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Folktales Study Guide

Authored by SHANNON LYNN KING

English

5th Grade

CCSS covered

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Folktales Study Guide
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1.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Takes place in a magical land ruled by royalty such as a king or queen

A ​ (a)   takes place in a magical land that is ruled by royalty.

fairytale
tall tale
fable
legend

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Place the characteristics of each form of fiction in the appropriate category.

Groups:

(a) Fairytale

,

(b) Fable

,

(c) Myth

,

(d) Legend

Might tell story of how sun and moon were created

Set in the past but told as a true story

Ex: Snow White

short, simple plot

Has exaggerations

Connection to real, historical person

Explains how world stuff exists

Teaches a moral lesson

Supernatural events or beings

Happy Ending Usually

Not meant to be funny

Good vs Evil

Animals with human traits

Ex: Boy Who Cried Wolf

Magical Land

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What form of fiction is told as if it were true and is meant to be funny?

Tall Tale

Legend

Fable

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the descriptions or examples with the appropriate term.

Fable

Might have a bear in the story that can dance and learns to never give up

Fairytale

Might talk about an alien or flying saucers abducting people in New Mexico

Legend

Set in the past and told as a real story

Myth

A magical land called DakOnia that is ruled by King Dak and Queen Shannon

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What genre would have royal characters, fairy godmothers, and magical settings?

myth

fairytale

contemporary fiction

folktale

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Tall tales are about normal people doing normal things.

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a Tall Tale in fiction literature?

A story with talking animals that teaches a moral lesson.

A story about gods that explains something about the natural world.

A made-up story with exaggerated events and characters with exaggerated powers.

A story told from one generation to the next.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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