Major Theme:

Honesty, Kindness, and Goodness always win out over Greed and Evil.

Summary:

The Talking Eggs is adapted from a creole folktale.  It resembles the story of Cinderella somewhat.  The story involves a mother and her two daughters.  Rose, the evil daughter, is the mother's favorite.  Blanche, the kind, intelligent daughter, is always made to do all the work and is looked down on.  The girls both encounter an old woman in the deep woods, only at different times.  Each must pass the old woman's test to receive their fate.  Which one do you think will receive the brightest future?
 

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What popular fairy tale does this story remind you of?  Why?

Why do you think lazy, complaining Rose was the favorite daughter, when Blanche was the intelligent, hard working daughter?
 

 What was unusual about the animals that belonged to the old woman?  Why do you think the old woman didn't want Blanche to laugh at anything she saw?
 

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Could this story have really happened?  List some specific examples that back up your answer.

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Do you think "Auntie" was testing Blanche?  Did Blanche pass the test?  How do you know?
 

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What was the "show" the old woman and Blanche were treated to on the moonshiny night?
 

What was the second "test" Blanche had to pass?  Why do you suppose the plain eggs said, "Take me", while the beautifully jeweled eggs said, "Don't take me."  Would you be able to resist taking a jeweled egg?
 

What was Blanche's reward for doing as she was told?  Be Specific.
 

After Rose and her mother saw Blanche's good fortune, Rose sought out the old woman to get some of the same.  Did Rose pass the test in the same way Blanche had?  What happened to Rose?

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Is there a moral to this story?  If so what do you think it is?

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Create your own version of a fairy tale similar to the Talking Eggs.  Use Clarisworks to type it.

 

Take any popular fairy tale and change it in some way.  Create a slide show of original "fractured" fairy tales.

As a class create a large wall mural of all the colorful events of the story.  Hang it in the hall to share with the school

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