Grade 2 Fairy Tales

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 Lesson Objectives

Core Content Objectives

Students will:

 Demonstrate familiarity with the fairy tale “The Emperor’s New

Clothes”

 Describe the characters, plot, and setting of “The Emperor’s New

Clothes”

 Identify common characteristics of fairy tales such as “once upon a

time” beginnings, royal characters, magical characters or events, and

happy endings

 Identify the fairy tale elements of “The Emperor’s New Clothes”

Language Arts Objectives

The following language arts objectives are addressed in this lesson.

Objectives aligning with the Common Core State Standards are noted

with the corresponding standard in parentheses. Refer to the Alignment

Chart for additional standards addressed in all lessons in this domain.

Students will:

 Recount fiction fairy tales, such as “The Emperor’s New Clothes,”

using a story map or a sequence of images, and determine the central

message, lesson, or moral (RL.2.2)

 Describe, using the text and the images, how different characters

respond to not being able to see the magic cloth (RL.2.3)

 Identify the characteristics of fairy tales, and explain the

characteristics as they apply to “The Fisherman and His Wife” (RL.2.5)

 Describe, using the Elements of Stories Chart, the characters,

settings, beginning, and ending of “The Emperor’s New Clothes”

(RL.2.5)

 With assistance, categorize and organize information from “The

Fisherman and His Wife” onto a story map or for an image sequence

(W.2.8)