UNIT DESCRIPTION: This unit will take approximately 3-4 weeks to complete. Most of the activities involve reading folk tales and responding to them via e-mail to the instructor. The Final activity will be your chance to show what you have learned about folk tales. You will write and illustrate your own folk tale. All assignments must be satisfactory to pass this unit (see assessment section).

OVERVIEW: Folk tales are stories that people told one another from generation to generation. Later these stories were written down. Folklore includes made up recorded legends, fairy tales, pourquoi (why-it-happened) tales, fables (morals stories), and trickster tales. They are said to be the "spiritual history" of humankind.

LEARNER OUTCOMES:

• The learner will be able to recognize the characteristics that make up folk tales.
• The learner will be able to identify and explore the different forms of folk tales.
• The learner will write their own folk tale utilizing the characteristics and forms of folk tales.

LESSONS:

1. Oral Story-Telling	Assessment
2. Folk Tale Forms	Assessment
3. Jack and the Beanstalk Comparisons	Assessment
4. Final Project: Writing your own folk tale.	Assessment

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