Chinese Folktales

We have been learning all about Folktales recently.  We started by reading many different Chinese Folktales in order to identify the components of a folktale.  Then we took two folktales and rewrote them as Reader's Theaters.  This was quite the learning experience for the students.  They had to work on fluency, expression, voice level and teamwork as well as reformatting an existing tale into a play like structure. Wow, what a lot of work! The Wildcats did a great job though and gave two very nice presentations.  Below you will find a video of the story of Aniz and the Magic Flute.

Next up writing our very own folktales!