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Promote active engagement with fiction, support the development of close reading analysis skills for high school, and evaluate general reading comprehension with this bundle of resources for teaching the fairy tale “The Frog King” by the Brothers Grimm. Included are the following: a plot-based quiz, a rigorous close reading worksheet, a craft analysis activity, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats. 

By completing the quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• The cause of the princess’ sadness
• The frog’s negotiations with the princess
• The princess’ betrayal of the frog
• The princess’ reaction to the frog’s sudden appearance
• The king’s response to his daughter’s explanation of events
• The frog’s conduct in the castle
• The princess’ reaction to the frog’s conduct
• The reason for the prince’s transformation into a frog
• The personal wellness of Faithful Henry
• The cause of cracking noises

By completing the close reading activity, students will:

• Articulate what is stated in the text explicitly and implicitly
• Determine the narrative’s inciting incident
• Apply knowledge of literary devices including hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification, dramatic irony, and situational irony
• Define complex words as they are used in context
• Analyze how complex characters interact and develop
• Identify and articulate character motivations
• Examine the authors’ choices to find deeper meaning
• Isolate a false statement from a set of true statements
• Explain the irony of the narrative’s resolution
• Identify a relevant theme
• Make logical inferences about the prince’s moral qualities
• Write ideas with clarity, accuracy, and precision
• Justify claims with rational thinking and textual evidence

By completing the craft analysis activity, students will:

• Develop a greater understanding of how the Brothers Grimm used characterization, exaggeration, description, and various literary devices to establish a mood in “The Frog King” that is consistent with the conventions of fairy tale literature.