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Trickster tales

Trickster tales. Elements of a Trickster Tale. Trickster Tales Are Fiction Stories (not true). Characters are usually animals that Talk and act like humans, but they retain their animal traits. They are short stories that usually have only two or three characters.

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Trickster tales

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  1. Trickster tales

  2. Elements of a Trickster Tale

  3. Trickster Tales Are Fiction Stories (not true)

  4. Characters are usually animals that Talk and act like humans, but they retain their animal traits.

  5. They are short stories that usually have only two or three characters. Iktomi and the Buzzard

  6. Some trickster tales are about weak people or tiny animals outwitting their stronger enemies.

  7. They are very old stories passed Down from one generation to another. Originally told orally. They reflect the culture in which they originated.

  8. Action builds through repetition. There is an exciting climax at the end. Goodness and intelligence win out over evil and foolishness.

  9. Trickster Tales end with a moral or a lesson. “If a person is clever, it is because someone has taught them their cleverness.”

  10. Setting takes place in the distant past or a timeless place. desert jungle forest

  11. There is usually a problem and a solution to the problem. "Coyote takes water from the Frog people... because it is not right that one people have all the water."

  12. Told from a 3rd person point of view.

  13. Trickster Tales in your Library

  14. e Activities : • Super Hyper Spider Typer (KidsDomain): Save Berry by typing words as they appear • http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/games/game_super_hyper_spider_typer.html • Explore Africa With Anansi (PBS Kids): • http://www.pbs.org/wonders/Kids/kids.htm • Slide show and activities dealing with Trickster Tales. • http://activities.macmillanmh.com/reading/treasures/stories/story_lessonlist/51040148.html

  15. Bibliography <http://edsitement.neh.gov/>. <http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images>. <http://tpslib.tacoma.k12.wa.us/cataloging>.

  16. Created by Diane Burkhart-Kiss

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