Lessons & Units :: Genre Studies: Fairy Tales Kindergarten Unit

Lesson 3: Fantasy Details

Lesson Plan

Little Red Riding Hood | 520L

Little Red Riding Hood
Learning Goal
Explain that Fairy Tales have fantasy details.
Identify fantasy details in a Fairy Tale.
Duration
Approximately 50 minutes
Necessary Materials
Provided: Unit Example Chart, Independent Practice Worksheet
Not Provided: Little Red Riding Hood by James Marshall, chart paper, markers

  • Teacher Modeling

    will explain that another characteristic of fairy tales is that they have fantasy details. I will add this characteristic to my Characteristics of Fairy Tales Chart. I will explain that fantasy details are make-believe people, animals, places, events, or things in a story that could never happen in the real world. For example, a mouse cannot speak in the real world, but a mouse might speak to a character in a fairy tale. Fantasy details come from our imagination, not the real world. To identify fantasy details that are characteristic of a fairy tale, I will stop while I am reading and ask whether something in the story is possible in the real world. If it is not possible, I will consider it an example of a fantasy detail. I will begin reading Little Red Riding Hood by James Marshall and identify one fantasy detail— a wolf that speaks.

  • Think Check

    Ask: "How did I identify a fantasy detail in the fairy tale?" Students should explain that you stopped while you were reading to ask yourself whether a detail was possible in the real world. If it was not possible, you decided it was a fantasy detail.

  • Guided Practice

    will read the rest of Little Red Riding Hood and work together to identify additional fantasy details. Once we have identified several fantasy details, we will add the title to show how fairy tales have fantasy details. We will add 1-2 examples to the chart.

  • Independent Practice

    will identify one fantasy detail from the fairy tale. You will share this detail with the class and explain how you know this story is a fairy tale.

Build Student Vocabulary delicious

Tier 2 Word: delicious
Contextualize the word as it is used in the story When the wolf was trying to trick Granny, he said to her “‘It is I, your delicious-er-darling granddaughter.’”
Explain the meaning student-friendly definition) If something is delicious, it means it tastes or smells very good. The wolf described Little Red Riding Hood as delicious because he thinks that she would taste very good.
Students repeat the word Say the word kind with me: delicious.
Teacher gives examples of the word in other contexts My mother makes a delicious bowl of spaghetti. I love the way it tastes. The candles smell delicious. I love to light them with my family.
Students provide examples What have you tasted that was delicious? Start by saying, “One delicious thing I ate was ______________________________.”
Students repeat the word again. What word are we talking about? delicious.
Additional Vocabulary Words manners, grateful

Build Student Background Knowledge

After reading Little Red Riding Hood, explain that real wolves eat meat to survive. They are a type of animal called a “carnivore,” or meat-eater. Wolves do not usually eat big animals, like the human grandmother in the story, but instead smaller animals, like beavers, rabbits, rats and birds.

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