Week ______1_____ Main goal for this week: Introduce unit and final project, cover fables!

Monday "escription of activities uesday Wednesday

- Introduce project and unit (Fables & Fairy Talesstock characters, typical themes)Scorpion and the Frog read as a class

Split into groups read di!!" cultural #ersion o! Scorpion and the Frog per group and present main points o! their story to class compare and contrast stories as a class" $ead di!!erent cultural #ersions o! yesterday's !able, e() *ongoose and the Snake+, ,hy the -amb is *eek, The Farmer and the .iper" /iscuss in groups (meet %0 partner group+) 1resenting !indings to class"
,elp students in groups understand the differences between their version of the story, and the -esop*s version of the story so they are prepared to present to the class% #tudents will understand the differences and si$ilarities of this story a$ongst the #arious

$e#ie% characteristics o! !ables" &a#e class %ork on their o%n !able stories"

hursday #a$e as yesterday%

!riday "ay &ne of working on project: #tudents will write a fable story today% 'oth of these are very short% #tudents who finish will post it to the class #tory'ook website% (diting day and post to website%

What students will be doing

#tudents will be reading along with the story with the class%

$e#ie% characteristics, and %riting their o%n stories" ,hich animal characters are they choosing+ ,hat moral is their story based o!! o!+

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What)how you*ll teach

What will be learned 1and how will you know02

eacher will introduce the !able)!airytales fro$ around the world topic, and the final project of a collection of stories co$posed by the class% +ead #corpion and the !rog to the class% #tudents will beco$e fa$iliar with end goals for the unit, and learn about the popular fable, #corpion and !rog% -ssess fro$ student 3uestions and discussion after reading%

.uide students pre/ writing as a class% Which ani$al characters do they want to use to help portray their $oral0

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.uide students in editing their peers work: do you understand the use of stock characters in this story0 What is the $oral0

Writing their story to show their understanding of fables%

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#a$e as yesterday, but also knowledge of the final project of this class%

cultures" They %ill be presenting at least the similarities0di!!s" o! the #ersion they look at"

Week _4_____________ Main goal for this week: _ elephone .a$e to develop speaking skills and !oreign !airy ales________________________ "escription of activities Monday !irst "ay of elephone -ctivity% uesday Intro to !airy ales, stock characters, read te5t as a class% Wednesday 6ontinue !airy ales, start writing their own fairy tales% #tock characters vocab ga$e as war$ up% hursday !inish writing fairy tales% !riday #pend half of class on telephone activity, introduce trickster stories and how they e$body cultural values 1specifically what traits culture finds troubleso$e2% -nother practice with speaking to the class 1different students participating in speaking2 and observing oral tradition changes, and then getting introduced to trickster stories% !acilitate the telephone ga$e, keep class organi:ed and attentive% Introduce trickster story with video of -nasa:i trickster story%

What students will be doing

7istening to the oral re/ telling of a story to listen for changes 1what is added, what is dropped2% &r, if participating, practicing their story/telling skills for the presentation part of the final project% ell class and one student a type of story, and have that student re/tell it to the class, and then one of the students in the hall% 4nd student will then re/tell to class, and =rd student% +epeat until > have retold story%

.ri$$*s real 6inderella he 'ird with 8ine ,eads 16hinese2 he 9ing*s Magic "ru$ 18igerian2 Why the #ea Moans 1'ra:ilian2 #tudents will be in groups reading different !airy ales fro$ around the world 1listed above2% hey will su$$ari:e their story for the rest of the class% eacher will build list of stock characters, co$pare)contrast%

!inishing up yesterday*s group/ teach activity and then starting to write their own fairy tales as part of the final project site%

!inishing their stories, having a peer edit the$ before posting the$ to our class project site under the ;fairy tales< tab!

What)how you*ll teach

,elp students understand the co$ponents of a !airy ale and how they differ fro$ around the world, ele$ents of $agic, princess)status, etc% ?ocab ga$e with stock characters, ;It is this@It isn*t this< fro$ the night class%

,elp students with their stories, help editing, flow of ideas% If students are struggling to write stories 3uickly, pair the$ up!

What will be learned 1and how will you know02

6lass will keep notes of the changes to the story as it gets re/told, and learn about oral traditions and fle5ibility of story/telling%

#tudents will learn about fairy tale stock characters 1da$sel in distress, $agic ele$ent, Ahelper,* hero, etc%2 and learn about fairy tales fro$ other cultures that they wouldn*t have heard before%

#tudents use of characters will show us what they*ve learned about these stock characters and how to use the$ creatively!

#a$e as yesterday%

#tudents will practice story/telling and learn about the values portrayed in trickster stories through%

Week __________=___ Main goal for this week: ____ rickster #tories and Brban 7egends_________________________________________________ "escription of activities Monday +eading rickster stories, watching e5cerpt fro$ #upernatural% What are the ele$ents of a trickster0 uesday Write their own trickster stories% Wednesday !inish writing stories) telephone ga$e day =% hursday Brban 7egends Intro and +esearch "ay% !riday 6reepy !riday/ circle, lights off, flashlight on! It*s Brban 7egend #tory 6ircle

What students will be doing

Watching a clip fro$ the show Supernatural% "efining rickster characteristics, reading so$e rickster tales% -nansi the #pider 1-frica2 7eprechaun*s .old 1(uro2 rickster in the Bnderworld 16hina2

#tudents $ust de$onstrate knowledge of trickster traits through their writing of rickster stories%

!inishing reading and editing their stories in groups, telephone ga$e day = with new students when finished writing%

Watching a clip of $ost co$$on urban legends, and working with teacher to define co$$on the$es of urban legends% +esearch so$e local legends%

.o around the roo$ and have students read)1re/tell2)$ake/up their own urban legends to the class, and present the$ in character%

What)how you*ll teach

,elp students read their stories and have the$ define characteristics of their trickster% When we co$e together as a class, $ake a class definition of a trickster% "efining rickster traits as a class through the characteristics they saw in their group reading%

,elp students write and edit their stories, peer edit%

#a$e as yesterday%

#top clip throughout to e5plain the traits of each type, and work with students to develop a list of the$es% #tudents will learn the co$$on the$es of legends though discussion of clip and research urban legends in their own co$$unity%

.uide students through story/telling when necessary, have a handful of stories for those who had trouble finding so$e yesterday% #tudents will get practice dra$atically delivering their stories%

What will be learned 1and how will you know02

#howing their knowledge of trickster traits through writing their own stories%

#a$e as yesterday, but also $ore e5perience with oral presentations%

Week __>______________ Main goal for this week: !inishing up the final project #tory'ook site and &ral Cresentations__ "escription of activities Monday !inish/up work day% uesday !inish/up workday% .ive students ti$e to work on their stories and select which one they will tell the class in the ne5t two days of presentations% Wednesday &ral Cresentations% hursday &ral Cresentations% !riday

What students will be doing

#tudents will have today and to$orrow to polish their stories 1fable, fairy tale, and trickster story% hose who finished $ay write an urban/legend2%

#a$e as yesterday%

7istening to other students presentations and)or giving their presentation of their favorite story they wrote this unit%

#a$e as yesterday%

What)how you*ll teach

,elp students finish up their work, and place students who are ahead with those who need help finishing their stories% !inishing up the website portion of the final project%

#a$e as yesterday% !inish and publish website once all of the students* work is uploaded!

9eep class organi:ed and attentive, grade presentations%

#a$e as yesterday%

What will be learned 1and how will you know02

#a$e as yesterday%

#tudents will display speaking skills and their story/developing skills they*ve worked on this unit%

#a$e as yesterday%