Unit 3: Time for Tea
During this unit on folk and fairy tales, we will be discovering the history of oral story telling as well as analyzing folk and fairy tales. We will also be developing our creative skills with some poetry writing and presenting.
Analysis of the Fairy Tale
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Lesson 1: (November 2nd and 3rd)
Step 1 - Teacher powerpoint presentation on Fairy Tale Analysis
Step 2 - View the images of popular fairy tales, guess the fairy tale and discuss with class
Lesson 2: (November 9)
Step 1 - Teacher read aloud of Pinocchio
Step 2 - Students will research origin of the fairy tale
Step 3 - Students will research their favourite version of Pinocchio
Step 4 - Students will get into groups of 2 or 3 and create a list of similarities and differences between their versions of Pinocchio
Step 5 - One student from each group will hand in their 'similarity and difference chart'
Lesson 3: (November 16-18)
Step 1 - Teacher read aloud of The Ugly Duckling
Step 2 - Class discussion on the moral of the story
Step 3 - Students will watch the 1930s version of The Ugly Duckling (Disney) and discuss the absence of dialogue and its role in the story.
Step 4 - Students will create a list of important plot points that each fairy tale version included.
Step 5 - Students will create their own 'free lance' version of The Ugly Duckling fairy tale
Students will select one of the following ways to create their own version of The Ugly Duckling:
Lesson 4: (november 19th)
Step 1 - Teacher presentation on 'What is Poetry' (https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/glossary-poetry-types)
Step 2 - Class discussion on the importance and meaning of poetry
Step 3 - Finding the best fit, discussing what styles of poems are best used to express different feelings
Lesson 5: (November 19th)
Step 1 - Teacher read aloud of Peter and the Wolf
Step 2 - Class discussion of the history of the fairy tale and the role music plays in many presentations of the story.
Step 3 - Students will answer the following questions (in full sentences) and submit them on Showbie:
Questions:
1. Where does Peter live?
2. Who does Peter live with?
3. What is the warning that Peter’s grandfather gives to him?
4. Why did Peter’s grandfather become angry?
5. How did Peter and the bird capture the wolf?
6. In your opinion, what is the moral of this story?
7. Make a list of three fairy tale symbols that are used in Peter and the Wolf. You are encouraged to look at the Fairy Tale Analysis powerpoint for this question.
Lesson 6: (November 23rd)
Step 1 - Students will create their own tanka poem about Peter and the Wolf.
Step 2 - students will get into groups to complete a peer editing session on their poems.
Step 3 - students will pass in their tanka poems via Showbie
Lesson 7: (November 24th)
Step 1 - Teacher read aloud of the fairy tale The Princess and the Pea
Step 2 - Students will create an illustration of the fairy tale with a partner while discussing the most prominent elements of the fairy tale
Step 3 - Students will watch the Princess and The Pea videos 1 and 2
Step 4 - Teacher will introduce the lyric or senryu poem
Step 5 - students will create their own lyric or senryu poems around the moral of the story from The Princess and the Pea
Lesson 8: (November 25)
Step 1 - Students discuss their all time favourite fairy tales
Step 2 - Research a copy of your fairy tale
Step 3 - Select your favourite scene from the fairy tale
Step 4 - Prepare an oral presentation (for the class, or the teacher) about why this scene is important and why you like it
Step 5 - Create a drawing or pic collage (with a minimum of 6 images) that illustrates the scene
Step 6 - Present to the class (read the scene, speak to the class about the scene, show the class your drawing or pic collage)
Step 1 - Teacher powerpoint presentation on Fairy Tale Analysis
Step 2 - View the images of popular fairy tales, guess the fairy tale and discuss with class
Lesson 2: (November 9)
Step 1 - Teacher read aloud of Pinocchio
Step 2 - Students will research origin of the fairy tale
Step 3 - Students will research their favourite version of Pinocchio
Step 4 - Students will get into groups of 2 or 3 and create a list of similarities and differences between their versions of Pinocchio
Step 5 - One student from each group will hand in their 'similarity and difference chart'
Lesson 3: (November 16-18)
Step 1 - Teacher read aloud of The Ugly Duckling
Step 2 - Class discussion on the moral of the story
Step 3 - Students will watch the 1930s version of The Ugly Duckling (Disney) and discuss the absence of dialogue and its role in the story.
Step 4 - Students will create a list of important plot points that each fairy tale version included.
Step 5 - Students will create their own 'free lance' version of The Ugly Duckling fairy tale
Students will select one of the following ways to create their own version of The Ugly Duckling:
- a comic strip (digital or by hand) - must be in colour, have a minimum of 15 blocks with dialogue
- a song (minimum of one chorus and three versus (any style, rap, country, pop, etc.)
- a short film (iMovie, stop motion) (puppets, dolls, paper dolls, etc.)
- a poem
- a written play (minimum of 200 words)
Lesson 4: (november 19th)
Step 1 - Teacher presentation on 'What is Poetry' (https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/glossary-poetry-types)
Step 2 - Class discussion on the importance and meaning of poetry
Step 3 - Finding the best fit, discussing what styles of poems are best used to express different feelings
Lesson 5: (November 19th)
Step 1 - Teacher read aloud of Peter and the Wolf
Step 2 - Class discussion of the history of the fairy tale and the role music plays in many presentations of the story.
Step 3 - Students will answer the following questions (in full sentences) and submit them on Showbie:
Questions:
1. Where does Peter live?
2. Who does Peter live with?
3. What is the warning that Peter’s grandfather gives to him?
4. Why did Peter’s grandfather become angry?
5. How did Peter and the bird capture the wolf?
6. In your opinion, what is the moral of this story?
7. Make a list of three fairy tale symbols that are used in Peter and the Wolf. You are encouraged to look at the Fairy Tale Analysis powerpoint for this question.
Lesson 6: (November 23rd)
Step 1 - Students will create their own tanka poem about Peter and the Wolf.
Step 2 - students will get into groups to complete a peer editing session on their poems.
Step 3 - students will pass in their tanka poems via Showbie
Lesson 7: (November 24th)
Step 1 - Teacher read aloud of the fairy tale The Princess and the Pea
Step 2 - Students will create an illustration of the fairy tale with a partner while discussing the most prominent elements of the fairy tale
Step 3 - Students will watch the Princess and The Pea videos 1 and 2
Step 4 - Teacher will introduce the lyric or senryu poem
Step 5 - students will create their own lyric or senryu poems around the moral of the story from The Princess and the Pea
Lesson 8: (November 25)
Step 1 - Students discuss their all time favourite fairy tales
Step 2 - Research a copy of your fairy tale
Step 3 - Select your favourite scene from the fairy tale
Step 4 - Prepare an oral presentation (for the class, or the teacher) about why this scene is important and why you like it
Step 5 - Create a drawing or pic collage (with a minimum of 6 images) that illustrates the scene
Step 6 - Present to the class (read the scene, speak to the class about the scene, show the class your drawing or pic collage)