Folktales Close read

2. What does a folktale usually have?

• Frogs and Toads
• A moral
• A hero
• Text features

What does the word “successor” mean in the story?

• Someone who is smart

• Someone to take over as emperor

• A teacher

• Someone who has a lot of friends

What did the Emperor give to all the kids?

• A seed

• A flower

• A tree

• A crown

How long did the children have to grow their flowers?

• A day

• A week

• A month

• A year

What did the Emperor do to the seeds before he passed them out?

• Watered them

• Ate them

• Cooked them

• Planted them

Characters are

• the people or animals the story is about

• what happens in the story

• where and when the story happens

Setting is

• the people or animals the story is about

• what happen in the story

• where and when the story happens

Folktales

• teach facts

• teach a lesson

How does the baker change in the story?

• He learns to listen to St. Nicholas.

• He learns to be generous.

• He learns to give 13 cookies.

• He learns to listen to the old lady.

What is the central message of this folktale?

• It is good to listen to your elders.

• You better give customers what they ask for

• Bake more bread than usual.

• It is good to share kindness.