~ Angela Han
English Teacher
~ Angela Han
English Teacher
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English Teacher
Did you think that maybe the Big Bad Wolf was just misunderstood? Or what if Little Red Riding Hood made a different choice as she walked through the forest? How would their stories be different? Our grade 3 Achieve Writing, Fractured Fairy Tales, revolved around rewriting these age-old classic fairy tales. Students debated how changing one event could change the direction of the story entirely, keeping the spirit of the classics, but engaging in deep imagination and creativity.
Let’s Imagine Another World
In the early stages of this Achieve Writing, students used some of the language arts skills they have learned from grades 1, 2, and 3. They analyzed common elements in fairy tales, including setting, characters, plot events, problems, and solutions. Then they learned a new skill; arranging all of these elements into a story arc format.
With their story arc, they were able to assess each story critically: what parts could be altered in a way to make the story interesting? What elements should still remain identical to the original narrative so that readers could understand it? Most importantly, they considered themes or messages to include in their new version of the fairy tale. Our young writers also developed their use of past tense verbs and quotation marks, which enhanced their narrative consistency.
Discussion and Sharing Bring Learning to Life
Collaborative learning was critical throughout the Achieve Writing. Students shared ideas in small groups and listened to their classmates, providing feedback as first readers. These talks prompted students to think about whether their stories were both interesting and well-structured. As they presented their work to their classmates, students worked on explaining their creative choices. They gained confidence and communication skills. As everyone worked through the process, they understood the value of working together and making gradual improvements. Most of all, they gained the ability to learn from one another.
The Final Product: A Look Back on Growth
In the end, students completed their fractured fairy tales and brought them to life through dramatic readings in class. This experience helped students demonstrate their story-writing and presenting abilities in an interesting, engaging format. For students, the Achieve Writing was an rich learning experience, including reading, planning, writing, editing, and presenting.
As you read the students’ work on the next page, please pay attention to not only the creative shifts in their stories, but to their technical skills as well. These fairy tales show how their language skills, imagination, and confidence are developing as emerging writers.
Fractured Fairy Tale
We are delighted to share these excerpts from our students' "My Fractured Fairy Tale" Achieve Writing. In this creative writing exercise, students reimagined classic folklore by adding humorous plot twists and modern elements through their own unique narratives and hand-drawn illustrations. These stories showcase the students' incredible imagination as they transform familiar legends into original, surprising adventures to share with you.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Celine Lin 林思凜 308
Goldilocks was the smallest of all. One day, Goldilocks went out to play. Goldilocks missed her family. She pretended to cry all about this, so the three bears will think of a solution, and they did. Their solution was to build a bigger house and invite Goldilocks's family in for 9999 centuries, and it happened. They lived happily after ever together.
Cinderella, Super Swimmer
Valerie Chen 陳郁晴 302
Suddenly, the bad guys used their swords to try to hurt him. Just as the swords was about to hit the prince, Cinderella approached and pushed the bad guys away. They worked together and defeated the bad guys. The bad guys ran away and said, “Who knows the prince has a bodyguard! Waa~!”. The prince walked around the kingdom, wishing to find who's sword is it. “Can you be my personal bodyguard?” asked the prince. "Yes," said Cinderella.
Wolf and the Seven Sheep
Ivanka Shen 沈雪雲 301
The wolf wasn't paying attention about which direction he was going due to the excitement and ended up in front of the three little pigs' house. Just as the hunter took out his gun, the wolf said, “I’m good! I only eat dead animals!”. The hunter said, “OK, eat the pigs and the wolf.” “Oh, sure!” he exclaimed, and ate it in two seconds. “I brought some carrots! Who wants carrot cake?” continued mama sheep. “ME!!!” everyone shouted.
EvilLocks and the Three Bears
Aurora Hsu 許書語 302
The three bears stormed downstairs. “Grr what should we do?” Baby Bear whispered. “Oh I got it! We could catapult her with a table!” Papa Bear suggested. The three bears said “Get ready for revenge!”. But EvilLocks was so frightened she took out a shotgun and killed them! “That's what you get from messing with EvilLocks!” she said. But the good thing was the three bears haunted EvilLocks forever!
Goldilocks
Jed Luan 欒詔允 305
When she sat on the smallest chair, the chair broke. When she fell, all the other chairs started to move and became alive! All the chairs feel angry for breaking their friend so they locked Goldilocks in the bedroom. When the bears came back, the chairs whispered, “There is a girl that broke the chair, so we locked her in the bedroom.” The bears rushed into the bedroom and told Goldilocks, “You are under arrest?”
Sleeping Beauty
Ashton Ma 馬孝元 303
After 200 years, many prince's came to see the princess but were unhappy because the princess was very ugly. But one prince accidentally fell and kissed the princess. Suddenly, she became beautiful! All the princes who saw that the princess was ugly were very angry, they said “Why is the princess so beautiful now?” Only one prince was happy because he had the beautiful princess.
Jack and the Beanstalk
Hanson Chen 諶星翰 303
Once upon a time, there was a person named Jack. He was a criminal mastermind who robbed people's houses. The giant had lots of treasure including the Mona Lisa, the cross of Jesus, the tomb of King Tut, and much much more. He lived in a mansion that is six million eight thousand and 9 times bigger than the milky-way. Then, after recovering Jack and the giant got sent into court. “Now for Jack. You are going to jail for 100 trillion years.”
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