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Fairy Tale Variations Lesson PlanFairy Tale Variations Lesson Plan
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Fairy Tale Variations

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Here are two great lessons that work together and are inspired by the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods. Young writers and actors will retell the story of "The Frog Prince" through games, improvisational script writing, and song. Click on each of the two instructional activity overviews to see all the fun your class could be having while building cross-curricular skills.

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character development, characters, the frog prince, fairy tales, retelling, script writing

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character development, fairy tales, into the woods, musical theater, retell, the frog prince, american theater, scriptwriting, stephen sondheim, improvisational techniques, english language arts

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Study Guide

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Activity

The Little Prince: Venn Diagram Exercise

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Compare and contrast your learners' traits to the characters in The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Éxupery. After they complete a Venn diagram comparing themselves to a peer, kids create a three-part Venn diagram to compare...
5th - 8th English Language Arts
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Lesson Plan

The Little Prince: Anticipation Guide

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Begin your unit on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince with an anticipation guide that addresses the novel's themes. Kids read ten statements that discuss love, friendship, and growing up, and determine whether or not...
6th - 8th English Language Arts
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Lesson Plan

The Little Prince: Concept/Vocab Analysis

Novelinks
Focus on the literary elements of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince with a concept analysis sheet. With suggestions and explanations for many of the book's concepts, vocabulary, and other issues that may arise in...
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Lesson Plan

The Little Prince: Brainstorming Activity

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What do you think of when you hear the word adult? Or friend? Learners brainstorm with a group of peers to list the words they think of when they hear seven words from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince.
6th - 8th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Study Guide

The Little Prince: Novel Study

Reed Novel Studies
Do our eyes play tricks on us? The Little Prince narrator begins with a discussion of the difference in what grown-ups and children see. Scholars read how he puts this to the test using a drawing and find synonyms to vocabulary...
5th - 8th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

The Little Prince: Biopoem Strategy

Novelinks
Learn about character traits with a biopoem activity. Based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince, the activity prompts learners to fill in the blanks of a poem form to describe themselves.
6th - 8th English Language Arts
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Audio

The Little Mermaid Part Two

Storynory
Continue Hans Christian Andersen's story of "The Little Mermaid" with the second part of a three-part audiobook. A captivating narrator takes listeners along the little mermaid's path to becoming a human after falling in love with a prince.
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CCSS: Adaptable
Audio

The Little Mermaid Part Three

Storynory
Listen to the final part of a three-part audiobook featuring Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale "The Little Mermaid." Intrigued listeners hear the conclusion to the little mermaid's choice of living an immortal life under the sea or...
29 mins 2nd - 6th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Audio

The Frog Prince

Storynory
A 12-minute audiobook features the Brother Grimms version of the fairy tale, "The Princess and the Frog." Previously transformed into a frog, the prince returns to his human form thanks to a kind, yet reluctant, young princess.
12 mins 2nd - 6th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
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