Scholastic
Scholastic: Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales: Discovering Fairy Tales
Discover similarities in fairy tales around the world. Teacher's Guide link offers additional online resources, graphic organizers, related reading list, lessons and evaluations. Publish a fairy tale online.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Guided Comprehension: Semantic Analysis
Lesson introduces learners to comprehension of knowing how words work. Students learn semantic feature analysis and examine folktales, myths, and fables using this analysis to better understand these terms and texts.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: 10th Grade Literature and Composition: Traditions
This is a unit on the traditional wisdom of various cultures handed down through fables, fairy tales, folklore, and proverbs. It includes readings from Aesop's Fables, African and African-American Folktales, Hans Christian Andersen's...
Library of Congress
Loc: Zora Neale Hurston Plays
Search or browse a collection of plays by Zora Neale Hurston, whose writing reflects life experiences, travels, research, and study of southern, African-American folklore. At this site, there is also a timeline of Hurston's life and works.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Native Voices
This unit features the rich oral tradition of Native Americans storytelling in various genres predating the introduction and influence of English writings, bringing three contemporary authors to light. RI.11-12.8 seminal U.S. texts,...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Southern Renaissance: Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston is featured in this biography highlighting her literary contributions which focused on African Americans as whole people, celebrating their heritage, in an era when black authors tended to write about their...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: The Fox and the Grapes Moral
Learners will get exposure to a folktale and work to understand the moral. This lesson uses two fables "The Fox and the Grapes" and "The Fox and the Hen". The lesson involves guided practice where the students write notes on the left...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Folktale Writer's Workshop
What exactly is the definition of a folktale? This resource offers insight into this topic. Learners will participate in a Folktale writer's workshop where they will learn about folktales and will eventually write their own and publish it.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Regional Realism: Joel Chandler Harris
Creator of Uncle Remus and other African American folklore tales, journalist Joel Chandler Harris is featured as a revolutionary writer regarding oppression and prejudices. For more resources click the "Joel Chandler Harris Activities" tab.
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Nz Ministry of Education: Fools and Tricksters in Literature
There are many trickster folk tales in folklore and in modern literature; they are found in every culture. They often use an animal that represents the underdog, which uses skill and cunning to outwit a superior. These stories have been...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: There Once Was...
Part 2 of this tutorial on limerick writing demonstrates the importance of form (meter and rhyme) in limerick poetry using the exemplary and amusing work of Edward Lear.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Making Rain
Your students will enjoy making their own rainstick while learning about poetry and expressing their feelings about rain. This three-part lesson gives step-by-step instructions, as well as an assessment rubric.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Teaching With Pourquoi Tales
This site features activities that revolve around "Teaching With Pourquoi Tales." Students will learn more about these types of old legends that deal with the natural world.
Other
Storytelling to Assess Speaking and Listening
An effective use of rubrics that encourages the student storyteller how to determine if his/her audience is listening. Learn about the different listening skill rubrics, storytelling rubrics and a self-assessment guide that asks the...
Other
Applit: Resources for Appalachia Literature
Resources for readers and teachers of Appalachian literature for children and young adults that includes lesson plans, texts, bibliographies, and so on.
Other
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
Other
K 3 Learning pages.com: Fairy Tales
This site provides links to elementary information about Fairy Tales. You will find lesson plans, poems, songs, activities and more when you delve into these resources. Some links are no longer available.
Aaron Shepherd
Savitri, a Tale of Ancient India (Reader's Theater)
A reader's theater version of a folktale from India has been adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his picture book "Savitri." For ages 9-15, the story's female hero is full of determination, courage, and devotion....
Aaron Shepherd
The Gifts of Wali Dad, a Tale of India and Pakistan
A reader's theater version of a folktale from India and Pakistan adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his picture book "The Gifts of Wali Dad." For 15 players, ages 8-13, it contemplates questions of generosity....
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Use Precise Language and Domain Specific Vocabulary
This site provides 17 English language arts lessons for 7th grade. Grade-level standards are provided.