Fantastic Tales

Unit Portfolio PresentationKaren Chandler

Unit Summary

In this “Fantastic Tales” unit, students will compare and contrast folktales, legends, fables, legends, myths and family stories. Each student will…Interview your oldest family members and create a multimedia presentation of family stories to be presented to your class.

Curriculum-Framing Questions• Essential Question

How does the past influence the future? • Unit Questions

How do “family stories” influence your life?• Why is it important for you to record “family stories”?• How do “family stories” relate to folktales, legends,

fables, and/or myths? • How have “family stories” influenced history?Content Questions• What are the characteristics of a fable? Legend? Myth?

Folktale?• What is a protagonist? Anatagonist?• What is conflict? Resolution?• What is a life lesson?• What is a moral?• Do all stories have a moral?• Define at least 4 different types of family units.

Fantastic Tales Project

This project will help my students develop 21st century skills by:• Collaborating with peers.• Interviewing family members• Creating and presenting a multimedia project

about family stories• Comparing and contrasting literature including

several genres of “tales”

Gauging Student Needs Assessment

Purpose of the AssessmentTo gather information about what students already know and what they wonder about types of tales. What I want to learn from my students?I want to find out what they already know about the Unit Questions.How I have tried to promote higher-order thinking?I ask students to find relationships and draw conclusions about tales and how they relate to each other and to history.How the assessment information helps me and my students plan for upcoming activities in the unit?The assessments let me know if the students are grasping the information that is being covered. Assessments let me know who needs help with a particular concept and which students need to be grouped together to work.What feedback or additional ideas I’d like? I am open to any suggestions.

Gauging Needs Assessment

• Students will create and present a multimedia project

• Students will gain knowledge about “tales” and their structure and content

• Students will be able to compare/contrast different types of “tales”

• Students will have fun and enjoy the unit

My Goals for the Unit

Goals for My Students

• To gain knowledge about “tales”

• To create and present an interesting presentation about their family stories

• To enjoy the unit

Request for Feedback

• Any feedback is welcome• Ideas for helping students take

more responsibility for their own learning