In most folk and fairy tales the hero or heroine have good manners. Students in groups demonstrate how good manners make a difference. Students have three to five minutes to come up with something, and a minute or two to perform. Teacher reads the story out loud to the whole class. Each student has a copy to follow as the teacher reads.
Students listen to a teacher-created audio tape.
Students reread the story in read-around groups. In whole class students combine their lists and then play spelling games or take written test. The spelling assignment may be combined with the science vocabulary study below. Transform those definitions into descriptive phrases. This can be either a group activity or a homework project.