1. Fractured Fairy Tales

2. Name some popular fairy tales from your childhood.

3. What are some characteristics of fairy tales?

4. What is a fractured fairy tale?  A fairy tale designed to be humorous by changing the story in an unexpected way.  Read Wolf ‘n’ the Hood  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6rV2 19Yhvg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6rV2 19Yhvg

5. Read at least 5 original fairy tales: You can choose from the fairy tales on these websites:  Grimm's Fairy Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales  A Book of Fairy Tales A Book of Fairy Tales  Grimm Stories Grimm Stories  Classic Fairy Tales Classic Fairy Tales

6. Choose one that you will "fracture" When you choose the fairy tale, plan the plot of the story and ask yourself the following:  What is the setting of the traditional story? What will be the setting of my fractured tale?  Am I going to change the point of view of the original story?  How will I change the characters in my fractured fairy tale?  What is the problem in my story? What is the solution?  How will I make the story funny?

7. Some ideas to consider:  Change the main character  Change the setting (time or place)  Tell the story from a different character's point of view  Make the problem of the story different  Change an important item in the story (for example, the glass slipper in Cinderella)  Change the ending of the story (maybe they don't live "happily ever after" after all!)

8.  Your fractured fairy tale must change from the original version, but the overall story must be similar. It must be obvious to the reader which fairy tale was fractured.  Fractured Fairy Tales Fractured Fairy Tales