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 forest sea

Castlevillage

Schoolisland

Hospitalcottage

Outer space cave

Writing a Fairy Tale Step Three: Prewrite

Choose some characters for your fairy tale

prince princess

dragon king

teacherprincipal

old man pig

witch wolf

alien cat

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.