Craft your own fairy tale based on Momotaro, a Japanese story referenced in Kyoko Mori's Shuzuko's Daughter. A list of nouns guide learners in writing their own story, and predicting what might happen in the novel.

Concepts

japanese folktales, novels, fairy tales, reading comprehension, Narrative Writing, making predictions

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Demonstrate how to work through the activity as a class
• Have kids read their finished stories in front of the class
• Use the activity when studying folktales or other fairy tales

Classroom Considerations

• Advanced readers will understand the activity quickly, but developing learners may have a hard time expanding the story beyond the words provided

Pros

• A fun and creative way for kids to make predictions about the novel

Cons

• None