Once Upon
a time……..
Fairy Tales are children's stories
about magical and imaginary
beings and lands.
Where did Fairy Tales come from?
• Fairy tales are from stories that have been
passed down for a long time.
• They are important because they teach us a
lesson (truth about life)
• All cultures around the world have
different fairy tales to reflect what they
believe
What are some fairy tales that you
would know?
Aladdin
Ali Baba and the Forty
Thieves
Beauty and The Beast
Cinderella
Hansel and Gretel
Rapunzel
Rumpelstiltzkin
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White
The Gingerbread Man
Princess and The Pea
Ugly Duckling
Thumbelina
Jack and The Beanstock
Red Riding Hood
Three Little Pigs
• You will know you are reading a Fairy Tale
because ALL Fairy Tales have 4 ingredients in
common…….
The Four Ingredients of a Fairy Tale
1st Ingredient: A Moral
A Lesson the reader learns from the story
Ci Moral From Cinderella:
Good things happen
to good people
Moral
Beauty and The Beast
The Moral is:
Beauty is
in the eye of
the beholder.
Moral
A moral is: What did you learn from the story?
2nd Ingredient of a Fairy Tale
• Characters you remember (memorable)
• They must be someone the audience can relate to
Cinderella is one because she works really hard and
is often not appreciated.
Memorable Characters
This character can be a hero
Without the Prince in Sleeping Beauty she
would not have woken up!
Memorable Characters
• The Character can be a Villain
The Witch In Snow White is jealous of her beauty.
Most people have felt like that before.
Memorable Characters
• These Characters don’t even have to be
human! Just important to the fairy tale.
Memorable Characters
In most fairy tales there is a battle between good
and evil.
The Third Ingredient
• A challenge or obstacle to overcome
• This is important because it gives the character’s
something to do during the story
• It could be:
A destination to travel to:
Over the bridge in the
Billy Goats Gruff
Obstacle To Overcome
• Could be a person to rescue
Obstacle To Overcome
• Could be a curse to break
Obstacle to Overcome
• Could be to find true love
4th Ingredient for a Fairy Tale
• A happy ending!
• This makes the reader think that anything is
possible
A Happy Ending
• The problem needs to be solved in a way that
makes sense
and they lived happily
ever after…….
Other things usually in Fairy Tales
• Animals that talk
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• Magic
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Other Things Usually In Fairy Tales
• Royalty
• The Setting is usually in the past
A long time ago in a castle far, far,
away…………
Did you know….
• That the numbers 3 and 7 are “magical” numbers
in fairy tales?
In The Three Little Pigs:
3 pigs, 3 houses, Wolf comes and blows houses
down 3 times
Snow White:
Becomes beautiful when she is 7 years old
7 dwarfs
3 times the Queen (witch) disguises herself
What are the 4 Ingredients again?
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A Moral or lesson for the story
Important characters we remember
Problem to overcome
A Happy Ending
Why are Fairy Tales important
to learn about?
1. You can use these things in your writing to
make it more interesting
2. They teach us a lesson (truth about life)
3. They allow us to use our imaginations and
dream about the impossible
4. They allow us to read about magic,
princesses, animals that talk
5. They are stories that have been passed down
Our first task……..