Exploration of types of

stories
MYTH
TUTORIAL QUESTION
Choose stories from any 3 genres
of children stories to be taught for
a designated level. Justify your
choices with reference to features
of the genre.
Pandora's Box
Ancient Greek Myth
Summary
Zeus was angry with the Prometheus for defying
his orders and bringing fire to mankind, but
Zeus controlled his anger and came up with a
plan. Zeus sent a woman who would be a wife
for Prometheus's bother, Epimetheus. The
woman was named Pandora and along with the
gift of beauty, she was given the gift of curiosity
by the godess Hera.

On the day of their wedding,
Zeus gave Pandora and
Epimetheus a box that he said
held great treasure.
Prometheus warmed Pandora
and his brother to never open
the box, but eventually
Pandora's curiosity won out.
When she opened the box, out
came all the plagues of the
world including sickness, greed,
malevolence, and so forth. All
the remained in the box was,
Hope telling that Hope would
never abandon mankind.

The main characters of this story are given
mythical powers and known as gods.
Example:- The gods are Epimetheus,
Prometheus and Zeus.

It explains on how the bad things like envy,
sickness and hate also Hope as the good things
come to the worls.


This mythology is suitable to be told to
students of higher level
This story can be adapted into more
appropriate version so that students are
able to adapt the concept into real life
situations
The story teaches about being curious. As
we say curiosity kills the cat. We should
not mess with the things that we yet to
know
What can be taught from this story:
From this story, teacher can teach students
that they should hold on to the trust that
other people put on them
Listen to warnings and do not ignore them
It also tells that when everything seems in
the darkest, and there is no light to be
seen, there is always HOPE

MODERN FANTASY

CHARLIE
AND THE
CHOCOLATE
FACTORY

CHARACTERS
Do not giving up easily.
( never lose hope )




Do not be greedy.
- Charlie who comes from a very poor family is trying
his best to win the Golden Ticket by buying
chocolate bar so that he and his family will have a
better life.
- The other lucky children lose their sense when
they are at the chocolate factory and they are
causing trouble.

SETTING AND ILLUSTRATION
Very interesting and colourful.
- there are variety of chocolates
and sweets that can attract the children.
Manage to interpret the storyline
- shows the flow of the story where the characters
moves from place to place (shows the
differences between the setting)
Help children to imagine and understand the described
story.
STORYLINE AND LENGTH
A smooth and understandable flows of the
story.
Convey happy ending of what children is hoping
for every story.
Length of the story that able to avoid children
from lose attention during reading. ( not too
long and not too short )
COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE
SIMMILARITIES AND
DIFFERENCES ACROSS
TYPES/ GENRES.
MYTHS VS MODERN FANTASY
MODERN FANTASY
Definition
- It is about
beings, places
and events that
are not
occurring in the
real world.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiable authors
Extraordinary characters and worlds
which challenge and expand our
sense of the norm.
It have strong themes, traditions, and
structures.
Involve magic eg. mostly "good
versus evil."
Take place in created or imaginary
worlds.
Qualities that should be in modern
fantasy books
stories must always meet criteria for excellence
in narrative fiction
effective settings are detailed and believable
within the context of the story
themes are meaningful, challenging the reader
to ask questions and think about life
word choices are clear
story events are imaginative, and logically
consistent within the story world
characters are multidimensional and logical
behaviour
DEFINITIONS
Stories that explain natural occurrences and
express beliefs of right and wrong.

to explain natural phenomena or an
occurrence.
Explain some historical event.
Explain some ancient religious practice.
To explain the creation of the world.
To teach moral lessons.
characteristics
Myths usually have a religious sense.
Generally involve nature or the adventure
of god/ goddesses and heroes.
Gods sometimes appear in disguised form.
eg: Zeus came to Hera as a poor bird
caught in a storm.
Magic is often present in myths.


Similarities
Suitable for children
Imaginary characters
Mostly written
Have strong traditions and structure
Magic is often present in both genres
Plot may involve interplay between worlds
Differences
MYTHODOL
OGY
GENRE MODERN
FANTASY
HISTORICAL
EVENT AND
SOME ANCIENT
RELIGIOUS
PRACTICES
MAIN CONTENT
BASED ON THE
AUTHOR
NON-IDENTIFIED AUTHORSHIP

IDENTIFIED
Pass through
generation
HEREDITARY Happen in current
generation
Considered as
true explanation of
the natural world
SETTING Created world