Starter quiz
- What do storybooks often have in them?
- illustrations ✓
- videos
- 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 the person who draws the pictures for a book called?
- author
- illustrator ✓
- title
- illustration
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- Which of these are characters from the story "The Magic Porridge Pot"?
- bamboo forest
- castle
- Jin ✓
- Grandmother ✓
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- Which of these is a setting in the story of "The Magic Porridge Pot"?
- bamboo forest ✓
- mountain village ✓
- Jin
- castle
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- Match the main characters to the title of the well-known story.
- the Tiger⇔"The Tiger Who Came to Tea" ✓
- the caterpillar⇔"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" ✓
- the goats⇔"The Three Billy Goats Gruff" ✓
Exit quiz
- Fairy tales are always...
- fiction. ✓
- non-fiction.
- poems.
- rhyming.
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- Order the events that take place in the story ‘The Magic Porridge Pot'.
- 1⇔Jin lives with her Grandmother in a village in the mountains.
- 2⇔Jin meets an old lady who gives her a magical porridge pot.
- 3⇔Jin uses the magic porridge pot to make porridge for all of the villagers.
- What do fairy tales often include?
- magic ✓
- robots
- aliens
- heroes and villains ✓
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- Match the theme to the fairy tale.
- courage⇔'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' ✓
- jealousy⇔'Snow White' ✓
- sharing⇔'The Magic Porridge Pot' ✓
- What is the same about the stories 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and 'The Magic Porridge Pot'?
- Both stories end happily. ✓
- Both stories include a giant.
- Both stories include magical objects. ✓
- Both stories include a fairy godmother.
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- Which of these is the main theme in 'The Magic Porridge Pot'?
- patience
- sharing ✓
- courage
- jealousy
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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
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.
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
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