Fractured Fairy Tales

Whether it's The Princess and the Rutabaga or Big Blue Riding Hood, invite your students to turn familiar fairy tales upside down and inside out—and to have fun. This interactive tool gives students a choice of three fairy tales to read. They are then guided to choose a variety of changes, which they use to compose a fractured fairy tale to print off and illustrate. Useful for teaching point of view, setting, plot, as well as fairy tale conventions such as they lived happily ever after, this tool encourages students to use their imaginations and the writing process at the same time. Grades 2 – 4 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson A Recipe for Writing: Fairy Tale Feasts After examining recipes written based on students’ favorite fairy tales, students research a recipe related to their favorite story, book, or fairy tale and include it in a classroom recipe book. Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity | June 18 Today is Chris Van Allsburg's birthday. Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity | January 4

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs - Lessons for teachers Lesson Ideas to Match the book, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! "Here is the "real" story of the three little pigs whose houses are huffed and puffed to smithereens... from the wolf's perspective. This poor, much maligned wolf has gotten a bad rap. Before Reading: -Read a version of the Original Three Little Pigs. -Explain that you will read another version of the story. -Share with the students the story for today. After You Read: -Brainstorm with your class what more they would like to know about A. -Ask students what other fairytales they know and how they would change if they were told from another point of view. -What point of view do your students feel is correct - the pigs or the wolf's point of view? -Compare the two stories: brainstorm some things that happened in the Three Little Pigs story that did not happen in the True Story Writing Prompts: 1.Were the pigs good little pigs? 2.Was the wolf really a bad wolf? 3.Can you really believe a pig? A favorite from the same author:

Fairy Tales and Fables Unit I love it when it all comes together! Weaving a strand of learning throughout multiple areas in the curriculum is a smarter way to teach and a more powerful learning experience for students. Developed through the study of experts like Linda Dorn, Lucy Caulkins, Lori Octzkus, and Debbie Diller with some of my own twists thrown in, this unit aligns to the Colorado state standards. (Click here for the standards link: ‘Why teach a fairy tales and fable unit?) (click on the books for more information about each title) Fairy tales: start with the original version You may be surprised how many of your students are not familiar with classic fairy tales. Let your students in on the ‘secret’ about fairy tales. Setting– Fairy tales purposely do not reveal a specific setting. Fables Fables are similar to fairy tales, but they have some distinctive differences in their patterns and structures. Author/Illustrator Study Award winning author and illustrator Leo Lionni is considered a modern day fable writer.

Fairy Tales Gone Wild: 10 Creative Ways to Teach Fairy Tales Fractured fairy tales are a great way to help students see how story elements—like character, plot, setting—shape the stories we read and write. What do we call it when an author takes a classic fairy tale and changes it into something completely different? It's called a fractured fairy tale. And kids love them. "It's by far my students' favorite language arts unit every year," writes teacher Jessie Averson, a second grade teacher in Tennessee. We asked teachers across the country for their favorite tips on teaching fractured fairy tales. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Books that feature fractured fairy tales: Cinderella Stories Download and print the full-size PDF here. Goldilocks Stories View the list here. Little Red Riding Hood Stories View the list here. Three Little Pigs Stories View the list here.

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interactive, students change some parts of the story then illustrate. Teaches point of view, setting, plot, fairy tale conventions. by mkester Jul 8