robin of Loxley lived in Nottinghamshire around the time of the story, and he did help the poor.
But did he live in Nottingham forest with a band of robbers? Probably not, but helping other people is important and the legend hasn’t been forgotten.

18. Legends Today
Today people use the word ‘legend’ in a different way when they talk about people and their deeds.
They may describe a basketball player, football player or runner as a “sporting legend”, or an actor as a “film legend”.

19. Legends Today Continued
What they mean is the person is famous because of their skills or things they have done. This is similar to the earlier use of the word, and the legend stories.
Urban legends are intriguing stories that aren’t true but could be possible

20. What are tall tales?
Tall tales are humorous or silly stories written from someone’s imagination. 
It is always told as if it were true, even though the listeners know that the story could never really happen.

21. Tall Tales They are about events and characters that are exaggerated.
This exaggeration is used to add humor or make the events more interesting.
They are filled with exaggerations, similes, metaphors, and lots of descriptive language. 

22. Tall Tales
The main character accomplishes great feats using strength, skill, and wits.
The story explains how some familiar things began.
The hero has a colorful way of speaking.
Famous people and places show up in the story.
More often that not, the hero dies or disappears. 

23. Tall Tales
Tall tales were popularized in the United States in the 18th century, although they’re not limited to the U.S.
They were told by people as a means of entertainment, and relaxation after a long day's work.

24. Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox…and Ms. Barker
Bemidji, Minnesota

25. What are fables?
A fable is another type of story, also passed down from generation to generation and told to teach a lesson.
A fable usually ends with a moral, or a short sentence with a lesson about life.

26. Fables
Fables are about animals that can talk and act like people, or plants or forces of nature like thunder or wind.
The plants may be able to move and also talk and the natural forces cause things to happen in the story because of their strength.

27. Fables The most famous fables were written by a man called Aesop.
We know them as Aesop’s Fables, and he wrote more than 600 of them in the mid-6th Century.

28. What are fairy tales?
Fairy tales are stories written specially for children, often about magical characters such as elves, fairies, goblins and giants. Sometimes the characters are animals.
Most fairy tales were passed down orally before being written. Many of these stories were collected by Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm and written down for future generations.

29. Folk Tales vs. Fairy Tales
Folk and fairy tales are stories written specially for children, often about magical characters such as elves, fairies, goblins and giants. Sometimes the characters are animals.
Note: Fairy Tales often involve “magic” whereas Folk Tales may not.

30. What are folk tales?
Folk tales are set in the distant past and involve supernatural events.
They often feature both human and animal characters.

31. Folk Tales In most folk tales:
A character represents one or more qualities—for example: greed, honesty, kindness, or cleverness.
Supernatural beings and events are part of the story.
A lesson or message about life is presented.

32. The End

33. Work Period Open your lit. book to “The Chenoo.”
Class reads story aloud & discuss.
If time allows, read:
Ceres and Proserpina
Arachne
Uncle Septimus’ Beard
Crane Maiden

34. Closing
Read each statement and check whether you agree with the statement (it’s true) or disagree with the statement (it’s false) in the closing column.

35. Packing Up Checklist
#1 – Update planners for home learning. Your closing is your ticket out of class.
#2 - Log-off computers and return to the cart, if it applies.
#3 - Tidy the bins & return Ms. Barker’s materials to where they belong.
#4 – Straighten rows.
#5 - Pick up trash and throw it away.
#6 - Pack up personal belongings.
#7 – Sit silently and wait for Ms. Barker to dismiss you. (8B only, wet wipe desks and AFTER the announcements have finished, stack the chairs on top of the desks.)

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