DAY ONE

1. Question: What/who is the character in a story?

    Answer: A character in a story can be a person, animal, thing (talking tea pot like in Beauty and the   Beast), or something that plays a part in the story.

2. Question: What is the setting in a story?

   Answer: The setting is where the story takes place. It can be more than one place like the park, someones house, the woods, in the car, etc.

3. Question: What is the plot in a story?

   Answer: The plot of the story is what happens during the story. It can be that someone ran away from home and encountered several adventures on the way. Basically the main event of a story.

Now we will read Goldilocks and the Three Bears. While reading this story try to recognize who the characters are, where the setting takes place, and what the plot is of the story.

The Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks.  She  went for a walk in the forest.  Pretty soon, she came upon a house.  She knocked and, when no one answered, she walked right in. 

At the table in the kitchen, there were three bowls of porridge. Goldilocks was hungry.  She tasted the porridge from the first bowl. 

"This porridge is too hot!" she exclaimed.

So, she tasted the porridge from the second bowl.

"This porridge is too cold," she said

So, she tasted the last bowl of porridge.

"Ahhh, this porridge is just right," she said happily and she ate it all up.

After she'd eaten the three bears' breakfasts she decided she was feeling a little tired.  So, she walked into the living room where she saw three chairs.  Goldilocks sat in the first chair to rest her feet.   

"This chair is too big!" she exclaimed.

So she sat in the second chair.

"This chair is too big, too!"  she whined.

So she tried the last and smallest chair.

"Ahhh, this chair is just right," she sighed.  But just as she settled down into the chair to rest, it broke into pieces!

Goldilocks was very tired by this time, so she went upstairs to the bedroom.  She lay down in the first bed, but it was too hard. Then she lay in the second bed, but it was too soft. Then she lay down in the third bed and it was just right.  Goldilocks fell asleep.

As she was sleeping, the three bears came home. 

"Someone's been eating my porridge," growled the Papa bear.

"Someone's been eating my porridge," said the Mama bear.

"Someone's been eating my porridge and they ate it all up!" cried the Baby bear.

"Someone's been sitting in my chair," growled the Papa bear.

"Someone's been sitting in my chair," said the Mama bear.

"Someone's been sitting in my chair and they've broken it all to pieces," cried the Baby bear.

They decided to look around some more and when they got upstairs to the bedroom, Papa bear growled, "Someone's been sleeping in my bed,"

"Someone's been sleeping in my bed, too" said the Mama bear

"Someone's been sleeping in my bed and she's still there!" exclaimed Baby bear.

Just then, Goldilocks woke up and saw the three bears.  She screamed, "Help!"  And she jumped up and ran out of the room.  Goldilocks ran down the stairs, opened the door, and ran away into the forest.  And she never returned to the home of the three bears.

THE END

                                    http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/goldilocks_story.htm

Homework - Ms. B. will show them the cover of "Rolling Along with Goldilocks and the Three Bears". Students will predict on Prediction worksheet what they think the story will be about.

DAY TWO

Students will read and discuss a fractured fairy tale, "Rolling Along with Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Students will work on doing interactive graphic organizers mapping character and sequencing of the story.

Day Three

Students will crate a fractured fairy tale of Goldlocks Story. A script with characters, setting, and plot will be developed.

Day Four

Performance of Fractured Fairy Tale