Transcript Once Upon a Time Elements of a Fairy Tale

Once Upon a Time
Elements of a Fairy Tale
What are Fairy Tales?
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Fairy Tales are fictional stories.
Have magical characters
Have their roots in oral storytelling
Fairy Tales are found in many different
countries
Characteristics of a Fairy Tale
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Magical Good or Evil Characters
Magical Settings
Magic or enchantment
A fairy tale may have animals that
talk and act like they are human.
Good versus Evil
Fairy Tales have Special Beginnings
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Once upon at time…..
Long, Long ago…..
Once there lived ……..
In a faraway Kingdom………
Fairy Tales have Endings
• They lived happily ever after.
• They became the happiest prince and
princess that ever lived.
• They would never want for anything
ever again.
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…and nothing was heard of the
_______ ever again.
Repeating Phrases
• By the hairs of my chinny chin, chin.
• Little pig, little pig, let me come in.
• Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the
fairest of them all.
• Who’s been sleeping in my bed?
Time Openers
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Now when…
It’s wasn’t long before….
The next day….
Over hill and dale…
But as soon as….
That very morning….
At midnight…..
Rules and Advice for Fairy Tale Folk
Can you work out which fairy tale each rule refers to?
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A cow is worth
more than
few beans. more than a few beans.
A cow
is aworth
Straw and wood are not the sturdiest of building materials.
Straw and wood are not the sturdiest of building
Never promise your first born to a man who can spin straw into gold.
Avoid sharp
objects, especially
needles onyour
spinning wheels.
Never
promise
first born to a man who can
Never take apples from old ladies.
into gold.
Breaking and entering is a crime.
materials.
spin straw
Never take apples from old ladies.
Do not stray from the path and don't talk to canine strangers.
Breaking and entering is a crime.
Anyone who lives in a house you can eat must have something wrong with them.
Do
stray
Do not play
ball not
games near
water. from the path and don't talk to canine strangers.
Always keep
an eye on thewho
time. lives in a house you can eat must have.
Anyone
Having long hair is often an advantage.
wrong with them.
Don't take roses from other something
people's gardens
Always keep an eye on the time.
Having long hair is often an advantage.
Fairy Tales
(to the tune of “Jingle Bells”)
Fairy Tales! Fairy Tales!
Once upon a time,
Read them every day!
In a land far away,
Oh what fun it is to hear
A girl kissed a frog That just made his day! How Goldilocks got away!
Far across the town,
Fairy Tales! Fairy Tales!
Red Riding Hood took Full of joy and laughter!
fright Do you know how this one
She found a wolf
ends?
In granny's bed
Why, its HAPPILY EVER
When she told her
AFTER!
goodnight!
And they lived happily ever after.