How to Tell a Folktale

by Carol Alexander

Overview

Myths, folktales, legends, and fables-each kind of story has a set of rules for its construction. Text Styles teaches young storytellers how to identify different kinds of stories and how to write their own.

How to Tell a Fable

How to Tell a Folktale

How to Tell a Legend

How to Tell a Myth

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780778716310
Publisher:	Crabtree Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/15/2011
Series:	Text Styles Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	IG530L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

Table of Contents

What is a Folktale? 4

"Paul Bunyan Tames the Whistling River" 5

Big Characters in a Tall Tale 8

Dialogue and Dialect 10

Setting: The Place and Time 11

Plot: The Basic Outline 12

Theme 14

Creative Responses to the Folktale 15

Explaining Our World 16

"How Crow Brought the Daylight" 17

Trickster Characters 20

Dialogue: Developing Characters 22

Setting: A Long Time Ago 23

More About Plots 24

More About Theme 25

Creative Response to the Folktale 26

Writing a Folktale 27

Glossary 31

Index and Further Resources 32