Starter quiz
- What do storybooks often have in them?
- illustrations ✓
- videos
- facts
- words ✓
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- Which of these words are adjectives: The mean, angry troll shouted.
- mean ✓
- angry ✓
- troll
- shouted
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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 Three Billy Goats Gruff"?
- meadow
- bridge
- troll ✓
- goat ✓
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- Which of these is a setting in the story of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff"?
- meadow ✓
- bridge ✓
- troll
- goat
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Exit quiz
- Traditional tales are always…
- fiction ✓
- non-fiction
- poems
- rhyming
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- Order the events that take place in the story ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’.
- 1⇔The three billy goats are in a dry, brown meadow.
- 2⇔The three billy goats take it in turn to cross the bridge over a river.
- 3⇔The three billy goats get to the lush, green meadow and enjoy eating the grass.
- What do traditional tales often include?
- talking animals ✓
- robots
- aliens
- heroes and villains ✓
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- Match each key word with an example.
- character⇔smallest goat ✓
- setting⇔meadow ✓
- plot⇔The largest goat charged at the troll. ✓
- Which of these characters is a hero?
- Big Bad Wolf
- Fairy Godmother ✓
- Biggest Gruff ✓
- Giant
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- Which of these characters is a villain?
- Big Bad Wolf ✓
- Fairy Godmother
- large goat
- Giant ✓
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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 often have heroes, such as the goats and villains, such as the troll
- Most traditional tales start by introducing the characters and the settings
- Traditional tales have lots of similarities
- Usually, a problem is solved by the end of the story
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to identify features of traditional tales independently.
Use tales that are relevant to your curriculum, including tales they already know well. If pupils know stories well, they will find it easier to make links and will find it easier to spot other similar features.
Keywords
Traditional tale - stories that are retold again and again in different ways that often include fictional or magical aspects
Fiction - when authors create made up stories with characters, places and adventures which did not happen in real life
Characters - a person or an animal in a story
Plot - what happens in the story
Setting - where the story takes place
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