What Are Fairy Tales?

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the key features of the fairy tale genre.

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VC2E1LE03

Discuss plots, characters and settings through a range of literary texts <ul> <li>recognising similar characters and settings in a range of literary texts, for example traditional tales, narrative poems and fables</li> <li>discussing whether features of settings, including time (year, season) and place (country or city), are realistic or imagined</li> <li>discussing how plots develop, including beginnings (orientation), how the problem (complication) is introduced and how it is solved (resolution)</li> </ul>
VC2E2LE03

Discuss the plots, characters and settings of a range of literary texts and identify how language is used to present these features in different ways <ul> <li>comparing how similar characters or settings are described in texts from different contexts, for example how the seasons are described</li> <li>identifying and comparing verb groups used to convey actions, emotions and dialogue in a range of literary texts</li> <li>identifying the language used to describe the landscape in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories</li> </ul>

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