Lesson 2. What is a fairy tale?
What are the characteristics?
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We all need happily ever after. . .
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There does seem to be something universally appealing
about fairy tales. These tales can be found all around
the world and are enjoyed over and over again by adults
as well as children. We all love happy endings, and with
fairy tales, we are never disappointed. A study motivated
by fairy tales provides seemingly infinite links to
literature and geography. This Unit merely scratches the
surface!
What I set out to do was to provide my fourth graders
with a format where they could write and paint on
computers and use the Internet. I wanted them to
understand not only how to word-process, but how to use
painting and drawing documents. I wanted them to learn
how to copy and paste and to move from one program to
another. I wanted my students to understand the power of
technology; how they could edit drawings and use them
again. I wanted my students to learn how to take an image
from the Internet, move it to a file and manipulate it.
Of course, I wanted wonderful drawings, flawless writing
and a project of which we could all feel proud.
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Lesson 6. Transforming characters
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Lesson 3. Writing our fairy tales
How can we transform a
tale?
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Something amazing happened. . .
Students come to the computer class once a week. This
project lasted almost the entire year! Computer lessons
early in the year introduced students to the work that
would follow. We began the year exploring AppleWorks
painting tools. We then reviewed word-processing skills.
What amazed me was that the students arrived at my room
every week eager to work. I never heard students say,
"Not this again." Students were both challenged
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Lesson 7. Finding backgrounds on the
Internet.
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