Fairytale Writing Mini Unit Digital and Printable

This four week mini course includes seesaw and google classroom links for weekly activities for the students to follow to learn how to write an adaptation of a fairytale. The students will learn what constitutes a fairytale, comparing original vs. adaptations, getting to watch a lot of read alouds of adaptations to motivate them and finally the last week drafting their own to share and celebrate! There is a rubric at the end too for grading purposes!

Week 1:

Discuss components of a fairytale and analyze and compare traditional version of Cinderella to an adaptation. Draft their own version of Cinderella!

Week 2:

Analyze and compare traditional version of Little Red Riding Hood to an adaptation. Draft their own version of Little Red Riding Hood!

Week 3:

Analyze and compare traditional version of The Three Little Pigs to an adaptation. Draft their own version of The Three Little Pigs.

 Week 4:

Choose one of the adaptations they have written and draft it out using a story mountain, creating their story, editing and drawing illustrations and front cover. Finally, celebrating and recording themselves reading the book to share with the rest of the class!

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