(Un)Fairy Tale: Process

Process

1 ⇒ Your first task is to gain some background knowledge on the fairy tale world. What all does it involve? Throught this experience you will be making a Fairy Tale Portfolio. This piece will house all of your work and writing samples. I recommend getting a 3-ring binder and plastic pocket protectors so you can protect your paper in an organized fashion. Print out the Fairy Tale Portfolio pages and respond to the questions and writing prompts. You are encouraged to complete many of the activities seperately on Microsoft Word or PowerPoint.

Fairy Tale Portfolio PDF version.

What is a fairy tale?

http://www.geocities.com/ljacoby_2000/fairytale.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0310228/what1.htm

Where did all these tales come from?

www.andersenfairytales.com/en/bio

hca.gilead.org.il/

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm.html#textlinks

2 ⇒ Now it's your turn to see these tales in action. Notice how similar most of these tales are! The is a defined pattern and common characteristics shared between most of these tales. Navigate the links below and read all the fairy tales. What conclusions can you draw about the structure and content of fairy tales? Print and complete the Fairy Tale Characteristics Checklist and Conclusion page.

http://hca.gilead.org.il/

http://www.authorama.com/grimms-fairy-tales-1.html

http://www-ma.beth.k12.pa.us/jhoke/jhwebquest/ftales.htm

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimmtales.html

http://myweb.dal.ca/barkerb/fairies/grimm/

http://www.fln.vcu.edu/grimm/grimm_menu.html

http://www.bartleby.com/17/2/

www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0328jack.html - Jack and the Beanstalk

Fairy Tale Checklist and Conclusions

	How does it start?	Fairy Godmother ?	Events in threes, sevens, or twelves?	Character gets help from magic creature?	Character turns into something better?	Character becomes a king or queen?	A character is jealous of another?	Setting is a castle or forest?	Good character rewarded, bad character punished	How does it end?
Princess and the Pea
The Emporer's New Suit
Little Red Cap
Cinderella
Frog King / Iron Henry
Jack and the Beanstalk

What conclusions can you draw about how a fairy tale is set up, the patterns you see, and what takes place in the plot? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

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3 ⇒ You have just read several original fairy tales. But, do you know what a fractured fairy tale is? Many modern authors and movie maker are making a lot of money creating fractured fairy tales! Find out what a fractured fairy tale is here.

Your next assignment is to read five fractured fairy tale versions. Keep in mind, we want to compare and contrast these stories. Go back and review the original stories of Frog Prince, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Cap, The Princess and the Pea, and the True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Go to the Fractured Fairy Tale Stories Online site to read the other version of each. The first story is a fractured version of Frog Prince. Click "Continue fairy tale" to start the story and read on. Click "Get Started" and choose one of the books to read three other fractured tales. Click "Choose a different fairy tale" to select another one. Now reread the original Three Little Pigs. Compare and contrast the original version to this fractured version.

Choose the original fairy tale you would like to study. The fairy tale you are going to be studying is __________________________________. Read and annalyze three fracturted versions from the school or classroom library. Devolp a Venn Diagram with three circles to compare and contrast your thought. Write a comparative, typed essay using four fairy tale characteristics. You must mention the characteristic from each story.

4 ⇒ You are now ready to begin writing your own version of a fractured fairy tale. Remember the characteristics of a fairy tale and view the fractured fairy tale story rubric so you include everything that is needed in your story. Before you start, visit the suggestion for writing a fractured fairy tale site. Your story must be typed either in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint. It may have pictures to support your story. You can also hand draw pictures to add to your story.

Suggestions for writing your own fractured fairy tale.-http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/fairytales/

Think about the fairy tale themes you identified from the chart, and list the ones you plan to include in your story.

Do you have a problem and solution?

Does a character learn a lesson?

Did you include one example of simile, metaphor, personification, and alliteration?

Did you include at least five lines of dialogue apporpriately?

Did you describe the setting with interesting adjective so we can "see" the story background?

Important Characters:

Setting (include time/when and place/where):

Story Problem:

Major Events (How did your characters try to solve the problem?):

Solution (How was the problem solved?):

Identify at least three fairy tale themes (from the chart) to be used in your story:

Author Study / Reader's Theater Play

5 ⇒ By now, you have developed a keen sense of fairy tale elements. Dive further to begin to develop a style to your play. We will examine a few superior fractured fairy tale writers by compiling notes through an author study. Pick one of the authors to study. Read all their books in the school and class library from the Fairy Tale List. If you wish, you may purchase their other works not located in the school or class library. Work through the steps and websites below.

Choose between Jon Scieszka, Susan Lowell, Mike Artell, Alvin Granowsky, Helen Ketteman, Jackie Hopkins, and Robert D. San Souci.

http://www.jsworldwide.com/ http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-scieszka-jon.asp http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/scieszka http://www.susanlowell.com/ http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/12416/Susan_Lowell/index.aspx http://www.jackiemimshopkins.com/ http://www.armadillies.com/html/jackie_hopkins.html http://www.cyfairmagazine.com/pdf/Articles/2008/fall/Jackie%20Hopkins.pdf http://www.mikeartell.com/ http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000038339,00.html http://www.jacketflap.com/persondetail.asp?person=5912 http://www.helenketteman.com/ http://www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/mtai/ketteman.html http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2073/Ketteman-Helen-1945.html http://www.author-illustr-source.com/helen_ketteman.htm http://www.answers.com/topic/helen-ketteman http://www.rsansouci.com/ http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/results.pperl?authorid=26813 http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/sansouci.html http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000028352,00.html http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1738

Research your author and produce a PowerPoint presentation with the following included

Biography page
Picture of your author
What patterns do you notice?
Do the characters and settings have something in common accross all the books?
Write a letter persuading the audiance why the should or should not read the author's stories.
Three details to support your letter.

6 ⇒ The final and most comprehensive project for this unit is creating a fractured fairy tale play. As a group, vote on the original fairy tale you want to base your fractured version off of. Remember to include all the fairy tale elements needed for your individual fractured fairy tale you already wrote. The reader's theater script must be arraged in Acts / Scene format. Be sure to create the cast list of characters at the beginning. You need to have at least one narrator. Don't forget (stage directions) written in parenthesis and props as well. The following website gives tips to help you write reader's theater scripts.

http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/Tips1.html

The link below is a sample of what a reader's theater script should look like.

Click here to view a sample reader's theater.

That's it!!!! You are ready to perform your play.