Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney's Wonderful World of Reading)

This is a classic fairy tale that includes so many life lessons. One is the importance of friends. When Snow White had nowhere else to go, the seven dwarfs welcomed her into their home, no questions asked. Another would be to look for the good in everyone, like the huntsman did when he was ordered to kill Snow White. This story can even teach the important message to not talk to strangers. Snow White did so and ended up cursed by a poison apple. A final lesson is that real beauty comes within. The queen was not an unattractive woman, but her heart was filled with hatred and anger. Snow White had a pure heart, so she was identified as the fairest one of all.

Summary:
This is a story about a beautiful princess that lived with an evil witch. The evil witch was jealous of her beauty and wanted to have her killed. But instead of killing Snow White, the huntsman let her run away where she ran to a small cottage. Seven dwarfs lived in this small cottage. One day after the dwarfs went to work, the evil witch found Snow White and poisoned her. The only thing that would break the spell was a true love.

Personal Reaction:
This is my all time favorite fairy tale. As a young girl I fell in love with the seven dwarfs. The illustration in this book is still as wonderful as it always has been. I am sure it will stay a classic for many years to come.

Classroom Extension:
1. I would use this book to teach my show more students the dangers of talking to strangers. This is a perfect example of why children should not trust strange people.

2. I would also use this book to teach my students different personality types. The seven dwarfs are perfect examples of people with different types of personality. show less

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Summary:
Snow White is a beautiful princess who lived in the castle with her stepmother. The stepmother,who was the queen, asked her mirror the same question daily. When the mirror gave the queen a different answer she had the woodman take Snow White away. Snow White befriended some animals and went to the home of seven dwarfs, the dwarfs came home to find Snow White. The queen turned herself into a witch and used a magic apple to make Snow White sleep. Eventually a prince came to break Snow White's sleep by kissing her.

Reaction:
I remember this story from my childhood, I liked the characters of the dwarfs. I felt like I was more like the bashful dwarf. The dwarfs have an emotion unique to each one of them. show more Snow White is a character who wants to find love and be away from the queen. The setting of the story was the woods with many animals.

Extension Ideas:
1. The story could be used to teach kids about friendship.
2. The story can be used to teach kids about fairy tales.
3. The story could be used to teach about vanity. show less

This book is of course a classic. I would not do a whole lesson on just this book, but I would read it to my class if we were doing a Fairytale unit. I think this book would be great for second grade and younger. It is very entertaining, and you could have students make predictions on what was going to happen next.

A fanciful story of a maiden who stumbles upon a small cottage inhabited by seven dwarfs in the woods after escaping the wrath of the evil queen. A family and a Disney classic. My oldest sister read this book to me often. I know of a few variations that exist. I use this story in a unit on memory in my psychology courses and it could be used in a Media Literacy course.

Title: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”
Author: unknown
ISBN: 0-7172-8343-7
Summery: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” is a story about a beautiful girl who lives with seven dwarfs. The dwarfs are unsure about Snow White at first, but they soon fall in love with her. Everyone loved Snow White, except, that is, her stepmother, the Queen. The Queen disguised herself as an old lady and gave Snow White a poisoned apple that killed her with one bite. The only thing that could save Snow White was a kiss from her Prince. When he came to her rescue, he gave her a kiss and she awoke. Snow White and the Prince lived happily ever after.
Personal Response: I am a huge fan of Disney. This book is a fun book to read to my daughter. I believe show more that it shows the strength in friendship.
Extensions:
1) The teacher can have the students compare and contrast the seven dwarfs.
2) Allow the students to paint a picture of there favorite part of the book. show less

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