Engage conversation and explore the journey as you challenge young readers to interpret the german folktale, "The Fisherman and His Wife" written by literary brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.

Concepts

context clues, Vocabulary, opinion writing, close reading, discussion skills, critical reading, critical thinking

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have the class read text silently, then choral read to make sure all learners understood
• Use highlighters to underline words or phrases that pupils do not understand
• Individuals can write a letter to the flounder with their wishes, but they must include two reasons for each wish; this builds their sentence skills for paragraph writing
• Compare and contrast by writing or discussing this adaptation of the story to other adaptations 

Classroom Considerations

• Consider having a copy of "The Fisherman and His Wife" by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm on hand, as well as other Grimm folk tales for young scholars to view or read
• Make a copy of the resource text for every reader to write on and highlight
• Have plenty of sticky notes for each pair of hands 
• Set aside at least 45 minutes of your literacy block each day for a week to complete this task

Pros

• Explicit detailed lesson to challenge higher-level thinking 
• Resource includes all elements of English literacy 
• Exposes learners to Grimm brothers literature

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.3 RL.3.4 RL.3.5 RL.3.10 W.3.1.a W.3.4 W.3.5 W.4.9.a SL.3.1.a L.3.3.a L.3.6