Compare Traditional and Contemporary Versions of Folktales

The lesson’s time is thirty minutes, as the second grade class will attend the lesson and then

check in/check out within a forty-five-minute period.

Introduction

Second grade students will compare a traditional and contemporary version of a folktale

concentrating on the characters, settings, and plot.

· Flannel board storytelling of The Three Little Javelinas.

· Listening to the Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell or watch teacher tube.

https://www.teachertube.com/video/the-three-little-javelinas-418250

· Students will break into groups and compare/contrast the characters, settings, and plot of

the traditional version and Susan Lowell’s contemporary folktale.

· Students will begin their individual compare and contrast papers.

§110.13. English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 2,

B Knowledge and Skills

(6) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make

inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and

contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.

Students are expected to:

(B) Compare different versions of the same story in traditional and contemporary folktales with

respect to their characters, settings, and plot.

Learning Outcomes: The students will learn to identify and compare characters, settings, and

plots of comparable folktales. The activities are intended to present two similar folktales (both

traditional and contemporary) and help students to focus on the similarities and differences of

the characters, settings, and plot. The group activity is set up to help students locate details
they may have missed that other students identified. Group discussion will activate prior

knowledge obtained from previous school years according to the TEKS. Prior knowledge of the

traditional folktale, The Three Little Pigs is expected in the TEK 110.2 8A demonstrate

knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales,

fables, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes; was taught in kindergarten and first grade. Also prior

knowledge of characters, settings, and plots was taught according to Kinder TEKs 110.2 7A, 7B,

7D and First Grade TEKs 110.28B, 8C, 8D.

Pre-Activity: Quickly do a five-minute flannel board storytelling of the traditional Three Little

Pigs. Ask students to raise their hand if they remember this traditional folktale and share.

Activity: I will tell the story of Three Little Pigs with a flannel board. Then I will ask students to

raise their hands if they remember this traditional fairytale. Then students will be asked to pay

attention to the Susan Lowell book The Three Little Javelinas.

· Whole Group Activity - Instruction students to look for similarities and differences or

compare/contrast the elements of characters, settings, and plot. The students will listen

attentively while I will read the engaging picture book, The Three Little Javelinas.

· Small Group Activity - Students will break into groups of four and discuss the two

folktales, identifying the characters, settings, and plot. The groups will have giant paper with

three sections for students to put ideas under the three topic: characters, settings, and plot.

· Individual Activity/Assessment - Then each student will begin to write their own

compare/contrast paper on the two folktales.

Modification of the Lesson: If time is limited, the teacher can have a teacher led whole group

discussion. Students will use Plickers to answer questions to demonstrate mastery of content for

the writing assessment comparing and contrasting the traditional and contemporary folktales.

Alternatively, if there is a larger amount of time, students can create a storyboard representing

elements from their chosen version.

Assessments: A quick formative assessment of the student’s knowledge with be determined

from their Plickers answers (if time is restricted).

Plickers Questions:

1. Who are the main characters in the traditional folktale The Three Little Pigs?

a. The wolf

b. The three little pigs and the wolf

c. The three little pigs

2. Who are the main characters from The Three Little Javelinas?

a. The three javelinas and the coyote

b. The three javelinas

c. The coyote

3. What are the settings of the Three Little Pigs?

a. Inside a brick house, a stick house, and an adobe house.

b. Inside a brick house and a straw house.

c. Inside a brick house, stick house, and a straw house.

4. What are the settings of the Three Little Javelinas?

a. Inside a tumbleweed house and a saguaro rib house.

b. Inside an adobe house, a tumbleweed house, and a straw house.

c. Inside a tumbleweed house, an adobe house, and a saguaro rib house.

5. Does the plot in the Three Little Pigs involve a wolf terrorizing the pigs?

a. Yes

b. No

6. Does the plot of the Three Little Pigs involve the pigs befriending a friendly wolf?

a. Yes
b. No

7. Does the plot of the Three Little Javelinas conclude with an ending of the javelinas

moving back home with their mother?

a. Yes

b. No

The students’ assessment papers will provide an in-depth understanding of the comparisons of

the characters, settings, and plots from the two folktales. Students will be asked to write

· A section on the difference on the folktales’ characters

· A section comparing the two folktales’ settings

· The similarities in plots.

Supplemental Information or Sites: what other resources can you use for this lesson to help

your students/audience better understand what you are teaching them?

· https://www.teachertube.com/video/the-three-little-javelinas-418250

· Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell

· Look at other student’s versions of the Three Little Pigs and The Three Little Javelinas

Storyboards.

· Walt Disney Cartoon Three Little Pigs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olo923T2HQ4

· Teacher created sentence strips for students to put folktales in order.

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Lowell, Susan, and Jim Harris. The Three Little Javelinas. Rising Moon., 2011.

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