Fractured Fairytale Picture Book

CCSS Learning Standards Addressed: W.11-12.3, W.11-12.4, W.11-12.5, W.11-12.6 W.11-12.7,

W.11-12.10, RL.11-12.3, RL.11-12.5, ERL.11-12.7, SL.11-12.1, SL.11-12.4, SL.11-12.5, SL.11-12.6,
L.11-12.1, L.11-12.2, L.11-12.3

As a result of their learning, students will be able to:

 Write imaginative narratives
 Use a variety of techniques to tell a story
 Listen and respond to presentations
 Read a variety of types of literature
 Use language appropriate to audience

RELEVANCE/RATIONALE: Presentation of ideas to ones colleagues is an essential skill in today’s

world. This activity helps to unlock new and creative ways to do that.

FORMATIVE ASSESMENT: a fully produced Fractured Fairytale in picture book format (see
rubric).

SEQUENCE
 Teacher introduces fairytale format (Faerie Tale Theatre The Frog Prince)
 Read aloud The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. Journal response.
 Solo or pairs for project; what Fairytales do you know? Choose one as a team.
 Research the Fairytale; read the real/official story (not the Disney adaptation)
 Plot your fracture of the story
 Write the narrative and dialogue
 Draw the pictures
 Produce the book
 Share the book in Reading Room

RESOURCES NEEDED
 Youtube access and a way to show video
 Link to The Frog Prince: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m10lu4sR7ck
 Link to The Stinky Cheese Man:
https://www.sanjuan.edu/cms/lib/CA01902727/Centricity/Domain/4026/The%20Stinky
%20Cheese%20Man.pdf
 Crafts products: Paper, colored pencils, markers, crayons, scissors, etc.