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Grade​ ​Level:​​ ​3

Standard:​ ​ ​Common​ ​Core​ ​English​ ​Language​ ​Arts:​ ​Reading:​ ​Literature​ ​3.2

“Recount​ ​stories,​ ​including​ ​fables,​ ​folktales,​ ​and​ ​myths​ ​from​ ​diverse​ ​cultures;
determine​ ​the​ ​central​ ​message,​ ​lesson,​ ​or​ ​moral​ ​and​ ​explain​ ​how​ ​it​ ​is​ ​conveyed
through​ ​key​ ​details​ ​in​ ​the​ ​text.”

Theme:​​ ​Fairy​ ​tales​ ​and​ ​Fables

Directions:​ ​Carefully​ ​read​ ​each​ ​question​ ​and​ ​record​ ​your​ ​answer​ ​in​ ​the​ ​space​ ​below.

1. What​ ​is​ ​a​ ​fairy​ ​tale?

Answer:​ ​Fairy​ ​tales​ ​are​ ​stories.​ ​They​ ​are​ ​a​ ​type​ ​of​ ​folktale.

2. What​ ​are​ ​some​ ​characteristics​ ​of​ ​fairy​ ​tales?

Potential​ ​Answers:​​ ​Fairytales​ ​can​ ​include​ ​magic,​ ​princesses,​ ​princes,​ ​talking​ ​animals,
good​ ​and​ ​evil​ ​characters,​ ​and​ ​happy​ ​endings.

3. Name​ ​one​ ​fairy​ ​tale​ ​below.

Potential​ ​Answers:​ ​Cinderella,​ ​Little​ ​Red​ ​Riding​ ​Hood,​ ​Beauty​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Beast,​ ​The​ ​Boy
Who​ ​Cried​ ​Wolf,​ ​Pinocchio,​ ​The​ ​Princess​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Pea,​ ​The​ ​Frog​ ​Prince,​ ​The​ ​Three​ ​Little
Pigs,​ ​Goldilocks​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Three​ ​Bears,​ ​etc.

4. What​ ​is​ ​a​ ​theme?

Answer:​​ ​A​ ​theme​ ​is​ ​a​ ​main​ ​idea​ ​or​ ​lesson​ ​of​ ​the​ ​story.​ ​It​ ​is​ ​what​ ​the​ ​author​ ​wants​ ​the
reader​ ​to​ ​learn​ ​from​ ​the​ ​story.

5. What​ ​is​ ​one​ ​theme​ ​that​ ​is​ ​common​ ​in​ ​fairy​ ​tales,​ ​fables,​ ​and​ ​myths?
Potential​ ​Answers:​ ​Beauty​ ​isn’t​ ​just​ ​about​ ​looks,​ ​Don’t​ ​lie,​ ​Don’t​ ​talk​ ​to​ ​strangers,​ ​etc.

6. What​ ​is​ ​the​ ​main​ ​lesson​ ​that​ ​Little​ ​Red​ ​Riding​ ​Hood​ ​learned​ ​in​ ​her​ ​story?
Answer:​​ ​Little​ ​Red​ ​Riding​ ​Hood​ ​learned​ ​not​ ​to​ ​go​ ​into​ ​the​ ​woods​ ​alone​ ​and​ ​talk​ ​to
strangers.

7. What​ ​can​ ​the​ ​end​ ​of​ ​“Beauty​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Beast”​ ​teach​ ​the​ ​reader?
Answer:​ ​The​ ​end​ ​of​ ​“Beauty​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Beast”​ ​tells​ ​the​ ​reader​ ​that​ ​sometimes​ ​beauty​ ​is
about​ ​what’s​ ​inside.

8. What​ ​is​ ​the​ ​theme​ ​of​ ​the​ ​fable​ ​“The​ ​Boy​ ​Who​ ​Cried​ ​Wolf”?
Answer:​​ ​The​ ​theme​ ​of​ ​“The​ ​Boy​ ​Who​ ​Cried​ ​Wolf”​ ​is​ ​do​ ​not​ ​lie​ ​because​ ​if​ ​you​ ​lie,​ ​no​ ​one
will​ ​believe​ ​you​ ​when​ ​you​ ​are​ ​telling​ ​the​ ​truth.