Vocabulary Definitions
What is a noun?
A noun is a person,animal, place, or thing
Identify the Subject in the following sentence:
I ran.
Subject is: I
Define Setting
Setting is where the story takes place
What are the two versions of Cinderella that we read as a class?
Cat Cinderella and Ash Girl
What was the movie we watched as a class at the end of the unit?
Into the Woods
What is an object?
A person, animal, place or thing that receives the action.
Identify the Object in the following sentence:
She completed her grammar worksheet.
The Object is: her grammar worksheet
Define Protagonist
The protagonist is the main character in a story, novel, movie, etc.
What is 1 difference and 1 similarity between Ash Girl and Cat Cinderella?
A few examples include:
a) The number of step siblings and how both Zezolla and Ash Girl are treated like slaves
b) The way that Ash Girl and Zezolla run away from the Prince, and how their step-siblings are treated at the end of the story
What was the fractured fairy tale that you READ during the stations activity?
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
What is a verb and how can you identify one?
A verb expresses what the person, animal, place, or thing does. You can identify one by asking these two questions:
a) The subject did what?
b) To whom/from whom?
Identify the Object in the following sentence:
They organized their bookshelf by author.
The Object is: their bookshelf
Define Point of View.
AND
What does the author use it for?
Point of view determines who is telling the story. The author uses it to let readers "hear" and "see" what is happening in a story.
To gain an immortal soul
What is a SECONDARY CONFLICT for the Evil Witch?
What is a prepositional phrase and what does it do?
A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and modifies a word in the sentence.
Identify the Prepositional Phrase(s) in the following sentence:
She sets up her tent in the rain.
The Prepositional Phrase is: "in the rain"
What is a Moral? Give an example?
A moral is the message or lesson that the story is attempting to demonstrate.
Ex: Be cautious around strangers
What are 4 of 7 ways that we know to fracture a fairy tale?
1) Change the characters
2) Change the setting
3) Change the conflict
4) Change the plot
5) Change the ending
6) Change the point of view
7) Create a mix and match
List 4 lessons we learn about ourselves from the movie Into the Woods
Examples include:
1) It's alright to be yourself
2) It's ok to ask for help
3) You don't always have to make a decision
4) It's ok to not know the answer
What are 4 of the 8 prepositions used in a prepositional phrase?
In, at, for, behind, until, after, of, during
Identify the Prepositional Phrase(s) in the following sentence:
She floats on a raft behind the boat.
The Prepositional Phrases are:
a) on a raft
b) behind the boat
What is the difference between a Main Conflict and a Secondary Conflict?
A main conflict is the central issue that the characters are dealing with. A secondary conflict is a minor event or idea that goes alongside the primary conflict.
In the world of stories, what does it mean to go into the woods?
It represents them leaving what they know to be normal behind and entering a world that is unfamiliar to them.
Who wrote the following stories and where did they get them from?
a) Cat Cinderella
b) Ash Girl
c) Little Mermaid
a) Giambattista Basile: collected the story from an oral version
b) Brothers Grimm: adapted the story from Basile and from other versions they heard
c) Hans Christian Andersen: he created it himself