Carmen Entz Grade 1/2

English Language Arts and Literature Writing a Fairy Tale (Day 2)

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 9:09 - 9:53 a.m. (44 min)

Description

In this lesson students will continue the process of writing their own fairy tales. Students will combine
what they’ve learned about the elements of a fairytale like characters, setting, problems and solutions,
narration, and magic to create a fairy tale. In yesterday’s lesson, students planned their characters and
settings. For today’s lesson, students will begin to brainstorm the problem and solution of their fairy
tale alongside the characters and settings they’ve established.

GLOs Students create messages through the application of writing processes.

SLOs K: Processes that can be used to support writing messages include: planning, writing, editing,
sharing

S&P: Generate ideas that can be expressed through messages.

Learning Students will be able to use the writing process to assist storytelling abilities.
Objectives
Students will demonstrate an ability to represent their ideas in written form.

Learning Objective Driving Question Intended Response

Students will be able to use the
writing process to assist
storytelling abilities.
- How can you make sure
your fairy tale is as well
done as possible?
- Take your time to plan
- Go back to make sure
things make sense
- Don’t rush the good
copy

Students will demonstrate an - Which strategies can - Brainstorming

ability to represent their ideas in help you create your - Experimenting
written form. story? - Illustrations

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 Curriculum Resources Materials and Equipment

Grade 1/2 English Language Arts and Literature - Writing a Fairy Tale Resource Pack
Curriculum - By Renee Majeski Miller
- https://curriculum.learnalberta.ca/curriculu
m/en/s/laneng?s=LANENG

Teacher Tasks

- Print planning pages of resource packet (pp. 3-20)

- Staple planning pages as set

Time Allotment

Introduction 8 min

- We’ve been exploring fairy tales!

- Now it’s time to continue our planning process
- Pass out planning packet
- Make sure your name is on the top of the planning packet if it isn’t
already!
- What part of your fairytale did you plan yesterday?
- Characters (illustrated and named)
- Good
- Evil
- Magical
- Setting (castle, woods, garden, etc.)
- Today, we get to plan the problem and solution of our fairytale
- What kind of things could be a problem in a fairytale?
- Which of your characters do you think will cause the
problem in your fairy tale?
- What words do you think of when you hear ‘problem’?
- Brainstorm word cloud on anchor chart paper
- So, how will you fix that problem?
- Which of your characters will help to fix the problem?
- What words do you think of when you hear ‘solution’?
- Brainstorm word cloud on anchor chart paper
- Where in your fairy tale do you have room to include magic?
- Will your problem involve magic? Will your solution include
magic?

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 Activity 1 - Plan Problem 15 min

- Students will now begin to plan their fairy tales’s problem using the
resource packet
- Pages 13-15 of student booklet
- What is the problem in your fairytale?
- What goes wrong?
- Who caused the problem?
- Why did it happen?

Transition 1 min

- As students finish their character planning, they may move on to planning

their solution

Activity 2 - Plan Solution 15 min

- Pages 16-18 of student booklet

- How will you fix your problem? How will you save the fairy tale?
- Who will help save the story?
- How will you include your magical character to help save
the day?
- What will they do?
- If students finish planning both their problem and solution, they may add
more detail their characters or setting from last class
- Otherwise, they may quietly color any images from the booklet at their desk

Transition 1 min

- Students will ensure their name is on their planning packet and bring it to a
neat pile at the front of the classroom
- Names need to be on the packet so we can pick up our place
quickly for the next class!

Closure 3 min

- Did you plan your problem or solution first? Was it easier to think of a
problem than a solution?
- Does your solution solve ALL of your problem?
- How can you make sure your fairy tale is as well done as possible?
- Take your time to plan
- Go back to make sure things make sense
- Don’t rush the good copy
- Which strategies can help you create your story?
- Brainstorming
- Experimenting
- Illustrations

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Post-Lesson
Reflection

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Carmen Entz Grade 1/2

English Language Arts and Literature Writing a Fairy Tale (Day 3)

Thursday, November 30, 2023 9:09 - 9:53 a.m. (44 min)

Description

In this lesson students will continue the process of writing their own fairy tales. Students will combine
what they’ve learned about the elements of a fairytale like characters, setting, problems and solutions,
narration, and magic to create a fairy tale. In previous lessons, students planned their characters,
setting, problem, and solution. For today’s lesson, students will begin to write their rough draft. For
students who need more guidance with their writing, they will complete their rough draft with an
adapted version of the writing resource. The adapted resource will help students organize their
thoughts while still allowing them agency over their story’s characters and setting.

GLOs Students create messages through the application of writing processes.

SLOs K: Processes that can be used to support writing messages include: planning, writing, editing,
sharing

S&P: Generate ideas that can be expressed through messages.

Learning Students will be able to use the writing process to assist storytelling abilities.
Objectives
Students will demonstrate an ability to represent their ideas in written form.

Learning Objective Driving Question Intended Response

Students will be able to use the
writing process to assist
storytelling abilities.
- How can you make sure
your fairy tale is as well
done as possible?
- Take your time to plan
- Go back to make sure
things make sense
- Don’t rush the good
copy

Students will demonstrate an - Which strategies can - Brainstorming

ability to represent their ideas in help you create your - Experimenting
written form. story? - Illustrations

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 Curriculum Resources Materials and Equipment

Grade 1/2 English Language Arts and Literature - Writing a Fairy Tale Resource Pack
Curriculum - By Renee Majeski Miller
- https://curriculum.learnalberta.ca/curriculu - Drafting Pages
m/en/s/laneng?s=LANENG - Adapted drafting pages

Teacher Tasks

- Print rough draft pages of resource packet

- Print adapted drafting pages
- Staple drafting pages as set

Time Allotment

Introduction 8 min

- We’ve been planning our own fairy tales

- Now it’s time to start our drafting process
- What have you planned so far?
- The elements of a fairy tale: characters, setting, problem,
and setting
- What is drafting?
- Pass out both planning and drafting packet
- Make sure your name is on the top of the planning packet if it isn’t
already!
- Today, we get to begin writing our fairy tale
- This is just a rough draft, we have room to make mistakes and try
different things out
- It is important that we make mistakes on our rough draft so we’re
ready to create our final copy next week
- What will the classroom sound and look like while we write?
- Silent
- Hands raised for questions
- Focussed on writing
- Taking time for spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and
spaces

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 Activity 1 - Rough Draft (Good Character and Setting) 15 min

- Students will now begin to draft the first couple sentences of their fairytale
using the resource packet
- Students (Confidential) who need to work with our classroom’s educational
assistant will find their way to the U-table to work on the adapted version of
their fairy tale

Transition 1 min

- As students finish their character and setting drafting, they may move on to
drafting their evil character and solution

Activity 2 (Evil Character) 15 min

- Students will now begin to draft a sentence or two about their evil
character
- Students who finish their sentence about their evil character may continue
to draft a sentence about their magical character

Transition 1 min

- Students will ensure their name is on their planning and drafting packet
and bring them to two neat pile at the front of the classroom
- Names need to be on the packet so we can pick up our place
quickly for the next class!

Closure 3 min

- What was important for you to begin your story with?

- Introducing the good character, setting, and evil character
- How can you make sure your fairy tale is as well done as possible?
- Take your time to plan
- Go back to make sure things make sense
- Don’t rush the good copy
- Which strategies can help you create your story?
- Brainstorming
- Experimenting
- Illustrations

Post-Lesson
Reflection