I left various samples of books on tables for the students to look at. They are either fables, fairy tales, legends, myths or folklore. For YOU! Not the students They need to understand the differences among the different kinds of story. The last four slides provide the content for the worksheets, with your guidance. The following slides have tables assigned to them for reading the content aloud.
The Legend of Rock, Paper Scissors What is a legend?
A legend is a larger-than-life story that gets passed down from one generation to the next like the legends of Beowulf, Robin Hood, or even Johnny Appleseed. What is a legend? Table 4, Your Turn Legend comes from the Latin legere, "to read." The Latin word was originally limited to written stories, but in English, legend lost that limitation. Often a legend lives on in the stories that people tell each other. A person can be a legend too. Anne Frank is a legend for keeping a diary of hidden life in war time, and a less famous person, like a long-serving local teacher, can be a legend to neighborhood kids.
Table 2, your turn. Are legends true? Rock-Paper-Scissors is a game played to settle disputes between two people. Thought to be a game of chance that depends on random luck similar to flipping coins or drawing straws, the game is often taught to children to help them settle arguments between themselves on their own without adult intervention. However, the game actually can be a game that has an element of skill that requires quick thinking and perceptive reasoning.
Table 9, your turn. Are legends true? The hand signals are given simultaneously by both players. The ritual used to get players in sync with each other so they can deliver their throws simultaneously is called the prime. This action requires retracting the player s fist from full-arm extension towards the shoulder and then back to full extension. To ensure a fair match the players must be in sync with their primes. Players must determine before play how many times they pump their fists before the final delivery of their throw.
Table 5, your turn. Are legends true? Finger-flashing games have been known to exist since ancient times, however, the origins of the game remain obscure. The earliest known reference is found on a wall painting in a tomb at the Beni Hasan burial site in Egypt that dates back to around 2000 B.C. Centuries later on a Japanese scroll the game was also found. Versions of the game are found in cultures around the world. It is still very popular in Japan, where it is called jan-ken or jankenpon.
Table 8, your turn. Are legends true? In North America the game has also been called Rochambeau or Roshambo. Many have tried to attribute this name of the game to French army general Comte de Rochambeau who fought with General George Washington during the American Revolution. However, indepth research has not been able to make any association with the general and the name of the game.
Table 1, your turn. Although there is no mention before the early 20th century of the game in America, a similar game called Odds and Evens was mentioned in the biography, Life of Samuel Johnson, in the late 18th century in England, and would very likely have been brought to America as immigration expanded into the New World.
To play this game, each player decides if they will be either odds or evens and then both clench their fists, count Table 3, your turn. to three at the same time, and open one hand extending one or more fingers. Combining the number of extended fingers on both players hands determines the winner: if an odd number, the player who declared odds wins; if an even number, then the evens player wins.
Table 6, your turn. The game Rock-Paper-Scissors has become a great tool on children s playgrounds. Playworks, an organization that works with inner-school children at their schools, introduces recess games to the children and empowers them to run their own games and settle any disputes quickly with a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors. Their success with conflict resolution is achieved, because children quickly learn that getting along is more fun than fighting.
Can you describe the differences between: Table 7 your turn. A Fable A Legend A Fairy Tale A Myth
At this point, bring attention to the note sheet. Each student will need one and a pencil to take the notes from the next few slides. While reviewing the next five slides, ask students to take notes on each of the different styles of story. There are also books on the tables where they could look for the different story traits within each book. Books vary to cover all the story versions.
A legend is a larger-than-life story that gets passed down from one generation to the next like the legends of Beowulf, Robin Hood, or even Big Foot.
The folktale is a story, passed down verbally from generation to generation. Each storyteller told the stories a little differently, making them more interesting and fascinating as the ages passed. Different folktales bear the characteristics of the culture, folklore and customs of the people from which they originated.
Fables are among the oldest forms of folk literature. The word "fable" comes from the Latin "fabula" ("little story"). Typically, a fable consists of a narrative and a short moral conclusion at the end. The main characters in most fables are animals. The purpose of these stories is to ridicule negative human qualities.
People have been telling each other fairy tales since ancient times. Fairy tales are present in all cultures around the world. In comparison to myths and legends, the time and place of occurrence in fairy tales are not defined. The characteristics of fairy tales include the appearance of fantastic elements in the form of talking animals, magic, witches and giants, knights and heroes.
People have been telling each other myths since ancient times. Myths are an idea or story that is believed by many people but that is not true.
Modern Version of old legend!
When story is over, remind students to leave all books at the tables. They should get their library cards and use them as a shelf marker. Then, check out and return to their original seat to use the rest of time for quiet reading. Students shoul be ready to go on time.