Common Elements in Fairy Tales

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Common Elements in Fairy Tales
Seventh Grade Language Arts Mrs. Teper
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1. The Question

• What do all Fairy Tales have in common?

Graphic www.corbis.com
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2. The Task

• You are a struggling journalist. This is your one
  chance to become successful. The agent wants you
  to write a Fairy Tale with a 10,000 signing
  bonus, however, you have never written one
  before. The agent suggests you do some research
  on Fairy Tales before you begin.

http//halfelven.net/artcomp.htm
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3. Student Activity

• Go to the comparison chart and click on the links
  to the Fairy Tales. Read the stories silently.
• Print out the chart.
• Compare the common elements found in the stories.
  
• Click here to go to chart

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4. Assessment
The agent would like you to write a sample Fairy
Tale, using the knowledge you have gained. In 250
words or more, write a Fairy Tale that has all
four elements specified in the Comparison Chart.
(Magic, Problem, Solution, Moral or Lesson) You
need to impress her! And you need the 10,000
signing bonus!
How Will I Be Graded?
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5. Rubric
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Rubric created by http//rubistar.4teachers.org Da
te Created Dec 5, 2003
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6. More Fun With Fairy Tales

• Think about other fairy tales you have heard of
  or read. How are the fairy tales we read today
  like the ones you have heard before? Complete the
  Web Quest to enhance your knowledge.
• Use the following link to learn more about fairy
  tales around the world and the elements.

http//www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq1
9/tales.htm
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7. Content Standards and Benchmarks

• Language Arts
• Content Standard 4 All Students will use the
  English Language Effectively
• 1.Compare and contrast written language and
  patterns.
• Content Standard 5 All students will read and
  analyze a wide variety of
• classic and contemporary literature to seek
  information, ideas and enjoyment.
• 1.Read, listen to, view and respond thoughtfully
  to texts recognized for quality and literary
  merit.
• Content Standard 6 All students will learn to
  communicate information accurately and
  effectively and demonstrate their expressive
  abilities by creating written text that enlighten
  and engage an audience.
• 3.Compare and contrast the style and
  characteristics of speakers, and how they shape
  text and influence their audiences expectations.
  
• 2. Demonstrate their ability to use different
  voices in written communication to entertain
  their audience.
• Content Standard 8 All students will explore
  and use the characteristics of different types of
  texts to construct meaning.
• Use characteristics of narrative genre to convey
  ideas and perspectives.
• Technology
• Content Standard 2 All students will use
  technologies to input, retrieve, organize,
  manipulate, evaluate, and communicate
  information.
• 1.Demonstrate skill using technologies to
  prepare, evaluate and synthesize information
  collectedand stored (voice, data, video,
  graphics, etc).

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8. Teacher Tips

• Have copies of the Comparison Chart ready to pass
  out to the students so they can skip the printing
  out part. (This also saves time in the computer
  lab and wont jamb up the printer)

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9. Bibliography

• Citations for URLs
• The Princess and the Pea
• By Hans Christen Andersen
• http//www.childhoodreading.com/Edmund_Dulac_and
  Gus/Princess_and _the_Pea.html.
• The Elves and The Shoemaker
• By Hans Christen Andersen
• http//www.childhoodreading.com/Edmunc_Dulac_and
  _Gus/Elves_and_the_Shoemaker.html.
• Rubric Created by
• http//rubistar.4teachers.org
• Web Quest by
• http//www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq1
  9/tales.htm

• Citations for Pics and Graphics
• http//www.corbis.com
• http//www.lifetimecartoonsforkids.com
• http//halfelven.net/artcomp.html

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Comparison Chart
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