FAIRY TALE FANTASIA Mrs. Simonsen Geddes School

What is a fairy tale? Begin with phrases like “Once upon a time…” and “Long ago…” Take place in faraway places Are often folktales that contain magic Often have royal characters such as kings and queens Rarely are about fairies Usually have young heroes and heroines whose virtues help them overcome an obstacle Use characters with unusual names Have a good character and a bad character

What is a fairy tale? (cont.) Have the good character pass several tests in order to overcome a problem Always see that the bad character loses and is punished for his deeds Sometimes allow characters to be transformed into animals Sometimes allow characters to come under a spell that only acts of kindness or love can reverse Use numbers such as three or seven Have happy endings: “happily ever after”

Well Known Fairy Tales Cinderella Snow White Sleeping Beauty Rapunzel Rumpelstilskin Pinochhio Hansel and Gretel Peter Pan

Writing a Fairy Tale Step One: Prewrite Choose a time for your fairy tale Late at night A long time ago As the sun set Early in the morning After school Durin g a rainstorm

Writing a Fairy Tale Step Two: Prewrite Choose a place for your fairy tale Wooded forestsea Castlevillage Schoolisland Hospitalcottage Outer spacecave

Writing a Fairy Tale Step Three: Prewrite Choose some characters for your fairy tale princeprincess dragonking teacherprincipal old manpig witchwolf aliencat fox dog farmer

Writing a Fairy Tale Step Four: Prewrite Finally, you need to choose a problem and decide how it will be solved. Step Five: Write Now, write your story using your prewriting as a guide.

Writing a Fairy Tale Step Six: Revise Carefully read what you have written. Look for: missing capital letters, missing punctuation marks, missing words, misspelled words, and incomplete sentences Step Seven: Illustrate & Publish Bind and share your story with others.