Fractured Fairy Tales

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Fractured Fairy Tales

• Kathy Monford
• Stewart Elementary
• HISD

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• "If you want your children to be intelligent,
  read them fairy tales. If you want them to be
  more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."
• "When I examine myself and my methods of thought,
  I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy
  has meant more to me than any talent for
  abstract, positive thinking."
• Albert EinsteinScientist (1879-1955)

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What is Voice?

• Voice is the writers passion for the topic
  coming through loud and clear. Its what keeps us
  turning the pages of a storyIts what makes and
  essay about camels fascinating
• Culham (2005, p. 137)
• I wait until I find a narrative voice. Then I
  listen to that voice and start writing.
  E.
  L. Doctorow
• Lane (1993, p. 27)

Definition an authors distinctive STYLE and
unique way of expressing ideas.
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Elements of Voice

• Enthusiasm for writing
• Individuality
• Personality
• Charm
• Tailoring communication to an audience
• Evokes an emotional response
• Dialect

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Point of View
Definition the perspective from which a story is
told.

• First person uses I
• Third person limited point of view uses he/she,
  only one character tells the story
• Third person omniscient, uses he/she, story is
  told by all characters

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Why Use Fairy Tales?

• Teach point of view
• i.e. the original The Three little pigs and The
  True Story of the Three Little Pigs
• Can show a variety of styles or versions of the
  same story.

Objectives
(15) Writing/purposes. The student writes for a
variety of audiences and purposes, and in
a variety of forms. The student is expected
to (A) write to express, discover, record,
develop, reflect on ideas, and to problem
solve(4-8) (D) write to entertain such as to
compose humorous poems or short stories
(4-8) (E) exhibit an identifiable voice in
personal narratives and in stories (4-5) (20)
Writing/evaluation. The student evaluates his/her
own writing and the writings of others. The
student is expected to (A) apply criteria to
evaluate writing (4-8) (B) respond in
constructive ways to others' writings (4-8) (C)
evaluate how well his/her own writing achieves
its purposes (4-8)
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Lesson Plan

• Whole group discuss the elements of point of
  view
• Small groups read, share, discuss common fairy
  tales and their fractured versions
• Whole group reflect on small group discussions
  and create a list of possible characters,voice,
  and point of view
• Write your own fractured fairy tale considering
  the element of voice and point of view
• Peer editing/response groups
• Students can later type and illustrate their
  fairy tales
• Students can explore writing their story in an
  alternate genre such as a comic strip, poem, or
  newspaper article

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Theory

• Students need to learn the need to make
  fantasy stories come alive, and we can teach them
  by showing them how enjoyable it is to dig deeper
  and discover more about even the most bizarre
  worlds.
• Lane (1993, p. 27)

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Modifications

• GT Upper Grades
• Write story in a different genre
• Write a play for readers theater
• Create a picture book of fractured tale

• At-Risk
• Interactive/Shared writing
• Draw picture of fairy tale
• Act out fairy tale
• Match words to pictures of the story

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Center Ideas
    

• Listening Center
• books on tape
• Language/Reading Center
• puzzles
• sequencing activities
• create word families with words from the story
• Poetry/Writing Center
• have copy of fairy tale that students can
• copy
• illustrate
• cut up and sequence
• Dramatic Play Center
• post copy of fairy tale and students can act it
  out with each other or puppets
• students can also retell or make up their own
  version of the story

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Once Upon A Time Learning Center
 Name that fairy tale - A book with illustrations
from various fairy tales. The student must name
each fairy tale. Practice Telling Time with
Cinderella - Is an activity the motivates the
student to help Cinderella place the correct time
onto each clock. Help Mr. Wolf find out how many
pigs are in each house - This covers subtraction
facts through 18 and motivates the student to do
the facts. Help Pinocchio - This is a game of
memory and also helps the student strength their
alphabetical ordering. Can you find the secret to
the witchs brew? - This is a grammar game in
which the student must match the correct prefix
with the root word. Once Upon A Time Board Game -
This activity is an review of what has been
taught thus far in second grade. It covers all
subjects and is very motivational. Emperors New
Clothes Pinocchio Read-Along - These two tapes
are listening activities. The Goose that Laid the
Golden Egg CD-ROM - The students are encouraged
or read along on the computer with the book.
also, they may play with the illustrations in the
book. Fairy Tale Pop-up Village - This definitely
does the job of attracting the students to the
center. Gingerbread Man Lace Cards - Reinforces
fine motor skills. Read a Fairy Tale - There are
tons of fairy tales to choose to read in the
center. Also, their are a variety of pop-up fairy
tale books. The It is a world of fun with fairy
tales learning center is meant to not only review
skills, but to also get the student excited about
reading. My hope is that it motivates the student
to open a fairy tale and discover the world of
imagination through a book. It is important to
try to produce a love of reading in your
classroom and I feel this learning center does
that and more! http//www.teachingheart.net/flear
n.htm  
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References Resources

• http//www.tooter4kids.com/Classroom/FairyTaleUnit
  .htm
• http//205.146.39.13/success/lessons/lesson3/plaa2
  _l.htm
• http//www.mrspohlmeyerskinderpage.com/fairytales.
  htm
• http//www.teachingheart.net/flearn.htm
• http//edtech.tph.wku.edu/ppetty/folklore.htm
• http//.surlalunefairytales.com
• http//www.barnesandnoble.com/
• http//www.nwrel.org/assessment/toolkit98/six.html
  
• http//www.cyberspaces.net/6traits/
• http//www.nwrel.org/assessment/
• Lisa Frase http//www.lisafrase.com/
• Culham, R. (2005) 61 Traits of Writing The
  Complete Guide for the Primary Grades.
  Scholastic
• Lane, B. (1993) after the end Teaching and
  Learning Creative Revision. Portsmouth, NH.
  Heinemann

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Childrens Books

• Sleeping Ugly by Jane Yolen ISBN 0698115600
• The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen
  ISBN 068815932X
• Jack and the Bean Stalk
• Kate and the Bean Stalk by Mary Hope Osborn
• Silly Jack and the Bean Stalk by Laurence Anholt
  ISBN 068983070X
• The Cowboy and the Black-eyed Pea
• Little Red Hen
• Little Red Hen Makes Pizza Retold by Philemon
  Sturges ISBN 0142301892
• Cook-A-Doodle-Doo by Janet Stevens ISBN
  0152019243
• The Three Little Pigs
• The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon
  Scieszka ISBN 0140544518
• Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell ISBN
  0873585429
• The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by
  Helen Oxenbury ISBN 068981528X
• The Three Pigs by David Wiesner ISBN
  0618007016
• Cinderella
• Cinderella/That Awful Cinderella by Alvin
  Granowsky ISBN 0811422046
• Cinderella Bigfoot by Mike Thaler ISBN
  0590898264
• Cindy Ellen A Wild Western Cinderella by Susan
  Lowell ISBN 0064438643
• Cinder-Elly by Frances Minters ISBN 0140561269

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Other Useful Books

• Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured
  Folktales for Readers Theatre
  Anthony D. Fredericks ISBN 1563081741
• Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper and Other
  Fractured Fairy Tale Plays
  Joan M. Wolf ISBN 0439271681
• FunnyBone Books Fractured Fairy Tales Math 25
  Tales With Computation and Word Problems to
  Reinforce Key Skills in Place Value, Estimation,
  Rounding, Money, Graphing, and More Scholastic
• Stories Language Skills PK-K by Jean Warren
  Published by Mailbox
• Folk and Fairy Tale Mini Books Pk-2 Scholastic
• Fairy Tales Readers Theater Grades 1-2 Creative
  Teaching Press