Fairy tales and fables

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Fairy tales and fables

Planning

A fable & a fairy tale

Similarities

Characters

Goal

Ending

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A fable & a fairy tale

A fable & a fairy tale

What are the differences between the fable and the fairy tale?

Similarities

- A lesson (moral)

- Not realistic

- Simple

- For children --> easy to understand.

Characters

Fairy tale: Humans or magical beings (dragons).

Fable: Animals with human traits.

Goal

Fairy tale: A fun story.

Fable: Teaching a moral.

Ending

Fairy tale: A good ending, evil disappears - "they lived happily ever after".

Fable: Not always a happy end.

Summary

	Fairy tales	Fables
Characters	Humans or magical beings.	Animals with human traits.
Goal	A fun story.	Teaching a moral.
Ending	A good ending, evil disappears	Not always a happy end.

Let's write

Turn Little Red Ridinghood into a fable.

Use the table you copied!

Start by deciding the moral.

Let's write!

Turn Little Red Ridinghood into a fable.

Use the table you copied!

Start by deciding the moral.

Don't talk to strangers. 

Listen to your parents.

Appearances can be deceiving.