Fractured Fairy Tales

Introduction

During the next three weeks, you will become a fantastic writer and illustrator of your very own fractured fairy tale!  Your job is to research what makes a great story and to work with a partner to creatively retell a classic fairy tale.  Get ready for a wonderful adventure!

Task

By the time you finish this WebQuest, you will:

  • know all of the elements, or parts that make up a story.
  • know how to break down a fairy tale into its parts by completing a story summary.
  • have filled in a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two versions of a fairy tale.
  • have written and illustrated your own version of a classic fairy tale with the help of a partner.
  • be ready to present your final story and illustrations with your partner to the class.

 

Process

Step 1
Your first job is to research by reading three online fairy tales.  You can read along and listen to the narrator, or you can click the "read" button to make the narrator be quiet so you can read by yourself.  The choice is yours.  Don't forget to use headphones while you listen to the stories.  Please read the stories only.  You can play the games at another time.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-goldilocks-popup.htm
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-beanstalk-popup.htm
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-red-riding-hood-popup.htm

Step 2
Once you have read all three online stories, you will go to a website that teaches all of the elements, or parts of a story.  On this website, you will be reading the story, "Cinderella."  Once you have finished reading and listening to the story, make sure that you follow all of the steps to learn the elements of the story.  At the end, take the quiz.  When your quiz has been scored, print the results and bring the sheet to me so I can see how well you have learned all the elements of the story!
http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/index.html

Step 3
When you have shown me your quiz results, you will be ready for your next step in research.  You will watch some great videos to see how different two sides of a story can be.  The first story will be the classic version of "The Three Little Pigs".  The second story will be a fractured fairy tale.  It will be the "Three Little Pigs" story as told by the wolf!  You will need to pay very careful attention to these stories.  Make sure that you watch for all of the elements of a story that you have just learned. 

First, watch the first two videos in the Resources box at the bottom of this page.  These videos include kindergarten students from a Bilingual class.  A Bilingual class is made up of students who are learning English.  Because the students are still learning English, some of their words may be a little hard to understand.  If you watch the videos carefully, you will still be able to understand what is going on.  If you are still having trouble knowing what is happening in the story, please let me know and I will help you.  When you are finished watching them, downoad and print the Story Summary worksheet from the Resources section at the bottom of this page and fill in all of the elements of the story.  Make sure that you use as many describing words as you can.
 
Next, watch the third video in the Resources section.  Print another story summary worksheet and fill it out completely too.

Then, download and print the Three Little Pigs Venn Diagram from the Resources section and fill it out as completely as possible.  You will list as many similarities and differences as you can.  If you need to, you can always watch the videos again to refresh your memory.

When you are finished filling out your story summary worksheets and Venn diagram, please come show them to me.  I want to see how well you have done! 

Step 4
I have chosen a partner for you to work with for the rest of this WebQuest.  You will work together as a team to plan, write, and illustrate your own fractured fairy tale.  

Do you remember the fractured fairy tale, Snoring Beauty, by Bruce Hale?  We read it earlier this year.  Mr. Hale has some great ideas for writing your own story on his website.  Check it out and use the information as you work together to write your story. http://www.brucehale.com/howto.htm

First, talk to each other about all of the stories you read online at the beginning of this WebQuest.  Think about all of the possibilities for each story and decide which one you like best.  When you make a decision, download and print the prewriting worksheet in the Resources section at the bottom of the page to plan your story.  Try to use as much detail as you can!  Remember, this is YOUR story.  You can write it however you want as long as it resembles the original story in some way.  We need to be able to recognize that it is a fractured version of an original fairy tale.

When you finish your prewriting, work on writing your rough draft.  Don't forget to proofread.  When your story is just like you want it to be, come show me your final copy.  I can't wait to read your masterpiece!

Finally, you and your partner can begin illustrating your story.  I want each of you to work on this.  Don't just leave it up to the one who can draw the best.  I want you both to be proud of your final book.  You may use any of the supplies at your desk as well as the supplies in our Arts and Crafts Center.  I will have a check out list in the center for all of the supplies you decide to use.  Remember that each group will have to take turns using some supplies.  Please be polite and mindful of other groups as you check out the items that you need.

Step 5
When all of the groups have completed their books, each pair will present their masterpiece to the class. 

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http://zunal.com/zunal_uploads/files/20100428054453SaTez.pdf

http://zunal.com/zunal_uploads/files/20100428054536ejeRu.pdf

http://zunal.com/zunal_uploads/files/20100428054630yWeTa.pdf

Evaluation

 

Please use this chart as you complete your WebQuest.  If you follow all of the guidelines in column 4, you will be sure to make a great grade on this project!  Your grades will be determined both by your own work as well as your group work.
Evaluation Rubric
  Poor- 1 Fair- 2 Good- 3 Great- 4 Score
Online story research from Steps 1 and 2 Student read all three online stories. Student read all three online stories and completed some tasks in learning the elements of the story "Cinderella." Student read all three online stories and completed most tasks in learning the elements of the story "Cinderella." Student read all three online stories, completed all tasks in learning the elements of the story "Cinderella," and turned completed quiz results to the teacher. 20%
Research from online videos in step 3 Student watched all three videos. Student watched all three videos, completed one worksheet, and presented work to the teacher. Student watched all three videos, completed one Story Summary worksheet and a Venn diagram completely with detail, and presented work to the teacher. Student watched all three videos, completed two Story Summary worksheets and a Venn diagram completely with detail, and presented work to the teacher. 35%
Teamwork in planning, writing, and illustrating a fractured fairy tale from step 4 Students did not work well together and did not complete prewriting worksheet, rough draft, final draft, and illustrations. Students mostly worked well together and completed prewriting worksheet, rough draft, final draft, and illustrations with little detail and many grammar mistakes. Students worked well together and completed prewriting worksheet, rough draft, final draft, and illustrations with some detail and some grammar mistakes. Students worked very well together and productively completed prewriting worksheet, rough draft, final draft, and Illustrations complete with much detail and few grammar mistakes. 35%
Presentation of Final story and illustrations to class from step 5 Students did not present story and illustrations to the class. Students rushed through presentation of story and illustrations to the class. Students presented story and illustrations to the class. Students confidently presented story and illustrations to the class with a loud, clear voice. 10%
Total Score: 100%

Conclusion

Now that you have completed this WebQuest adventure, you know all about what makes a story great!  You can break down a story into its elements, you can use a Venn diagram to list the likenesses and differences of two similar stories, and you can create your own fractured fairy tale!  You don't have to stop here.  There is a world out there waiting to hear YOUR stories!  Keep creating your own tales and write them down in a journal to keep.  Who knows?  You may even have your stories published someday!

Credits

Teacher Page

This WebQuest was created as an assignment for a Computers In Schools course.

The English Language Arts and Reading Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills student expectations for the second grade used in this WebQuest are as follows:
6B, 9A, 16A, 17A-E, 18A, 21A-B, 22A-C, 27, and 30.
The student expectations for Art, Grade 2 covered in this WebQuest are 2A-C

Clip art images are from http://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage.htm
The title page image was found and modified on http://photobucket.com/

Worksheets were from the following websites:
http://www.abcteach.com/free/s/storysummary.pdf
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson874/prewrite.pdf
http://worksheetworks.com/

Sources of resources used in this WebQuest are:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-goldilocks-popup.htm
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-beanstalk-popup.htm
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-red-riding-hood-popup.htm
http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/index.html
http://www.brucehale.com/howto.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDUiGFcGw5c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPcwJ6YnNRE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT4awsbK43Y