The Story
is about a miller, who lies to the king, telling him that his daughter can spin straw into gold. The king calls for the girl, shuts her in a tower room filled with straw and a spinning wheel, and demands she spin the straw into gold by morning or he will cut off her head. (Adapted from wikipedia.org)
Lesson Plans
Rumpelstiltskin Visual Aids (SB10096) – SparkleBoxhttp://www.sparklebox.co.uk/previews/10076-10100/sb10096-rumpelstiltskin-posters.html#.WGuLaxsrJEZ
A set of printable visual aids for retelling the story of Rumpelstiltskin. Click on “PDF Download Free” (yr 3-4)
Reading
Rumplestiltskinhttp://www.kids-pages.com/folders/stories/Rumpelstiltskin/page1.htm
Once there was a very poor miller, who could not even pay his taxes to the kingdom. Because of this, the king ordered that he should be sent to prison. – Read aloud for your students in class (yr 3-5)
Library of Congress: Book Turner: Rumpelstiltskinhttp://read.gov/books/pageturner/grimm_tales/#page/154/mode/2upA young girl is given a seemingly impossible task: spin straw into gold. (yr 8-9)
Rumpelstiltskin: a modern retelling – level 3 | LearnEnglish Teens – British Councilhttps://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/rumpelstiltskin-modern-retelling-level-3
Do you know the fairy tale, Rumpelstiltskin? Well, this is a modern retelling. Meet Chloe, a young woman who’s shaking with terror, waiting for her audition for Find a Star. (yr 8-9)
Listening
Rumpelstiltskin – Storynory (10:08)http://www.storynory.com/2007/03/18/rumpelstiltskin/
Rumpelstiltskin, magical, wild, and full of rage, comes to the aid of a young girl who is given the impossible task of weaving straw into gold. She makes him a rash promise, which she finds hard to keep. (yr 5-7)
Viewing
Acting
Rumpelstiltskin | K I D S I N CO.com – Free Playscripts for Kids!http://www.kidsinco.com/2008/08/rumpelstiltskin/
Welcome World of Magic, Illusion, and Fantasy. Manuscript to play-act the story (yr 5-6)
Worksheets
Writing
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