Fairytales

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• Leerjaar 2

FLE 1: Fairy tales

Which fairytales do
you know?

How would you describe a fairytale?
What is a fairytale? Give a few key words.

A fairytale is a folktale that uses magic and fantasy, it starts with the sentence: 'once upon a time' and always takes place in a unknown land and time. Most of the time they 'live happily ever after'.

Wikipedia

Fairy tale characters

Watch the two fragments and try to remember as many fairytale characters as possible. You can take notes if you want. Post your answers on the next slide. 

Name fairytale characters you
could see in these videos.

What is the English name for 'Sneeuwwitje'

The Cinderella fairytale is about a princess with very long hair that was prisoner in a tower for a long time.

1. True
2. False

Brave means....

1. always talks a lot
2. is not afraid of dangerous things
3. is amusing
4. shares things with others

What is the Dutch name for Little Red Riding Hood.

The Emperor's new clothes is the English name for ...

1. De nieuwe kleren van de keizer
2. Keizer Kuzco
3. De drie biggetjes
4. Rapunzel

But there is more: 

• A fairytale is always fiction (land we do not know, time we do not know) 
  
• The lead character is a young girl or boy
  
• The lead character gets help through a magical object or a sidekick
  
• the number 3 (three fairies, three tasks, three brothers) 
  

Most fairytales follow the same pattern. 

So think about these for a moment: 

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Do you recognise the photos?

What about modern fairytales?

Do you know the story of the three little piggies? 

And now...

Work in pairs

Choose a fairytale

Let me know which one you choose.

Rewrite the ending, how SHOULD it have ended? 

Write it down in teams or in Word (and send it to me) 

In English of course! 

Goodbye all

Have a nice day

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