Characters
Characteristics
of Literature

Sequencing
Questions
Vocabulary
100
What is the name of the main character who creates a problem in the story?
Fox
100

Folktales may share this with other genres?

repeats, moral lesson, etc.

100
What happens to Fox in the end?
He flies away.
100
What was the Fox's problem after the long winter?
He was hungry.
100
What did Fox become at the end of the story?
a balloon
200

How does the setting change in this tale?

from a nest to the middle of the lake.

200

What is and important characteristic of a folktale?

different cultures have different versions.

200
What is Mother Gull making at the beginning of the story?
her nest
200
Why did Fox take a rest after he returned from getting the baby chicks?
He was tired.
200
What body of water does Fox drink?
a lake
300
What is the kind of bird in the story?
a gull
300

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a folktale?

Examples: 

it happened in real life, it contains facts, it has information, it is a real story.


300
Why was Fox excited when the story began?
The gulls were back.
300
What did Mother Gull do to save her chicks from the Fox?
She took them out of the sack.
300
What are the youngest characters in the story called?
baby chicks
400
What is the name of the character who wanted to eat the gulls?
Fox
400

Which transition words did the author use to help organize the folktale?

Now, So, At last

400
What did the baby chicks do while the Fox was taking a nap?
They cried for help.
400
What did Fox do to try to teach Mother Gull a lesson?
He drank a lot of the lake.
400
What are the prickly things in the sack that hurt Fox's paws?
thorns
500

What does Fox do with the gulls after he takes them?

puts them in a sack

500

How can you tell this tale is fiction?

Examples:

It has talking animals, it has a plot, BME, good vs. evil, etc.

500
What did Mother Gull put in Fox's sack when she took the baby chicks out?
thorny branches
500
Why did Fox float away at the end of the story?
He was blown up like a balloon.
500
What kind of bird is mother?
a gull
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