Today we will describe different

characteristics of a fairy tale.

 Describe= tell what makes a story a fairy tale

 Characteristics= different parts

 What are we going to describe today?

 What does describe mean?
 What are we going to do today?
Raise your hand if you have ever…
 Told a friend about the parts to a video game.
 Listened to a story that has three talking pigs.

 Then you know that things have different parts.

 You also know that some stories are fiction or make
believe.
 Fairy Tales
 Fairy Tales= A make believe story that has different characteristics (parts).

 Fairy Tale Characteristics

 Fairy Tales have imaginary characters, such as fairies, elves, trolls, dwarfs,
pixies, fairy godparents, princesses, prince, kings, queens, or even giants.
 Most of the time the imaginary characters do things that involve magic.
 Some fairy-tale characters are wicked and some are good.
The imaginary characters are seen by and talk to other human characters in the
story.
 Most fairy tales have magical settings ( magical castles, palaces, mansions, or
wonderland), but sometimes they happen anywhere and anytime.
 Most fairy tales have a simple plot that begins with the phrase “Once upon a
time”.
 Most fairy tales teach a moral lesson.
 Most fairy tales have a happy ending (live happily ever after).
What is a fairy tale?
What makes a story a fairy tale?
 Characteristics
Imaginary Characters in a Fairy Tale:
 Fairies and Pixies

elves
Imaginary Characters in a Fairy Tale
 Trolls  Dwarfs
Imaginary Characters in a Fairy Tale
 Giants  Fairy Godmother
What are Fairy Tale
Imaginary Characters?
 Fairies
 Pixies
 Elves
 Trolls
 Dwarfs
 fairy godmothers
 Giants
 Prince, princess, kings, and queens
Setting
 They were told as oral
stories before they were
written down.
 The setting can take place
anywhere or anytime.
 Certain numbers like three
and seven are often in the
story.
 Sometimes the story takes
place in magical place like
a wonderland castle,
mansion, or a palace.
Plot
 The story begins with
“once upon a time” or
something similar.
 Plots are simple and
direct.
 Magic events,
characters and objects
are part of the story.
Examples of Fairy Tales
 Cinderella
 Snow White and the
Seven Dwarves
 Ella Enchanted
 Cinder Edna

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Examples of Fairy Tales
Sleeping Beauty

The Three Little Pigs

Cinderella

Hansel and Gretel

Jack and the Beanstalk

Why is it important to know fairy tales?
It is important to know fairy tales because they teach a
lesson.
 Fairy tales ____________________________.
 Fairy tales tell a fun story.
Practice

Read and think about each sentence. Choose and write

the answer on the blank line.
 Step one: Read and think about the sentence.
 Read the sentence.
 Think: “What is the sentence about?”
 Choose: Choose the answer.
 Write: Write the answer on the line
Example:
 Fairy tales are __________.
 Choose and write the answer on the blank line.
 A) fiction
 B)facts
 C) true stories
 Fairy tales are fiction.
Read and think about each sentence. Choose and write the

answer on the blank line .

 Fairy tales have ____________ characters.

 A) real B) imaginary C)not here

 imaginary
Read and think about each sentence. Choose and write the
answer on the blank line.
 Most fairy tales begin with the phrase _________
 A) Once upon a time…
 B) To begin with…
 C) You are invited…

 Once upon a time

Read and think about each sentence. Choose and write the
answer on the blank line.
 The setting in a fairy tale takes place__________.
 A) anywhere and anytime
 B) sometimes in a magical palace, mansion, castle, or
wonderland
 C) both A and B

 C
Read and think about each sentence. Choose and write the
answer on the blank line.

 Most fairy tales teach people _______________.

