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Stories Share Similar Scenes
Students listen to similar stories that come from different cultures and compare them. In this folktale instructional activity, students focus on different versions of "Cinderella," then complete a worksheet which is embedded in the plan...
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Fractured Fairy Tales
In this writing worksheet, students choose one of 6 fairy tales to rewrite. They change story elements such as the character, location, viewpoint, or problem to create a "fractured fairy tale".
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The Three Bears' Voices
Students explore language arts by reading a classic story. In this oral storytelling lesson, students read the book The Three Bears and identify the characters and discuss how their voices would sound. Students practice retelling the...
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The Three Little Pigs
Young scholars read the story The Three Little Pigs and complete language activities about them. In this The Three Little Pigs lesson plan, students research houses, draw houses, and write alliteration poems.
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Problem/solution
Students examine presentations of problems and reaching solutions in literature. In this writing skills activity, students read "The Three Little Pigs," and respond to several discussion questions about plot, characters, setting,...
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A Moroccan Fairy Tale vs. European Folk/Fairy Tale
Second graders explore world geography by reading two different fairy tales. For this cultural storytelling lesson, 2nd graders read Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and the Moroccan story The Girl Who Lived with the Gazelles. Students...
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Materials and Manufacturing
Students explore materials used in manufacturing. In this science lesson, students investigate the suitability of building materials. Students read The Three Little Pigs and discuss the building materials used in the story.
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Comparing and Contrasting Fiction and Nonfiction Using Graphic Organizers
Students compare and contrast fiction and non-fiction selections. In this writing skills lesson, students use different forms of graphic organizers to compare "The Three Little Pigs," to Wiesel's Night.
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Common Theme in Folktale: 900 Versions of Cinderella
Seventh graders examine various stories that have a Cinderella theme. In this Language Arts instructional activity, 7th graders compare and contrast stories. Students write various journal assignments in regards to the...
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The Ugly Ducklings
In this comprehension learning exercise, students answer short answer and discussion questions for the story The Ugly Duckling. Students complete 14 questions.
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Jack and the Beanstalk
For this comprehension worksheet, students answer short answer and discussion questions for the story Jack and the Beanstalk. Students complete 14 questions.
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Cinderella
In this "Cinderella" instructional activity, students read the story, answer comprehension, discussion and extension questions and conduct simple research on another "Cinderella" story.
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The Pied Piper
A learning exercise on "The Pied Piper" prompts learners to read the story, answer comprehension, discussion and extension questions, and conduct simple research on rats.
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Little Red Riding Hood
In this comprehension instructional activity, students answer short answer and discussion questions for the story Little Red Riding Hood. Students complete 13 questions.
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Catch Me If You Can: Over and Under
Students read a story. In this vocabulary skills lesson, students read The Gingerbread Man, use flannel cut outs to re-enact the gingerbread man running over and under.
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Fantasy Details
Students identify fantasy details from a fairy tale they have read and give an explanation of how they know it is a fantasy detail. In this fantasy detail lesson plan, students make a list from the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood.
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The Wolf's Tale
In this the wolf's tale: pre-reading activities worksheet, 4th graders write a definition and ingredients of a fairy tale, then sort the characters in Little Red Riding Hood, match sentences from the story and write the ending.
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The Wolf's Tale
In this ESL literature worksheet, students read excerpts from a story told from the wolf's perspective in Little Red Riding Hood. Students complete 4 pages of exercises and essay questions about this story.
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Sound Effects
Students listen carefully so they can say their "part" during a reading of a Cinderella story. In this listening and speaking lesson, students saying their "part" on cue during a reading of a familiar story. They actively listen to the...
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Author's Purpose
Students discuss and define what folk and fairy tales are. In this literature lesson, students construct their own working definitions for folk and fairy tales. Students choose to work as a class or in cooperative groups. Then students...
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Little Red Riding Hood
In this Little Red Riding Hood worksheet, students fill in the blanks to the story with the words given and complete a word search. Students complete 2 activities total.
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English Exercises: Three Little Pigs
In this "Three Little Pigs" online worksheet, learners watch a YouTube video before completing the associated exercises. They use drop down menus to label sticks, straw, bricks, and a wolf. They complete sentences about the composition...
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Write Your Own Folk or Fairy Tale
Students analyze folk and fairy tales. In this language arts lesson plan, students discuss the elements of a tale determining what the differences are between folk and fairy tales. Students then write their own tales using the...
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"The Necklace" and "Cinderella"
Tenth graders complete literature analysis activities using Guy de Maupassants "The Necklace" and the Grimm Brothers "Cinderella." In this literature analysis activity, 10th graders discuss the life and career of Guy de Maupassant...