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Fracturing Your Own Fairy Tale
Look back at your responses to the Prereading Activities on pages 5–6. Choose
one of your ideas for changing “Little Red Riding Hood” or apply your idea to
another fairy tale, changing the setting, characters, point of view, plot, or
another aspect of the fairy tale.
Use the writing process to prewrite, draft, revise, and
publish your fractured story, complete with illustrations.
Post it so other students can enjoy how you changed a
familiar story.
You might have an opportunity to read your fractured
fairy tale to younger students. It’s best if they are familiar
with the original story, so be ready to summarize it for
them.
Fine Arts Connection: Acting It Out
Instead of reading aloud your own fractured fairy tale (see above),
write it as a play and act it out. First, work with a group to choose
one of your rewritten stories. Then rewrite it again, this time with
dialogue for the student actors and directions for their movements
and actions. You might decide to have a narrator who gives the
audience information that is difficult to act out, such as a description
of time passing. Create simple scenery that suggests the setting.
Choose a director and actors, rehearse, and then present your
performance. If you are using the same characters and setting as in
the original fairy tale, consider acting out that story first and then
presenting your variation. Tell your audience to expect the
unexpected!
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