Hansel & Gretel Inquiry Kit | Grades 6-10 ELA Resource

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$4.50

Hansel and Gretel Fairy Tales Series for English and Reading Gr. 4-12 ELA

Engage English Language Arts and Reading Students with the Original Grimm Brothers’ Fairy Tale of “Hansel and Gretel”.

Duration of Lesson: The lesson calendar is adaptable to a three-day or longer study of the classic tale, unexpurgated from the public domain text, with reference to Engelbert Humperdinck’s timeless opera (that is still performed today). Kids will enjoy revisiting the fairy tale and analyzing it with a literary lens.

Common Core Standards:

This resource aligns well with the Reading Literature standard RL.9-10.7 that states students should analyze a representation of a subject or a pivotal scene in two different artistic mediums.

This Resource Includes the Following Features:

Includes Both PDF & Google Workspace (Slides)
Links to plenty of third-party resources on the Internet
Teacher’s Guide for Using this Resource in the Classroom
Key Characters and Places Anchor Chart
- Includes an interactive Map activity that situates the geography of Germany’s Black Forest and how it relates to the tale.
Full-Text English Translation (in the public domain)
- The Original Grimm Brothers’ Tale of Hänsel and Grethel (from Kinder-und Hausmärchen).
- Includes 7 Illustrations
Includes Questions to Engage Students:
- 50 Quiz-Bowl Style Questions for Formative Assessment
- 7 Discussion Questions and Critical Thinking Questions
- 12-Question auto-grading Easel Assessment
- 3-2-1 Exit Ticket
Frayer Model Template
POV: Writing Activity
Further Reading Guide
Art & Literature Connection: Postcard of Hansel and Gretel Restaurant, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1955
Answer Key for all questions

I made this resource with middle and high school students in mind. It also works well with upper elementary school students. You can use this resource as a stand-alone lesson or pair it with a larger unit on fairy tales or short stories. It also works well in a Humanities course, a Children’s literature course, psychology in literature, or an advisory lesson on social issues such as poverty and neglect in the family.