Learn how to recount a story or tell the plot of a fable, folktale, or myth. Practice exercises are included.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Jack and the Beanstalk by McLoughlin Bros. (c1875), an illustrated folktale.

"Nature's Violet Children" is a one page, folktale about violets who were sad because a little girl picked them and took them home. It is followed by open-ended questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it...

"The Cloud" is a one-page, folktale about a cloud who moved closer to the earth, despite warnings that it would die, to save the drought-stricken plants and animals. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence...

A reader's theater version of a folktale from India has been adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his picture book "Savitri." For ages 9-15, the story's female hero is full of determination, courage, and devotion....

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

Here you will read a brief definition of what a legend is, a myth, and a folktale and how they are different from each other.

This narrative poem retells the Dutch folktale about a little boy who saved his country from flooding by poking his finger in a dike.

Whichever animal can put up with the mosquitoes swarming around them will be allowed to court Brer Wolf's daughter. Brer Rabbit, in his tricky way, manages to "put up" with the mosquitoes and wins the right to go walking with Brer Wolf's...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students share in the reading of a Kyrgyzstan folktale, Mother Wolf and learn a little background on the Peace Corps. Students then watch a video that was created by the Peace Corps and focuses on three...

Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...

Like many cultures, Haitians pass along knowledge through proverbs and educate through riddles. This page is a collection of 30-35 proverbs, jokes, and -- as well as a tale or two -- and tips on how Haitians tell them.

This slideshow focuses on folktales including defining and providing background information, stating their common elements, and providing literary examples such as "Johnny Appleseed" and "Robin Hood."

Collection of folktales, myths, and fairy tales from around the world. Scholastic provides lesson plans and activities to help young scholars understand and even create their own myth, folktale, or fairy tale.

This teacher resource includes a review The Mitten, a Ukrainian folktale translated into English, things to notice in the book and discuss, and related learning activities and links.

This lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to Margaret Read McDonald's book, The Old Woman & Her Pig. Students will participate in making predictions, clarifiying understanding, and retelling the story.

This is a one-page PDF of the West African tale "Why Turtles Live In Water."

This is a one-page PDF of a poster or flyer listing the characteristics of a fable. It could be printed and hung in the classroom.

Folktales from many cultures around the world about the sun. There is also information available about ancient astronomy.

Through this instructional activity learners will come to appreciate how folk tales express the culture in which they were derived through the writing.

A reader's theater adaptation of Steve William's version of Birbal's Trip to Paradise. Six speaking parts are needed in this performance.

A reader's theater adaptation a traditional tale from Sweden, Stone Soup, is provided on this script. Five character roles are needed in this performance.

This is a biography of Aesop, the supposed author of Aesop's Fables, a collection of folktales that use talking animals to teach morals or lessons about life. It also provides of some of his fables.