Tales- Clever, Foolish, and Brave
This unit will help students to further develop concepts pertaining to
the tales genre, specifically trickster tales, tales of foolishness and bravery, and the ballad format of tale telling
lessons and values taught and learned through these tales.
connections between the reader's experience and the tale, the tale and reality, the tale and life lessons, and the tale and its origin
the oral tradition and its historical and cultural impact across and within many groups and with its emphasis on oral language skill development.
From: Tales-Clever, Foolish, and Brave Teacher's Resource Module by Kim Newlove
Links
Noodle, Nitwit, Numbskull retold by Meguido Zola
The King's Equal by Katherine Paterson
Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry