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Pourquoi Stories Introduction Grade 4. Raise your hand if you have every asked your parents “WHY?”  Why do cat’s purr?  Why is the sky blue?  Why does.

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1 Pourquoi Stories Introduction Grade 4

2 Raise your hand if you have every asked your parents “WHY?”  Why do cat’s purr?  Why is the sky blue?  Why does the moon change shape?  Why does it snow during the winter?

3 In Today’s Lesson…  we will review different kinds of folktales you have learned about in the past or may discuss in the future.  you will learn what a Pourquoi tale is.  you will read a Pourquoi folktale and identify the main elements.

4 What is a Pouquoi story?  Pourquoi means “why” in french.  This is a type of folktale that was made up to tell why something happened or exists.  It usually tells about animals or a natural occurance.  The main characters can be humans or animals.

5 What is a Folktale?  Examples  Fairy Tales  Legends  Myths  Trixter Tales (You learned about this in 2 nd grade, “Anansi and the Talking Melon”)  Tall Tales  So What IS IT?  It has been changed so many times that there are different versions of it.  No one know who wrote the original.  Folktales come from everywhere in the world. A story that has been passed down from person to person for many, many years.

6 Read “Why Dogs Chase Cats” At your table discuss the following questions. Be ready to answer them out loud.  Where does this tale come from?  What happens in the beginning?  What is the problem?  How does the story end? (This is the answer to the “why”)

7 In summary, What is a Pourquoi Tale?

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