Grimms' Fairy Tales, Part
1
Reading Comprehension and Literary Analysis
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Fairy Tales to Read
Your edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales contains over 60 tales. If you wish to read
them all, please do so. If not, please make sure you read the following:
"The Golden Bird"
"Rumplestiltskin"
"Brier Rose"
"Ashputtel"
"The Twelve Dancing Princesses"
"The Elves and the Shoemaker"
"The Fisherman and His Wife"
"The Four Clever Brothers"
"The Frog-Prince"
"The Golden Goose"
"Rapunzel"
"The Twelve Huntsmen"
"Hansel and Gretel"
"Snow-White and Rose-Red"
"Little Red Riding Hood"
"The Robber Bridegroom"
"Tom Thumb"
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Reading Comprehension:
This unit will revisit some of the reading
comprehension skills you have been
developing throughout the course.
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Cause and Effect
Review: Cause refers to why something
happens. The effect is what happens as a
result. One cause can lead to multiple effects,
and while effects always follow causes,
sometimes authors choose to present them in
the opposite order.
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Cause and Effect in
Grimm's Fairy Tales
These tales provide many opportunities to
examine cause and effect, as they are often
driven by a series of events.
In your notebook, identify three or four
strong examples of cause and effect. Try to
choose different stories for each example.
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Finding the Main Idea
Being able to find the main idea in a text is
one of the most important reading skills. If
you can't identify the main idea, you may
have trouble comprehending the overall text.
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Main Idea in Grimm's Fairy Tales
Choose three or four tales to focus on. Try to pick
different tales from the earlier activity.
In your notebook, list the tales you have chosen
and represent the main idea in one to two
sentences. If you have trouble identifying the
overall main idea, review the tale one paragraph
at a time. Looking at the main idea from each
paragraph may lead you to an overall main idea.
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Compare and Contrast
Being able to compare and contrast two texts
is an important skill. When you compare two
things, you look at how they are similar.
When you contrast, you look at how they are
different.
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Comparing and Contrasting
Two of Grimms' Fairy Tales
Choose any two tales to compare and contrast. If there
were two tales you especially liked, think about using
those. Your interest may give you better insights than a
tale that did not engage you as much.
In your notebook, create a Venn diagram. Venn diagrams
are created by creating two overlapping circles. Use the
diagram to help you identify the similarities and
differences in the two tales. Then use it to help you turn
your findings into a short essay.
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