Starter quiz
- What do storybooks often have in them?
- illustrations ✓
- videos
- figures
- facts
- words ✓
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- What do we call the name of a book?
- author
- illustrator
- title ✓
- illustration
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- What is a character?
- where the story takes place
- what happens in the story
- a person or animal in a story ✓
- a picture in a book
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- What is the plot in a story?
- where the story takes place
- what happens in the story ✓
- a person or animal in a story
- a picture in a book
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- Which of these are settings in the story of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?
- troll
- castle in the clouds
- bridge ✓
- goat
- meadow ✓
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- Match the word to the definition.
- fiction⇔stories created by authors that did not happen in real life ✓
- non-fiction⇔real events, information or knowledge ✓
- caption⇔a brief description next to an image ✓
Exit quiz
- Traditional tales are always …
- fictional. ✓
- non-fiction.
- poems.
- rhyming.
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- What do traditional tales often include?
- magic ✓
- robots
- real information
- heroes and villains ✓
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- Match these words with an example.
- character⇔King ✓
- setting⇔lake ✓
- plot⇔The Queen turned the children into swans. ✓
- Who can perform magic in 'The Children of Lir'?
- the children
- the King
- the Queen ✓
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- What is a villain?
- a good character
- a bad character ✓
- a kind character
- a small village
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- Which of the following is a sensible prediction about 'The Children of Lir'?
- I predict the swans turn into princesses at midnight.
- I predict that the Queen is jealous of the King's children. ✓
- I predict that the King sends his children away.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Traditional tales are stories that are retold again and again and can be retold in different ways.
- Traditional tales can be set in real or fictional places.
- Some traditional tales have magical aspects such as magical potions.
- Lots of traditional tales involve talking animals or characters being turned into animals.
- Traditional tales often have heroes and villains. The villain is the stepmother.
Common misconception
Children may think that all traditional tales have exactly the same features.
Talk about different traditional tales and examine similarities and differences, such as some traditional tales contain magic, some do not. Make use of physical and visual copies of traditional tales children are familiar with.
Keywords
Traditional tales - stories that are retold again and again in different ways that often include fictional or magical aspects
Fictional - existing only in a made-up story and not existing in real life
Magical - made by magic
Theme - a central idea in the story
Prediction - making a guess using what we already know
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