Fairy Tales

I. READ
Read at least three fairy tales on line.
The Classics in HTML & Text versions: http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infocentral/stories/grimm/index.html

Grimms & Anderson: http://www.best-childrens-books.com/list-of-fairy-tales.html#fairy-tale-lists

Scroll down for the full text fairy tales here: http://www.childrenstory.com/tales/


II. BRAINSTORM LIST
Title your new blog post Fairy Tales and list the 3 fairy tales that you read. Think about what all of these fairy tales have in common. COME UP WITH A LIST OF AT LEAST 4 TO 5 CHARACTERISTICS OF FAIRY TALES.

III. APPLY CONCEPT Return to Push and Precious. Go through EACH of the four to five characteristics of fairy tales you came up with above and apply them to the novel and movie. Write a few sentences for each characteristic and explain why you think it applies (or not).

IV. WRITE YOUR OWN FAIRY TALE OF YOUR LIFE Begin writing a fairy tale of your own life. Spend some time brainstorming what you want your fairy tale to be like and adhere to the conventions and characteristics of fairy tales that you identified above. You can make up magical characters, contexts, and events. Be creative and have fun with this assignment!

Post your Fairy Tale on your Blog with the title, "My Fairy Tale". Bring a printed copy of your Fairy Tale with you to class next week.