FIVE The Types of Folktales
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This Guide meets the following English Language Arts Common Core State Standards: R.L.3.1 R.L.3.2 R.L.3.10
Part One: Teaching Notes
Suggestions for Use: In order to analyze plot, understand characters, appreciate illustrations, and uncover the moral or message of folktales, students must first have a good understanding of the characteristics of all folktales and the subtle characteristics of the five types of folktales: legend, myth, tall tale, fable, & fairy tale. Use these forms to help your students recognize the similarities between all folktales and the small differences that distinguish each of the five types of folktales. This helps to build a strand of consistency that unites a Folktale Unit involving several texts while encouraging the close reading necessary to meet additional Common Core State Standards.
Similarities between ALL Folktales = Told over and over again orally before ever being written down No known original author Exist in every culture Five Types of Folktales = Legend Myth Tall Tale Fable Fairy Tale Suggested Texts= Legend Legend of the Bluebonnet Myth Yi and the Ten Suns Tall Tale Paul Bunyan Fable The Tortoise and the Hare Fairy Tale Mufaro s Beautiful Daughters
Part Two: Student Handouts
Name 1. Legends have specific characteristics. List four of them here. we read that makes it a legend. Caption: I know this is a legend because.
Name 1. Myths have specific characteristics. List four of them here. we read that makes it a myth. Caption: I know this is a myth because.
Name 1. Tall Tales have specific characteristics. List four of them here. we read that makes it a tall tale. Caption: I know this is a tall tale because.
Name 1. Fables have specific characteristics. List four of them here. we read that makes it a fable. Caption: I know this is a fable because.
Name 1. Fairy Tales have specific characteristics. List four of them here. we read that makes it a fairy tale. Caption: I know this is a fairy tale because.
Part Three: Teacher Answer Keys
Name Teacher Key 1. Legends have specific characteristics. List four of them here. Characters are everyday people No specific setting Explains how something in nature came to be Has some sort of magic we read that makes it a legend. Illustrations will vary based on the story chosen. Caption: I know this is a legend because Answers will vary based on the story chosen..
Name Teacher Key 1. Myths have specific characteristics. List four of them here. Characters are gods/goddesses No specific setting Explains how something in nature came to be Has some sort of magic we read that makes it a myth. Illustrations will vary based on the story chosen. Caption: I know this is a myth because Answers will vary based on the story chosen..
Name Teacher Key 1. Tall Tales have specific characteristics. List four of them here. Characters are everyday people with super-human abilities Specific Setting linked to a Specific Time in History Uses Hyperbole Funny Solution we read that makes it a tall tale. Illustrations will vary based on the story chosen. Caption: I know this is a tall tale because Answers will vary based on the story chosen..
Name Teacher Key 1. Fables have specific characteristics. List four of them here. Characters are animals Setting is Outside Trickster Ends with a Moral we read that makes it a fable. Illustrations will vary based on the story chosen. Caption: I know this is a fable because Answers will vary based on the story chosen..
Name Teacher Key 1. Fairy Tales have specific characteristics. List four of them here. Characters are Royal Setting is the Castle or Kingdom Good vs. Evil Has some sort of magic we read that makes it a fairy tale. Illustrations will vary based on the story chosen. Caption: I know this is a Fairy Tale because Answers will vary based on the story chosen..
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