Fairy Tales
Teacher:
Elaine Subrinsky and Jeanne Lukasik, Joseph Gary Elementary School
Suggested grade/s: 4-6
Illinois
Learning Standards
English Language Arts 1-4
Fine Arts 27
Estimated time: Four weeks
Mural/s addressed
Roberta Elvis, Children's Fairy Tales,c. 1940, oil on canvas, Joseph Gary Elementary School
Objectives
Students write and draw fairy tales based
on modern themes and/or their own experiences.
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Key terms
- mural
- fairy tale
- character
- setting
- plot
- central problem
- resolution
- illustration
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Materials
Traditional and modern illustrated
books such as:
- The Three Little Pigs
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Cinderella
- The Gingerbread Boy
- Little Red Riding Hood
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Procedures
- Have students discuss the subjects and
stories in the mural. Ask: Can you identify the figures?
How do you know who they are (i.e., by clothing, attributes
or setting)?
- Read aloud one or two fairy tales illustrated
in Elvis’s murals. Ask: Who are the main characters?
What is the setting? What is the plot? What is the central problem
and how is it resolved?
- Divide the class into groups and assign
each a fairy tale. Have the groups develop a modern story based
on this fairy tale through group discussion.
- Divide students in each group into: a.)
writers of a story book based on their modern fairy tale; b.)
book illustrators; and c.) "free spirits," who create
story characters into dolls or parts of a hanging mobile assembled
by them or the teacher.
- Have student groups present their stories
and art orally to the class.
- Display books and art projects in the classroom
or other school site.
Evaluation
Assess students on the basis of their written
and creative work, and oral presentations.
Follow-up
Have students act out their stories as a performance.
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