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Once Upon A Time An open Lesson Abby Wride and Maria Cloutier

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Opening Activity Create your own Fairy Tale! Lets start with a picture and a title Blue the Dragon and his enchanted story

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A Quick Recap Fairytales, or folktales, are stories that grew out of the lives and imagination of the people, or folk. - Essentials of childrens literature

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What age group is this lesson for? This lesson could be as expansive or as simple as you wanted, ranging anywhere from elementary to high school level. http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

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Essential Question: What can different versions of fairytales tell us about change in culture and time?

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Example Title: The Bear Prince Originated from Switzerland Summary- A father left for the market to get his daughters gifts (particularly a grape). Father could not find a grape, but a dwarf told the man to go to a meadow to find one. Father met a mean bear at vineyard and agreed to a deal with the bear. The father got greeted by his daughter when he arrived home. (Making his daughter now the bears possession from their deal at the vineyard.) One year later the bear came for the mans daughter. The bear took the daughter to the castle and she became his wife. One year later she went to visit her father; he tried to give her matches but failed. On the third year she visited her father. She finally got the matches from him. That night she lit the match and saw that the bear was actually a prince and she broke his spell. They lived happily ever after.

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Discuss How does this fairy tale compare to the Beauty and the Beast you know?

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Now its your turn!

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Cinderella Fairy Tales Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella, written by Jan Brett. Published in 2013 Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal, written by Paul Fleischman. Published in 2007

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Little Red Riding Hood Fairy Tales Lon Po Po, written by Ed Young. Published in 1989 (China) Little Red Riding Hood, written by Gennady Spirin. Published in 2010

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Lets Discuss What was similar? What was different? Illustrations? What surprised you?

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Acrostics Activity! WEOLLLFAWEOLLLFAL

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Lets Compare! W ily E nchanting O rnery L ovely L urking L ove-Struck F iesty A ppreciative

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Creative Writing Assignment Rewrite a fairytale from a different characters perspective.

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Other Possible Activities Capture a picture from a fairy tale scene Write a poem about one of the characters Find a song that reminds you of the fairy tale Any other ideas?

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