Fairytales

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Fairy tales and folk tales

Three lessons in a row

- Learn what the different key elements of fairy tales/ folk tales are, and can recognize them in a text

- Learn about the importance of fairy tales/folk tales (their function and the morals) and mention the moral lesson of at least one fairy tale

- Can rewrite the ending of a fairy tale with the past simple and irregular verbs

Ultimate goal:

Your ultimate goal is to learn more about the fairy tale genre. For this, you are going to make a document that has to includes the following:

- Your name

- The fairy tale you chose 

- A list of the elements of the tale and how they appear in your story

- A rewritten ending of the fairy tale ( with proper use of the past simple and irregular verbs)

Three lessons in a row

Today's lesson: 

- Watch a video

- Brainstorming and rewriting the ending

- Discussion time

Final goal: rewriting the ending of a fairy tale! 

Inleveren op som!!

How would you describe a fairytale?
What is a fairytale

A fairytale is a written down folktale that uses magic and fantasy, it starts with the sentence: 'once upon a time' and always takes place in an unknown land and time

What do you think is the reason people tell eachother fairytales?

What do you think is the reason people tell eachother fairytales?

Name things you see in fairytales
F.E: kings, fairies ect

Every fairytale has a few elements:

• It starts with: 'once upon a time'  
  
• Archetypes: A hero, a villain, a witch, a fairy, stepmother, king...
  
• A quest/task/desire 
  
• A conflict
• A moral lesson 
• There is an element of magic/a transformation
  

But there is more: 

• A fairytale is always fiction (land we do not know, time we do not know) 
• The lead character gets help through a magical object, a sidekick, or even a villain
  
• the number 3 (three fairies, three tasks, three brothers) 
  
• Written in past tense

Most fairytales follow the same pattern. 

First task:

-Go to storyberries.com and choose 1 fairy tale from the categories: children 7-12 years old, 10 minutes. 

- Read one of the tales + answer the questions at the end 

- Make a list with the fairy tale elements and how they appear in the story

- If you have time left; brainstorm