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Comparing fairy tales
I can compare some well-known fairy tales.
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Comparing fairy tales
I can compare some well-known fairy tales.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Comparing means exploring similarities and differences about something
- Characters, such as heroes and villains, tend to appear in most fairy tales
- Some fairy tales' main characters are people and some are animals
- Some fairy tales have magical aspects or creatures, such as the porridge pot or the troll
- Most fairy tales aim to teach a lesson to the reader
Keywords
Fairy tale - a children's story about magical elements
Compare - to identify how things are the same and different
Setting - where the story takes place
Theme - a main idea that the writer wants to focus on
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to understand the main theme in a story.
Talk about the themes in well-known fairy tales and link these to the lesson learnt at the end of the story. For example, the theme in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' is courage. The goats' courage helps them get to the other side of the river.
If possible, make the task more interactive by printing images of different features from two fairy tales (magical objects, characters, settings) and put pupils into groups to sort these images into similarities and differences. Groupwork will encourage more discussion amongst pupils.
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
What do storybooks often have in them?
videos
facts
Q2.
What do we call the name of a book?
author
illustrator
illustration
Q3.
What is the person who draws the pictures for a book called?
author
title
illustration
Q4.
Which of these are characters from the story "The Magic Porridge Pot"?
bamboo forest
castle
Q5.
Which of these is a setting in the story of "The Magic Porridge Pot"?
Jin
castle
Q6.
Match the main characters to the title of the well-known story.
"The Tiger Who Came to Tea"
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar"
"The Three Billy Goats Gruff"
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6 Questions
Q1.
Fairy tales are always...
non-fiction.
poems.
rhyming.
Q2.
Order the events that take place in the story ‘The Magic Porridge Pot'.
Q3.
What do fairy tales often include?
robots
aliens
Q4.
Match the theme to the fairy tale.
'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'
'Snow White'
'The Magic Porridge Pot'
Q5.
What is the same about the stories 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and 'The Magic Porridge Pot'?
Both stories include a giant.
Both stories include a fairy godmother.
Q6.
Which of these is the main theme in 'The Magic Porridge Pot'?
patience
courage
jealousy
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