Here are the Reading lesson notes from today 02-11

Traditional Literature Notes

Traditional Literature can also be called folk tales because they were stories told out loud by the common “folk”. Later, many of these tales were turned into plays as another way for the masses to experience the story. Traditional literature has many different sub-genres.

Sub Genre	Description	Unique Characteristics
Fairytales	A story involving magic or magical/fantasy type characters Ex. Fairies, witches, goblins, etc.)	Will have some sort of magical element. Examples: Cinderella, Rumplestiltskin, Snow White
Myths	a usually traditional story of “historical” events that serves to show part of the world view of a culture or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon	Many of the ones we are familiar with have to do with Greek and Roman gods and explain how they believe things came into existence. People believed these myths to be true at the time. Examples: Stories of Hercules, Zeus, Aphrodite, etc.
Fables	a story used to teach a valuable life lesson	All have a lesson, or moral. Many have animals talking and/or acting like humans.
Legends	a story coming down from the past; many believe they are based in fact, but there is no proof	These tend to have many heroic acts. They are realistic. Examples: Robin Hood
Tall tales	A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual.	Lots of exaggeration: like people being as 10 feet tall.
Drama	the stage representation of an action or story	Lines, stage directions, cast of characters

Other questions to ask when discussing characters this week:

Characters: Traits, Relationships, Motivations, Changes and Conflicts 

•         Good vs. Evil (How are they depicted?)

•         Real vs. Fantasy (Talking animals)

•         Interaction with other characters

•         Changes in characters (how do they

•         Conflict: with self, with others, with the world