SUBJECT
Compare and Contrast, Narrative Writing, Personal Letter Writing, Persuasive Writing, Oral Language Development, Creative Writing, Literacy

GRADE
3-5

DURATION
3 Weeks

COLLECTION
Jon Scieszka Author Study

Once Upon a Genre

By Genia Connell

Exploring Fractured Fairy Tales with Scholastic.com

This unit will introduce your students to several different writing genres. They will respond to fractured fairy tales by writing in many styles, including a persuasive essay, personal narrative, a letter of complaint, advertisement and even a resume! All of the completed writing assignments will be published in a pop-up book modeled after the favorite children’s book, The Jolly Postman: Or Other People’s Letters.

OBJECTIVE
Students will:

Understand that fractured fairy tales twist or change one or more story elements.
Compare and contrast fractured fairy tales with the classic versions.
Explore several different styles of writing.
Publish a pop-up book.
Orally present their books to an audience.

LESSONS FOR THIS UNIT
Lesson 1: Tell It to the Judge - Persuasive Essay
Lesson 2: I'm a Changed Pig
Lesson 3: Slimy Advertising and a Wicked Resume
Lesson 4: Y'all Are Invited to a Hoe Down Wedding
Lesson 5: I Hate to Complain but your Cheese Stinks
Lesson 6: Once Upon a Pop-Up Book

REPRODUCIBLES
Graphic Organizer for Persuasive Paragraphs (PDF)
Personal Narrative Organizer (PDF)
Pop-Up Book Report Printable (PDF)

CULMINATING ACTIVITY

Students will share their pop up books with the class before putting them on display for all to see.

SUPPORTING BOOKS

Books for Teaching Writing Genres

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Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper and Other Zany Fractured Fairy Tale Plays

by Joan M. Wolf

What happens when Cinderella wears shoes she's made from recycled materials to the ball? Tap into students' sense of humor with five lively plays that take the plots characters and settings of traditional fairy tales and turn them on their heads! Includes character parts written at a variety of reading levels book links and writing activities that help students build on traditional fairy tale structures and write in different genres. 72 pages.

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Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper and Other Zany Fractured Fairy Tale Plays

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I SPY Junior Puppet Playhouse

Original stories come to life with enchanting handmade puppets, props, and sets. In seven imaginative settings students will develop higher level thinking skills by solving dozens of clever riddles. Each activity helps develop early reading skills such as sight/sound association with rich rhyming riddles and problem solving skills with brain-teasing puzzles.
This Lab Pack contains 5 CD-ROMs.

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