Fractured+Fairytales



__[|Fractured Fairytale]__ - a story that uses a fairytale you already know and changes the characters, setting, plot, or point of view.

Examples: Cinderella Penguin: Little Glass Flipper by Janet Perlman The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka Sleeping Ugly by Jane Yolen The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea by Tony Johnston Goldie and the Three Bears by Diane Stanley The Principal's New Clothes by Stephanie Calmenson The Dog Who Cried Woof by Nancy Coffelt [|The Gingerbread Man] by Marilyn A. Kinsella Bubba the Cowboy Prince by Helen Ketteman (Cinderella Western Style)

[|Jon Scieszka] and [|Lane Smith] wrote the [|Stinky Cheese Man]. Lane Smith talks about his work in this [|video]. The book offers several fractured fairytales. Students wrote their own fractured fairytales in the collaborative Internet project [|Cinderella Around the World].

Wikispaces can be used in the classroom as a group authoring tool. Often group members rely on email to present their drafts to the other members, but what happens if two people have the same idea on the same topic and edit it in two different ways? What happens if a group member does not edit the file in time to pass it along to the next member? Using a wiki allows group members to have immediate access to the most recent version of the project. Wikispaces would allow the group members to build and edit the document together. Students can also create illustrations and include them in the posting. Group authoring on a wiki can start out as easy as brainstorming a list of characters, settings, and ideas that can be built upon step by step and developed into a written draft.

This page was created by Leigh Ann Polenski.

//I love this idea. One of our 9th grade English teachers do this with all of their classes. The kids LOVE to create thier own version of the story, and then are EXTREMELY proud to get published. I am always excited to read what they write because I am always amazed at their creativity. I think this is a great idea for any ELA teacher to do with their students who are at a level where they can write a simple story. Renee

I think this is an idea tha can really foster writing in the classroom. I can imagine the fifth graders that I teach eagerly wanting to add their own portion to the story. I think I would be hesitant to have the entire class write a story together but it is something I would definitely do with small groups and then maybe with the whole class. Children love to have the opportunity to be creative and since they already have a storyline to follow it can be a great booster for those that do not have the confidence in their writing abilities. (Jen K)

The real story of [|"The Three Little Pigs"] -Read this story from the wolf's point of view. Who do you believe? Have your thoughts (point of view) changed about the wolf and pigs since you have read another version. Explain.//

//Shrek Hoodwinked Chicken Little Happily N'ever After//
 * Could we also incorporate movies into the page? A couple of ideas could be:**

Although I am not an ELA teacher, I love fractured fairy tales. I was first exposed to fractured fairy tales in undergrad. I had the opportunity to use __The True Story of the Three Little Pigs__ by Jon Scieszka. My task was to create a series of questions on every level of Blooms to go along with the story. In addition, I also had to use the original story and create an activity that students can do. I realized that fractured fairy tales can be used to teach various skills. For this activity, I felt that the two stories was a great way to teach point of view. A teacher after using these stories can move on to newspaper articles on the same story and these can generate lots of discussion to help students to understand point of view and later to write. Having students rewrite fairytales is really a way of encouraging creativity and developing critical thinking. Another suggested book is A.J. Jacobs - __Fractured Fairy Tales__. I agree that movies now have to be included. A good example is Shrek. Read article: [|Fractured Fairy Tale]
 * Fractured Fairytales** (Gillian Edwin)

I have a love of these tales since I was a little girl. My grandmother was a master at creating her own fractured tales. One of the best sites I have found on fractured fairy tales allows students (and big kids like myself) to create their own tale as well as read others. [|Fractured Fairy Tale] Stephanie Sutherland-Hansen

Amazing idea!! I have my class keep journals and I assign them topics for their journal entries. They continue to ask me if I can just give them an object or character and have them write a creative story with that object or character in it. I think that this is a great writing activity for them to do, it adds creativity to their writing and having them create a new twist to a fairytale they they all know will produce some very interesting writing. (Ian W)
 * Great Journal Entire Idea**

Interactive Fractured Fairytale Fractured Fairytale is a fun writing activity that foster creativity and imaginative thinking. More importantly, fractured fairytales teaches point of view, setting plot, as well as fairytale convention such as, once upon a time, they live happily ever after, and the writing process. I was surfing the internet and I came across a website that will help children practice and turn familiar fairytales to the flipside. This interactive tool gives students a choice of three fairytales to read. They are then guided to choose various prompts which they use to compose a fractured fairytale to print. Using wiki is an excellent activity to expose to the children. The website is : http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/fairytales/ Written by Jane Lofton

Fractured Fairytales seem to be wonderful tools to foster writing with students who may not usually be eager to write. For those of you who know how hard it is to have students compose any type of creative writing in English, you can only imagine how difficult a task it is to have students write in a Foreign Language. In my French IV class we study a couple of fairy tales. We are already done with these units for this year but I am considering creating a couple of these assignments for next year to encourage students to create in the target language. I have tried to google such writing activities in French but have been unsucessful. (Julie)