Once Upon a Genre
Exploring Fractured Fairy Tales with Scholastic.com
This unit will introduce your students to several different writing genres. They will respond to fractured fairy tales by writing in many styles, including a persuasive essay, personal narrative, a letter of complaint, advertisement and even a resume! All of the completed writing assignments will be published in a pop-up book modeled after the favorite children’s book, The Jolly Postman: Or Other People’s Letters.
OBJECTIVE
Students will:
- Understand that fractured fairy tales twist or change one or more story elements.
- Compare and contrast fractured fairy tales with the classic versions.
- Explore several different styles of writing.
- Publish a pop-up book.
- Orally present their books to an audience.
LESSONS FOR THIS UNIT
Lesson 1: Tell It to the Judge - Persuasive Essay
Lesson 2: I'm a Changed Pig
Lesson 3: Slimy Advertising and a Wicked Resume
Lesson 4: Y'all Are Invited to a Hoe Down Wedding
Lesson 5: I Hate to Complain but your Cheese Stinks
Lesson 6: Once Upon a Pop-Up Book
REPRODUCIBLES
Graphic Organizer for Persuasive Paragraphs (PDF)
Personal Narrative Organizer (PDF)
Pop-Up Book Report Printable (PDF)
CULMINATING ACTIVITY
Students will share their pop up books with the class before putting them on display for all to see.
SUPPORTING BOOKS
Books for Teaching Writing Genres
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Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper and Other Zany Fractured Fairy Tale Plays
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Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper and Other Zany Fractured Fairy Tale Plays
by Joan M. WolfWhat happens when Cinderella wears shoes she's made from recycled materials to the ball? Tap into students' sense of humor with five lively plays that take the plots, characters, and settings of traditional fairy tales and turn them on their heads! Includes character parts written at a variety of reading levels, book links, and writing activities that help students build on traditional fairy tale structures and write in different genres. 72 pages.
$12.99
Professional Book | Grades 3-5
Grades 3-5 $12.99
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I SPY Pirate Treasure
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I SPY Pirate Treasure
Reading the easy story and playing the fun I Spy game, new readers will "treasure" this book featuring Spyler and CeCe, characters from the I Spy TV show. Spyler and CeCe look for objects they can use to build a pirate ship--a shell, a bell, a nail, and a sail. When Spyler and CeCe have found everything, the two friends build their ship and set sail. Ahoy! Readers can use the rebus picture cards to help them decode each word. At the end of each book, there are extra objects to find as well as a
$3.50
Paperback Book | Grades K-2
Grades K-2 $3.50
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