Grimm's Fairy Tale Close Reading Analysis Worksheets with Answer Keys

Help students go beyond basic reading comprehension and sharpen their literary analysis skills with this bundle of 20 close reading worksheets covering a variety of classic Grimm’s fairy tales. (Answer keys are included.) With these materials, students will perform tasks such as examining character development, exploring themes in fiction, applying knowledge of literary devices, making evidence-based inferences about the effects of word choices, and much more. The following short stories are covered:

• “Cinderella”
• “Rumpelstiltskin”
• “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”
• “Sleeping Beauty”
• “Hansel and Gretel”
• “The Juniper Tree”
• “The Elves and the Shoemaker”
• “The Hare and the Hedgehog”
• “The Wolf and the Fox”
• “The Bremen Town Musicians”
• “The Queen Bee”
• “The Raven”
• “The Godfather”
• “The Death of the Little Hen”
• “The Donkey”
• “The Old Woman in the Wood”
• “The Four Clever Brothers”
• “The Owl”
• “The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage”
• “The Poor Boy in the Grave”