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Fairy Tale Facts

For Students 3rd
In this home activity worksheet, students will focus on the components of a fairy tale. Students will read a fairy tale and then write their own on the backside of the paper.
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Fantasy, Fables, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify the differences between fantasies, fables, myths, legends and fairy tales. In groups, they create their own versions of the different genres. They practice identifying the examples, as well.
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Multicultural Fairy Tales -- The Stuff of Magic

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to the characteristics of fairy tales. After being read some examples, they write their own fairy tale based on their adventures on a magic carpet ride after making a chart to organize their thoughts. To...
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Funky Illuminated Fairy Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a nameplate and an original fairy tale book using an illuminated manuscript format. In this fairy tale lesson plan, students will explain styles and techniques of illuminated manuscripts. They will also create a personal...
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Fairy Tales

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students write and draw fairy tales based on modern themes and/or their own experiences. The class is divided into groups and are assigned a fairy tale. The groups develop a modern story based on this fairy tale through group discussion.
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Funky Illuminated Fairy Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a nameplate and an original fairy tale book using an illuminated manuscript format. They create a personal nameplate using a decorated or historiated initial, a border, and illuminations.
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Connecting Families through Folk Stories and Fairy Tales

For Teachers K - 5th
Students engage their families to write down a folk story from their primary language. In this family literacy activity, students rewrite the story or fairy tales in English. Parents and students are invited to present the stories in...
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Fractured Fairy Tales

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners use familiar characters, plots, and settings from traditional fairy tales to create "fractured" versions, while experimenting with satire, irony and parody. A fractured fairy tale is designed to be humorous by changing the story...
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A Moroccan Fairy Tale vs. European Folk/Fairy Tale

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore world geography by reading two different fairy tales. In 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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Transforming Fairy Tales: What is a Fairy Tale?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine the elements that make a story a fairy tale.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students listen to an audio version of the classic tale King Midas and the Golden Touch and analyze the characteristics that fairy...
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Fairy Tale Press

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars create the front page of a newspaper by writing news stories about the main characters and plots of fairy tales.
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Transforming Fairy Tales Lesson 8. Putting the pages together

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students put the pages of their fairy tale together. In this ending fairy tale lesson, students use the drawing program to copy and paste their characters that they had previously created. They copy the images and writing to finish their...
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What's So Nice About Fairy Tales?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders modernize a fairy tale, then compare their version with he original version and determine whether or not they've changed the author's original intent.
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Fairy Tale Crossword

For Students 5th - 6th
In this fairy tale crossword worksheet, students brainstorm all the aspects of the most common fairy tales around and then together they search for the answers to a crossword puzzle full of clues about fairy tales.
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Myths, Folk Tales, Fables and Fairy Tales

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the differences in the four genres of myths, folk tales, fables and fairy tales. They use a PowerPoint Presentation, an assessment in Word, and a writing template also created in Word on which they write first, a...
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Elements of the Oral Tradition

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Various genres of oral tradition are outlined and defined in these slides. Give your class examples of folk tales, fairy tales, parables, fables, legends, and myths before reading an example of one of these stories. This overview acts as...
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Goldie Girl and There, Their, and They're: Homophones and Homographs

For Teachers 8th
Instruct your class on homonyms and homophones. Learners take a pre-test and examine a list of homophones. They also play online word games to practice spelling and usage and write a fairy tale in which they use at least 10 homophones....
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Speak a Little Clearer!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What are the characteristics of effective public speaking? Emerging orators choose a fairy tale to present orally to the class. After modeling yourself, divide the class into small groups, having them critique each others' oral...
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Fairytale Fabrics

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students read fairy tales and folk tales and discuss the facts of each story. After reading their favorite story, they create original illustrations on heavy fabric or canvas using fabric markets. Students depict as many scenes as...
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Fractured Fairy Tales

For Students 2nd - 4th
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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Transforming Fairy Tales - Lesson 5: Creating a character template

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a character template for their fairy tale. In this character lesson, 2nd graders using the Paint program on the computer to create their character. They use this character throughout their pictures without needing...
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A Fairy Tale By Any Other Name

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Many classic tales, like "Cinderella," can be found worldwide. Bacis events are similar, but each retelling is molded by the culture in which it exists. Present your class with several version of tale (links provided) and have them...
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The Fairy Tree

For Students 5th Standards
Read about the ways a beloved pet can help a girl meet her true love with a short fairy tale. As fifth graders read the passage, they note their inferences and answer four comprehension questions to demonstrate their understanding.
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Elements of Plot

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Cinderella wants to go to the ball and marry the prince. At the end of the story, she does! But how does the plot move from the exposition to the resolution? Teach language arts learners and fairy tale fans about the basics of plot...

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