Fairy Tale Lesson

TCNJ Lesson Plan
Fairy Tale Mad Libs
Student Name: Samantha Bolognese
School Name: Lawrenceville Elementary
Grade Level: 1
Host Teachers Name: Mrs. Potter
Guiding and/or Essential Questions:

What is a fairytale?
What elements does a fairytale have?
Pre-lesson Assignments and/or Student Prior Knowledge
Students will have previously learned about folktales and discussed different story elements.
Students may have heard fairytales before but have not learned their elements.
Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.3
Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include
some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide
some sense of closure.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2
Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the
central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
Learning Objectives and Assessments:
Learning Objectives
Students will recall elements from common
fairytales.
Students will create a fairytale using the story

elements.
Assessment
Students will engage in a discussion about
fairytales they have heard and recognize the
similar story elements. Teacher will assess
students oral responses for accuracy.
Students will create a personalized fairytale
using a Mad Libs template. Teacher will assess
student work for completeness.
Materials/Resources: (List materials, include any online or book references and resources)
Example fairytales (Jack and the beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three
Little Pigs)
Mad Libs worksheet
Mad Libs teacher key

Anchor chart
Plan for set-up/distribution/cleanup of materials:
Teacher will write an anchor chart outlining the key elements of a fairytale
Step by Step plan:

1. Lesson beginning: Teacher will call students to the rug by groups. Teacher will ask
students if they have ever heard a fairytale before. Teacher will ask students, What are
some fairytales you have heard before? How do they start? How do they end? How are
they different from other stories?
2. Teacher will show students examples of fairytale books they may be familiar with or will
have heard of such as Jack in the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and The
Three Little Pigs. Teacher will point out elements from these stories and reveal fairytales
anchor chart to compare.
3. Teacher will introduce the activity. Today we will be creating our own fairytale. I will
give you a Mad Libs paper, which has parts of a story on it. You will fill in the blanks to
complete the story. We will go through them as a class so you know what to write in each
blank. For example the first black you have to put the name of a place, and the second
blank is a boys name. When we are finished you will have created your own fairytale.
Teacher will instruct students to write their name on name line when they receive their
paper.
4. Activity: Teacher will dismiss students to their seats by tables. Teacher will hand out the
papers to each student. Teacher will say, once you have your name written at the top
give me a thumbs up to show me you are ready. When everyone is ready the teacher will
go through each blank to tell students the appropriate word type. When students are
finished teacher will read an example story and call on volunteers to read theirs.
5. Closing: Teacher will let students draw a picture on the back of their papers to illustrate
their fairytales until time is up. Teacher will allow early finishers to write or draw in their
journals for the remaining class time. Teacher will give students a 2 minute warning to
put work away and clear off their desks to transition into the next lesson.
Key Questions (that you will ask):

Have you ever heard any fairytales?
What are some fairytales you have heard?

How do they start?
How do they end?
How are they different from other stories?
Logistics:
Timing: 20 minutes
Lesson beginning: 5 minutes
Activity: 10 minutes
Closing: 5 minutes
.
Transitions:
Teacher will call students to and from the rug by groups

Teacher will have students work independently in their seats for the activity
Classroom Management:
Teacher will have students sit in assigned seats on rug for the lesson beginning
Differentiation
Teacher will walk around to prompt students having trouble thinking of a story element
Teacher will monitor student behavior during activity to keep them on task
Teacher will allow students who finish early to draw or write in their writing journals

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TCNJ Lesson Plan

Fairy Tale Mad Libs

Student Name: Samantha Bolognese

School Name: Lawrenceville Elementary

Host Teachers Name: Mrs. Potter

Guiding and/or Essential Questions:

Students will create a fairytale using the story

Mad Libs teacher key

Step by Step plan:

Key Questions (that you will ask):

What are some fairytales you have heard?

Teacher will call students to and from the rug by groups

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