Vocabulary
What does fortune mean?
a) to be wealthy/ have a lot of nice things
b) to have good luck
A) be wealthy/ have nice things
I was born with a hammer in my hand. Who am I?
John Henry
What is a fairyale?
A fiction story that has magical elements.
What is a tall tale?
Fiction stories that are "twisted" or exaggerated to tell some things that are real.
In a complete sentence, state which fairytale was your favorite and why.
(answers may vary)
Must be a fairytale.
What is another word that means magic or cast under a magic spell?
Enchanted
The legend says this character is known for finding a blue ox and digging the Grand Canyon.
Paul Bunyan
Name 3 elements of a faiytale.
May include:
1) Magic
2) Love
3) Once upon a time/ Happily ever after
Name an example of exaggeration from one of the tall tales.
1) Paul Bunyan being so big that he could cut a tree with one swing
2) John Henry was born with a hammer in his hand
3) Pecos Bill was raised by a pack of coyotes.
Which lesson was most important from our stories? Why do you think that?
Examples may include:
Be grateful for the things you have
Don't judge someone by the way they look
Always tell the truth, even if it is hard to say
The Fisherman's wife was always displeased with what she had and wanted bigger and better things.
What does displeased mean?
Feeling of being unhappy or not content
This character was not an ordinary animal. He was an animal from the sea that could grant wishes.
The enchanted fish.
What was the lesson (moral) from the story Beauty and the Beast?
Don't judge someone by the way they look; the inside is what matters.
What did Pecos Bill tame? What did he use the tamed animals for?
He tamed a mountian lion and a rattle snack. He rode the lion like a horse and used the snake to make a lasso.
Compare and contrast King Midas and The Fisherman's Wife. How were the same? How were they different?
Both characters were greedy. However, King Midas learned his lesson and The Fisherman's Wife did not.
Complete the sentence
"King Midas constantly......"
(may vary)
King Midas constantly wanted more gold so he could be rich.
King Midas constantly turned things into gold when he touched them.
What does Paul Bunyan and John Henry have in common?
They were both so strong that they could do more work than anyone else.
Almost all the faiytales ended happily, except for ONE on story.
Name the story that did not end happily ever after.
The Tale of the Fisherman and His Wife
All of the characters in the tall tales moved to the West. Why did these characters go there?
The West had more space for people to build new homes and work. The East was becoming too crowded.
If you could change the ending to ONE of the stories we read, how would you change the end?
Accept any answer if it dicusses a different end to a story
The teacher read a nonfiction story about the plantes in the solar system.
What is the opposite of nonfiction?
Fiction
All fairytales and tall tales are fiction.
Many characters in fairytales are ______ or are married to become this.
Royalty
How are fairytales different from tall tales?
They are different because tall tales focus on exaggerating things to make it less realistic.
Tall tales try to teach us something that is real using fictional characters and events. What is something that is true in the tall tales we read?
(Answers could include how the railroads were built. That loggers sent logs down the river or had to cut trees to move west).
State two examples of exaggeration from a tall tale.
Paul Bunyan
Pecos Bill
John Henry
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answers may vary