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Enchanting Readers with Revisionist Fairy Tales
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| Grades | 6 – 8 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Four 50-minute sessions |
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STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
The Fractured Fairy Tale tool encourages students to create their own fractured fairy tales.
PRINTOUTS
- Situations for Fairy Tales
- Common Elements of Fairy Tales
- Comic Book Primer
- Sample Comic Script and Visual Interpretation from Cedric the Dragonslayer
- Comic Book Scripting Techniques
- Enchanting Readers with Revisionist Fairy Tales: Pairing Ella Enchanted and Espinosa's The Courageous Princess
—Discussion Questions for Small Group or Paideia Seminar - Comic Vocabulary Definitions and Examples: Layout & Design
- Comic Vocabulary Definitions and Examples: Text Containers
- Comic Vocabulary Definitions and Examples: Angles
WEBSITES
- Comic Vocabulary Interactive
- Gretel
- Gail Carson Levine
- Paideia Philosophy
- Seminar & Paideia Teaching
- The Comic Book Show and Tell
- Once Upon a Time Rethought: Writing Fractured Fairy Tales
- Behind the Scenes with Cinderella
PREPARATION
- Students should be familiar with basic elements of traditional fairy tales.
- Make copies of the handouts for the lesson: Common Elements of Fairy Tales, Common Situations for Fairy Tales, and Comic Book Primer.
- Students should have completed reading Ella Enchanted and The Courageous Princess.
Why these two books? Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted certainly fits the mold of revisionist fairy tale. Nilson and Donelson consider it as one of their "Old Stories in New Dress" (2001, p.48). Levine's comic heroine Ella might be a reluctant focus of attention, but she is definitely a force, and one that often trumps traditional notions of "fairy tale princess" and "helpless girl." Similarly, Rod Espinosa's Princess Mabelrose stands out among princesses in other fairy tales and even in her own Land of the Hundred Kingdoms. Ella Enchanted is perfect for younger middle school students or older students who might need lighter material, both in mental strain and seriousness of tone. The Courageous Princess is a stunning visual treat with a soft color palette sure to attract young female readers and art featuring enough larger-than-life fantasy characters to engage male readers too. Further, its progression is smooth and it has a strong economy of words.
- Review the information about Paideia teaching philosophy and questioning techniques.
- Test the Comic Vocabulary interactive on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tool and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed. You can download the plug-in from the technical support page.