
Struggling Students? Check out our Needs Improvement Report Card Comments for even more comments! Here are 125 positive report card comments for you to use and adapt! It's report card time and you face the prospect of writing constructive, insightful, and original comments on a couple dozen report cards or more. Linda Bray, Alcorn Central Elementary School in Glen, Mississippi Did the writer do a good job of fracturing?.Is the writing neat and properly indented?.Does the story include at least three paragraphs?.Do the good characters live happily ever after?.Is a problem incorporated into the plot?.Does the tale begin with the words Once upon a time or Long, long ago?.Is the story properly set? the setting clearly described?.In that case, students earn 1 to 10 points for each element or writing skill listed below, based on the success with which they incorporated that element into their stories: How many fairy tale elements did students include in the fairy tales they wrote? You might ask them to include a specific number of characteristics in their stories. When students fractured fairy tales are complete, have a story sharing session! Students might even share their stories with students in lower grades. You might write the questions on the chalkboard so students can refer to them as they write. From whose point of view will the story be told?.Who will be the good character? the bad character?.Then students have to make the following decisions: Discuss some fairy tale titles and brainstorm how the tales might change.


Discuss what a fractured fairy tale is, and explain to students they are going to write their own fractured fairy tales.īefore students begin the assignment, you might discuss how other fairy tales might change if told from a different point of view. Talk about how the story is different from the version they are familiar with. Students might even write a brief paragraph or two comparing and contrasting the fairy tales they analyzed.Īfter students are familiar with the elements of fairy tales, read aloud The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. When the diagrams are completed, have groups share their diagrams with their classmates and explain what conclusions they drew about fairy tales. They then can type in the editable areas of the document. This editable template loads slowly.) If you wish to incorporate computer skills, have students save this editable Venn diagram to a disk. Then invite the group to use a 3-circle Venn diagram to compare and contrast the fairy tales. Have each student read aloud one fairy tale to his or her group. When students have a good grasp of the elements of a fairy tale, arrange them in groups of three.

paper, pencils, construction paper, binding spirals (for book).The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka.Keywords writing, writing process, fairy tale, good, evil, setting read The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs.use a Venn diagram to compare three fairy tales.identify characteristics of fairy tales.Home > Teacher Lesson Plans > Archives > Language Arts, Literature > Lesson Planīrief Description Students study and diagram elements of fairy tales, read a fractured fairy tale, and then write their own fractured tales.
