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Once Upon a Time Rethought: Writing Fractured Fairy Tales
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| Grades | 3 – 5 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Five 50-minute sessions |
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Urbana, Illinois |
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MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
- Assorted fairy tales for teacher and student reading, either in book form or available online (see Websites)
- The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka or another fractured fairy tale
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
The Story Map interactive is designed to assist students in prewriting and postreading activities by focusing on the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution.
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
The Stapleless Book can be used for taking notes while reading, making picture books, collecting facts, or creating vocabulary booklets . . . the possibilities are endless!
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
The Comic Creator invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading activities, response to literature, and so on).
PRINTOUTS
- Common Elements of Fairy Tales
- Story Mapping: Character Map
- Story Mapping: Setting Map
- Story Mapping: Conflict Map
- Story Mapping: Resolution Map
- Fractured Fairy Tales Rubric
WEBSITES
PREPARATION
- Select fairy tales for whole class and group reading. Visit the Grimm’s Fairy Tales and Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson pages for links to online fairy tales.
- Prepare minilessons on the elements of fairy tales, if desired.
- Copy or post the list of Common Elements of Fairy Tales.
- If computer access is not available, make copies of the story map worksheets for students to use during the lesson: Character Map, Setting Map, Conflict Map, and Resolution Map.
- Test the Story Map, Venn Diagram, Stapleless Book and the Comic Creator on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tools and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed. You can download the plug-in from the technical support page.