Blooms Task Ideas Traditional Tales

Remembering
Brainstorm a list of characters in fairytales. Make a display with images and labels.

Understanding
Use a Double Bubble Map to compare the characteristics and behaviours of two fairytale characters (use images) listing the similarities and differences. Classify your list of characters. eg Under headingsVillains, Victims, Heroes

Applying
Select and alter a Fairytale poem or saying to make it relevant to 21st century situations. Skate, skate as fast as you can...
Modify/Add or Size.

Analysing
Human Continuum. Each child selects a character image and places themselves where their character would be in line ie, sad, angry, sneaky Make a Fishbone Diagram. Illustrating various parts of one story

Evaluating
Select a villain and tell the story from their perspective. Eg Wolfs Tale. Why did they behave that way ?
Character Assessment

Creating
Compose an email to a slighted character eg. Troll, Wolf apologising for their behaviour towards them. Create a slideshow (3slides) using a fairytale structure & problem to tell their own tale, and make choices -set 2day. Draw a picture of a moment from a known fairytale where the character makes an important choice. Explain what they should do(use
MS Paint & Powerpoint)

Choose a Fairytale character you know. Make a Y Chart of their characteristics.

Add a detective to the story to identify the Pros & Cons of actions

Choose best character to have ...in game of tag, as a friend etc Explain why
they chose that character.

KWL Chart Brainstorm What we know about Fairytales, What I Want to Know and later add What we learned. Scavenger Hunt Use clues about the character to determine who they are and where they are hiding. Recall Fairytales Sequence text and images to retell the stories.

Develop a set of rules for choosing Villains or Heroes in the stories.

Hotseat. Select a fairytale character and children interview them to discover why they acted as they did. Use images and text boxes to show the structure of each story ie. characters, setting, problem, resolution / ending.

Construct a multiple choice elimination game Who am I?. Eg Statements based on the behaviour of the character. I am a villain Design a Wanted Poster in MS Paint. Outline the negative aspects of their behaviour. Remove the Ending from a fairytale and use what you know to apply a new one.

Use a comparison chart to compare the qualities that make someone a fairytale hero with the qualities that make a good friend. Use a bubble map with identified headings. Ask how is the life of a fairytale character like your own? How is it different? Venn Diagram / Double Bubble to compare the qualities of the hero and the villain in a story

Critical Moments. Select situations from stories and make decisions about what the character should do next. Choose a character and measure how well they behaved on a rating chart. Brainstorm changes in the setting . Discuss which would improve the story line.

Change an important element of a familiar plot to predict new consequences eg. Troll invites goats to play. Make a photostory about a modern day fairytale with an important message

Differentiated activities Book Two guide learners into increasing the complexity of their thinking. To shift thinking from Adapted from H.O.T. Unitsdesigned toby Elaine le Sueur @ ThinkShop 2005 building single concepts to examining relationships. Using a sequential framework to scaffold learning.