Two Legs or One

Two Legs
or One

Day one: Folktales

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Learning Target

I can determine the characteristics of
folktales and analyze their use of humor.

Success Criteria:

Determine the characteristics of folktales
Analyze humor
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Analyze Folktales

● These are traditional stories passed along by word of

mouth from generations to generations. Folktales may
be different among cultures, but may teach life lessons.

● In some folktales the main character is a trickster - a

character who goes against acceptable behaviour and
attempts to fool another character often for selfish
reasons.

● Tricksters may succeed or fail depending on whether

their trickery is discovered.

Guided Practice

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Then go to assignments and complete Myths,
Legends and Tales Level up tutorial.
Take note of the difference between myths and
folktales.

Analyze Humor

Writers use humor to amuse readers. Readers and listeners of
tales infer, or make guesses about what is humorous about a
character's actions by connecting the actions to their own
experiences. Humor may come from plot events, characters’
words, or the language a writer uses to tell a story. These are
some elements writers include to add humor to a story:
● surprising characters or events
● exaggeration, or extreme overstatements
● irony, a contrast in which reality is the opposite of what it

seems to be.

Analyze Humor

Humor can influence the mood and tone of a
story.
Mood is the feeling or atmosphere that a
writer creates through descriptive words,
imagery, and figurative language.
Tone is how writers and tellers of tales express their attitude toward their subject.

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