Fairy Tale / Folk Tale Cyber Dictionary

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Introduction

The teacher chooses a fairy tale and introduces it to your class. She reads the fairy tale and asks questions about the story, e.g. where does the character lives, how is her family life, etc. The teacher then compares the character's life with your life.

The Task

You will remember the story and objects in the story by illustrating and labeling them according to the letter of the alphabet. You will be assigned a letter of the alphabet, ie. "W"; draw a picture that starts with that letter, ie. wolf; and label it "wolf". The class will do this for each letter of the alphabet.

Resources

 A set of fairy tale puppets or dolls, and books are available for you to look through. Different versions of fairy tales will also be available.

Computers, painting software, paper, and other drawing and writing tools will be available.

Internet:
Here is a place for you to go and see how adults pictured some tales. Fairytale Art

The Process

The class tells the story back to the teacher. The teacher will help with some of the hardest parts of this project.

Part I - Classroom

1. Each student is assigned a letter of the alphabet. (You may end up with two people working on one letter. You may end up with more than one letter.)

2. Name an word from the story beginning with your assigned letter.

3. Draw the word.

4. Label the illustration using the correct spelling of the word.

5. Make up a sentence using your word and write it.

Part II - Computer Station

1. With your labeled drawings to use as a pattern or blue print, you will draw your picture using the computer.

2. Type the label on the drawing.

3. Type your sentence.

4. Save your file to put on the Internet. 

Evaluation

You will be evaluated on your part of the project. Your picture must be recognizable as the intended word. Your label must be clear, easy to read, and correctly spelled. Your sentence should be correct. You will be able to read your sentence.

Activities	Exceeds	Meets	Striving	Not yet
Brainstorm words, for each letter in the alphabet, related to the story.	Listens with attention. Contributes to brainstorming with appropriate words for the letters. Able to help others find words with hints and/or clues.	Listens with attention. Contributes to brainstorming with appropriate words for the letter.	Listens with attention, but does not make suggestions. Can find a word with adult or peer assistance.	Unable to attend to the brainstorming. Unable to find a word with adult or peer assistance.
Students uses computer to illustrate pictures corresponding to their word for the "dictionary" based on their hand drawn rough draft.	Drawing pertains to the story and is a clear represention of the word based on their hand drawn rough draft..	Drawing is a clear represention of the word based on their hand drawn rough draft..	Drawing is a represention of the word	Drawing does not represent word.
Students clearly label their illustration with the correctly spelled word.	Students clearly and attractively label their illustration with the correctly spelled word.	Students clearly label their illustration with the correctly spelled word.	Students label their illustration with the correctly spelled word.	Students label their illustration with the word.
Brainstorms and creates a complete sentence using the assigned letter of the alphabet.	Creates a complex sentence using the assigned letter of the alphabet.	Creates a complete sentence using the assigned letter of the alphabet.	Creates a partial or complete sentence related to the story.	Has difficulty including the word in a sentence related to the story, even with help.

Conclusion

When all your pictures and sentences are ready, we will put them on the Internet in the Cyber Dictionary so that other students can see them, enjoy them, and learn to read our sentences. See how many of the words you know. See how many sentences you can say. Try to tell the whole story.