Discuss the basic characteristics of fairy tales. Ask the students
to name their favorite fairy tales. Have the students identity magical
elements in their favorite fairy tales.
Sample Discussion Questions
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What is magical about the Little Mermaid? (A mermaid) What
else?
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What is magical about the Snow Queen? (A snowflake turns into
a woman, an underground ice palace, a sliver from a broken mirror
lodges in someone's heart or eye and turns the person evil) |
Ask the students to name fairy tales that have talking animals
in them.
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What are some stories that have talking animals as characters?
(The Ugly Duckling, The Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks, etc.)
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NOTE: Save the discussion about lessons learned or morals
until Lesson 3.
 
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Fairy
Tales and The Ugly Duckling
