FOLK TALES,

FAIRY TALES,
AND FABLES
Ms. Lichtenstein

FOLK TALE
Made up story
Passed down from older
generations
Legends, wise tales
Stories are superstitious
FAIRY TALE
A simple childrens story
Uses your imagination
Usually involves magic
Princesses, fairies, goblins,
wizards, etc.
FABLE
A short, fictional story
Usually teach a lesson
Moral
Uses animals, creatures
Often see talking animals
THEME
Subject for a story
Qualities and characteristics
Examples of common themes
Journeys/ adventure
Love/ friendship
Mysteries
MAIN IDEA
Big picture of a story
Message in a story
Look for a topic sentence
Idea
MORAL
Lesson about right and
wrong
Morals arent always good
Bad things can teach good
lessons
WRITING TOOLS
Prediction: what you think will
happen
Personification: giving human
characteristics to things
Point of View: who tells the story
Setting: where the story takes place
THE LITTLE RED
HEN
Then, probably because she had acquired
the habit, the Red Hen called: Who will eat
the Bread? All the animals in the barnyard
were watching hungrily and smacking their
lips in anticipation, and the pig said, I will,
and the Cat said, I will, and the Rat said, I
will. But the Little Red Hen said, No, you
wont. I will. And she did.
THE LITTLE RED HEN
CONT.
Type of story (folk tale, fairy tale, fable?)
Folk Tale
Point of View (whos telling the story?)
Red Hen
Setting: (Where does the story take place?)
Farm
THE PRINCESS AND
THE PEA
Well, well soon find that out, thought the
old queen. But she said nothing, went into
the bed-room, took all the bedding off the
bedspread, and laid a pea on the bottom;
then she took twenty mattresses and lad
them on the pea, and then twenty eider-
down beds on top of mattresses.
THE PRINCESS AND
THE PEA CONT.
Type of story (folk tale, fairy tale, fable?)
Fairy Tale
Point of view (who tells the story?)
A narrator (unknown character)
Setting (where does the story take place?)
Princes Castle
THE TORTOISE AND THE
HARE
The tortoise never for a moment stopped, but
went on with a slow but steady pace straight
to the end of the course. The hare, trusting to
his native swiftness, cared little about the
race, and lying down by the wayside, fell
asleep. At last, waking up, and moving as fast
as he could, he saw the tortoise had reached
the goal and was comfortably dozing after
fatigue.
THE TORTOI SE AND THE
HARE CONT.
Type of Story (folk tale, fairy tale, fable?)
Fable
Point of View (who tells the story?)
Narrator
Setting (where does the story take place?)
Outside at a race/ competition
REVIEW
There are several different types of stories
Specific things are unique to specific stories
Morals are the lessons/meanings in stories
They can be good or bad
Authors use writing tools
Prediction
Personification
Point of View
Setting




WORKS CITED
Andersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales of Hans
Christian Andersen. 2008. Print.
"BrainPOP Jr. | Main Idea | Lesson Ideas." BrainPOP
Jr. Web. 27 Feb. 2012.
http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/comprehe
nsion/mainidea/grownups.weml.
"Definition of - Merriam-Webster's Student
Dictionary." Merriam-Webster's Word Central. Web. 27
Feb. 2012. http://wordcentral.com/cgi-
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WORKS CITED
CONT.
Various. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy
Stories. Vol. 1. New York: University Society,
1927. Print. The Young Folks Treasury.
Williams, Florance White. The Little Red Hen
An Old English Folk Tale. Chicago - Akron, Ohio -
New York: Saalfield, 1918. Print.

IMAGES
Light Bulb Microsoft Clip Art
Pea Microsoft Clip Art
Rabbit Microsoft Clip Art
Turtle Microsoft Clip Art.
http://www.alloccasion-clipart.com/free/pea_princess.gif