Pourquoi Story Elements

The characters in Pourquoi tales are usually...

• animals

• humans

• books

• princes and princesses

The setting of Pourquoi tales is usually.....

• my house

• in nature

• at school

• in my community

Pourquoi Tales explain...

• How something came to be

• How I got my name

• How I became a 3rd grader

• How I began to read

Which one is an example of a Pourquoi Tale?

• Junie B Jones First Grader

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar

• Rainbow Fish

• Why mosquitos buzz in people's ears

Pourquoi tales usually start with..

• Once upon a time....

• In a land far away...

• Long ago...

• An interesting fact about ___ is....