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Unlocking and Exploring Folktales Unit PlanUnlocking and Exploring Folktales Unit Plan
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Unlocking and Exploring Folktales

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Designed with many of the Common Core standards in mind, this 10-lesson unit is brimming with ELL strategies, teacher's notes, and the best of core instructional methods for teaching the common elements of folktales, and exploring connections between folktales and the cultures from which they originate. 

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Concepts

folktales, world cultures, morals, cultural stories, stories

Additional Tags

social studies

Classroom Considerations

  • While the resource includes a multitude of suggested graphic organizers, you and your learners will need to recreate these, as they are not provided as worksheets
  • The first 20 pages of the resource are an introduction to the unit and teacher reference material

Pros

  • Exceptionally organized and produced
  • Detailed instructional sequencing
  • Excellent support for ELLs

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.10 RI.3.1 W.3.4 W.3.8 W.3.10 SL.3.1.a SL.3.1.b SL.3.1.c SL.3.1.d SL.3.6 L.3.1.a L.3.6

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