Fables, Folktales, Myths and Legends-Fun With Projects

My students absolutely enjoy writing projects. So when we studied traditional literature from different cultures this year, I decided to finish our unit with a project. Here's what we did:

1. Students worked in groups of 2-4 to create a chart on their posters including characters, setting, plot, theme and the type of story they wrote.

2. They collaborated and wrote  a fable, folktale, myth or a legend ( typing it was an option). 

3. Students created an illustration and practiced presenting their work to the class.

4. They presented their projects and classmates guessed the theme as well as explained why the theme they chose fits the story. Classmates pointed out 2 positives about the presentation and 1 thing the group can improve next time.

5. Students rotated in groups through each poster and created 3 questions that would go along with that project. They used their understanding of inferences, author's purpose, traditional literature, story elements, etc. 

6. Students rotated again and answered in complete sentences the questions created by the previous group. They discussed the story and their answers before writing them down.

7. Finally, we discussed what students learned from this project as a class. 

Here are some photos of what this looked like and my rubric if you would like to use it