 A)how to cook
 B) a lesson
 C) how to dance

 b
 Review
 Fairy Tales= A make believe story that has different characteristics
(parts).
 Fairy Tale Story Parts
 Fairy Tales have imaginary characters, such as fairies, elves, trolls,
dwarfs, pixies, fairy godparents, princesses, prince, kings, queens, or
even giants.
 Most of the time the imaginary characters do things that involve magic.
 Some fairy-tale characters are wicked and some are good.
The imaginary characters are seen by and talk to other human
characters in the story.
 Most fairy tales have magical settings (castles, palaces, mansions, or
wonderland), but sometimes they happen anywhere and anytime.
 Most fairy tales teach a moral lesson.
 Most fairy tales have a happy ending (live happily ever after).
Popular Fairy Tales
 Sleeping Beauty  Hansel and Gretel
 Cinderella  Rumpelstiltskin
 Rapunzel  Snow Queen
 Jack and the Beanstalk  Thumbelina
 Snow White  The Emperor’s New
 Beauty and the Beast Clothes
 The Frog Prince  The Real Princess
 Red Riding Hood
An illustrated retelling
of the classic tale about
a boy named Jack who
uses his quick wits to
outsmart a giant and
make a fortune for
himself and his
widowed mother.
A retelling of a folktale in
which a beautiful girl with long
golden hair is kept imprisoned
in a lonely tower by a
sorceress. Includes a note that
traces the Italian, French, and
German origins of the story,
and discusses the author's
decision to mimic the style of
Italian Renaissance art in his
illustrations.
A strange little man helps
the miller's daughter spin
straw into gold for the king
on the condition that she
will give him her first-born
child.
A retelling of the well-
known tale in which two
children are left in the
woods but find their way
home despite an encounter
with a wicked witch.
Although she is mistreated
by her stepmother and
stepsisters, a kind-hearted
young woman manages to
attend the palace ball with
the help of her fairy
godmother.
A mother saves her
seven children from
Heckedy Peg, a witch
who has changed them
into different kinds of
food.
Through her great
capacity to love, a kind
and beautiful maid
releases a handsome
prince from the spell
which has made him an
ugly beast.
Rebuffed by the princess
after retrieving her golden
ball, a noble frog sets out
to find a more suitable
mate.
On her way to
deliver a basket of
food to her sick
grandmother,
Elisabeth encounters
a sly wolf.
The queen has a plan to help
the prince find a real princess to
marry.
An illustrated retelling
of the fairy tale in
which a jealous queen
attempts to kill her
beautiful stepdaughter
and is thwarted on
every try.
A beautiful and
beloved princess,
cursed by the one fairy
who was not invited to
her christening, pricks
her finger on her
sixteenth birthday and
falls asleep for one
hundred years.
 Fractured Fairy Tales
When authors modernize or
change one or more of the
elements of the story, the
story is called a fractured
fairy tale.
Based on "Cinderella,"
this story is set in
Texas, the fairy
godmother is a cow,
and the hero, named
Bubba, is the stepson
of a wicked rancher.
A rhyming retelling of the
story of a young woman
who finds her prince at a
Halloween ball despite the
efforts of her wicked
stepmother. The main
characters are skeletons.
Cindy Ellen loses
one of her diamond
spurs at the square
dance in this wild
western retelling of
the classic Cinderella
story.

Accelerated Reader
Reading Level: 5.0
Point Value: 0.5
A Spanish American
retelling of the familiar
story of a kind girl who
is mistreated by her
jealous stepmother and
stepsisters. In this
version, the Virgin Mary
replaces the traditional
fairy godmother.
Mufaro's two
beautiful daughters,
one bad-tempered,
one kind and sweet,
go before the king,
who is choosing a
wife
A Creole variant of the
familiar Cinderella tale
set in the Caribbean and
narrated by the
godmother who helps
Cendrillon find true love.
A young Chinese girl
overcomes the wickedness
of her stepsister and
stepmother to become the
bride of a prince.

Accelerated Reader
Reading Level: 5.0
Point Value: 0.5
After the death of her
mother and father,
Adelita is badly
mistreated by her
stepmother and
stepsisters until she finds
her own true love at a
grand fiesta.

Accelerated Reader
Reading Level: 3.3
Point Value: 0.5
Cinderella and Cinder Edna,
who live next door to each
other, each with a cruel
stepmother and stepsisters,
have different approaches to
life. Although both end up
with the princes of their
dreams, one is a great deal
happier than the other.
A girl climbs to the top of a
giant beanstalk, where she
uses her quick wits to
outsmart a giant and make her
and her mother's fortune.
After the frog turns
into a prince, he and
the Princess do not live
happily ever after and
the Prince decides to
look for a witch to help
him remedy the
situation.
A collection of nine
familiar fractured tales
including Little Red
Riding Hood, Princess
and the Pea, Jack and
the Beanstalk, and the
Ugly Duckling.

Accelerated Reader
Reading Level: 3.4
Point Value: 0.5
In this African
American retelling of
"Rumpelstiltskin,"
Lit'mahn spins thread
into gold cloth for the
king's new bride.
In this Cajun version
of "Little Red Riding
Hood," the big bad
gator is no match for
a sharp young girl
and her quick-
thinking cat.
In this Indonesian
version of the Cinderella
story, a girl named
Damura escapes her
cruel stepmother and
stepsister and marries a
handsome prince with
the help of Grandmother
Crocodile.
The adventures of Little
Pierre are based on the
stories of Little Tom
Thumb. A very tiny but
clever boy outwits his older
brothers, an ogre, an
alligator, and a giant catfish
to rescue a rich man's
daughter in this Cajun
version of a French fairy
tale.

Accelerated Reader
Reading Level: 4.0
Point Value: 0.5
This version of the familiar
story in which a mistreated
step-child finds happiness
with the "man" of her
dreams is set in the old-
growth forest and features
Bigfoot characters.
With a "Hot diggety-
dog!" and a wave of his
white sombrero, cowboy
Joe Cinders gets the girl
in this Southwestern
retelling of the Cinderella
story.