Creation of the Night

What is a Folk Tale?

A folk tale is a story or legend handed down from generation to generation usually by oral retelling. Folk tales often explain something that happens in nature or convey a certain truth about life.

• The beginning of the story starts with "Once upon a time . . . " or a similar phrase.
• Magic events, characters, and objects are part of the story
• One character is someone of royalty (king, queen, prince, princess, etc.)
• One character is wicked.
• One character is good.
• Goodness is rewarded in the story.
• Certain numbers like three and seven are in the story (three eggs, seven sisters, etc.)
• The story ends with ". . .they lived happily ever after."

Task

 Read the Folk Tale, "Creation of the Night" and complete the following:

Make a picture booklet using PowerPoint about the folk tale. Follow the guidelines.

• The first slide must include the title and a picture of the setting.
• The second slide must be a picture of the main character. You may cut and paste from the web page or find your own.
• The third slide must include a character web. Choose at least three traits (courageous, responsible, determined...)
• On page four include a picture of the lesson, explanation of nature (in this case day to night)
• On the last slide write a review of the folk tale.

Objectives:

Reading 3.4a

Students are expected to:

• apply understanding of text structure to guide reading by
  
  
•  making logical predictions based on knowledge of narrative text
  
  
• making logical predictions based on knowledge of literary forms, such as folk tale, biography, and autobiography
  
  
• identifying the relationship of events in a circular (home-away-home) story and a linear (problem, events, resolution) story