This document provides instruction and context for students to analyze fairy tales and folk tales. It includes a T-chart for students to note what they know about fairy and folk tales and predict elements of two stories they will read. It also defines key literary elements like plot, theme, and vocabulary words for the story "Dragon, Dragon". Students are asked to identify parts of the plot and relate characters' actions to the theme of listening to parents in the story.
This document provides instruction and context for students to analyze fairy tales and folk tales. It includes a T-chart for students to note what they know about fairy and folk tales and predict elements of two stories they will read. It also defines key literary elements like plot, theme, and vocabulary words for the story "Dragon, Dragon". Students are asked to identify parts of the plot and relate characters' actions to the theme of listening to parents in the story.
This document provides instruction and context for students to analyze fairy tales and folk tales. It includes a T-chart for students to note what they know about fairy and folk tales and predict elements of two stories they will read. It also defines key literary elements like plot, theme, and vocabulary words for the story "Dragon, Dragon". Students are asked to identify parts of the plot and relate characters' actions to the theme of listening to parents in the story.
summary
sentences
about
each.
You
will
be
reading
a
fairy
tale
and
folk
tale.
Complete
the
T-‐chart.
WHAT
DO
I
KNOW
ABOUT
FAIRY
AND
WHAT
CAN
I
PREDICT
ABOUT
THE
2
FOLK
TALES?
STORIES
WE
WILL
BE
READING?
STORY ELEMENTS: Plot and Theme The
plot
of
a
story
is
the
sequence
of
events
arranged
around
a
problem
or
conflict.
As
characters
aKempt
to
solve
the
problem,
events
build
to
a
climax,
or
turning
point.
The
resoluMon,
or
conclusion,
of
the
story
follows
the
climax.
As
you
read
“Dragon,
Dragon”
you
will
idenMfy
the
following
parts
of
the
plot:
• ExposiMon-‐(introducMon
of
the
problem)
• Rising
AcMon-‐(development
of
the
problem)
• Climax-‐(turning
point)
• Falling
AcMon-‐(aWer
the
problem
is
solved)
• ResoluMon-‐(how
the
problem
turns
out)
Theme
• The
underlying
message
of
the
story.
– SomeMmes
the
theme
is
stated
directly
in
the
story.
– Other
Mmes,
you
must
figure
it
out
by
thinking
about
the
characters
and
their
acMons
VOCABULARY • Turn
to
pg.
432
in
your
PrenMce
Hall
Literature
Book
• Write
down
the
5
vocabulary
words,
definiMons
and
then
look
in
the
story
and
copy
the
sentence
each
word
is
in.
plagued
ravaged
tyrant
reflecMng
craned
DRAGON, DRAGON • THEME:
“It
is
important
to
listen
to
your
parents.”
• WHILE
I’M
READING:
– Pay
aKenMon
to
characters
acMons
– How
those
acMons
relate
to
or
express
the
theme.