 
Lesson 1. Transforming
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Once the students'
tales were written on a word-processing document, we
began the editing task in a number of ways. Students were
instructed to edit for spelling, grammar and punctuation.
They reread their tales to make sure that they included
at least five of the criteria of a fairy tale.
1. Students reviewed their own work using the computer
tools such as spell checker, thesaurus, and "show
invisibles" in the editing preference section to
check spacing.
2. Students edited each others work.
3. Finally, the teacher printed the tales, made comments
and corrections and had the students make the final
corrections on their computers.
MAGICAL FAIRY TALE MOMENTS @
http://longwood.k12.ny.us/ridge/wq/savona/ provides
a webquest format for the exploration and creation of
fairy tales. some teachers may find this to be a helpful
motivational tool.
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Lesson 5. Creating a character template
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Lesson 2. What is a fairy tale?
What are the characteristics?
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Julissa
The Evil Witch Of Haizil Hill
Once upon a time there was a princes . She lived near a
hill called Haizil. On top of the hill there was a little
cabin. In the cabin there lived a witch called
Zelldi-Helldi. The witch never lived a happy moment in
her life.
One day, Zelldi-Helldi looked out her window, past the
lawn, over to the princes house. The witch said,
“I’ll mix up some trouble in that house”.
It was a long way past the lawn to the princess's house.
But the witch flew on her broom.
When she got there, she looked in the window and she saw
the princes eating a pineapple. The witch said,
“I’ll make sure that when that princess eats
another pineapple she will pin herself with a pineapple
pin. But Fortunately, the princess parents heard and made
sure to cut Jessica’s pineapple.
One day Jessica’s parents were not home and Jessica
was hungry, so she took a pineapple to eat. Then, Jessica
fell into a deep sleep. A moment later her parents came
through the door. The only thing that could help Jessica
was a kiss from a prince.
The prince came and gave Jessica a kiss. Jessica awoke
and said, “YUCK THAT WAS THE WORST KISS EVER!”.
Jessica also told the prince, “You need to get a
breath mint” Jessica’s mother handed the prince
a spearmint. Of course the prince liked it.
And so on the prince married the princes. And, they lived
happily ever after.
THE END Once the students have completed editing, they
divide their writing into pages.
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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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Once the
editing is completed, students will divide their tales
into pages. Then, they will copy and paste each section
onto a drawing document for each page. I
used the drawing format for this step because it allows
students to move words and images around and to continue
to edit their writing. For our final pages however,
students would work in painting
documents. (Suggestion: Create a standardized system for
saving pages. I used the Students
name/fairytale/page1 for this section.)
Jullissa moved her first
paragraph onto page 1.
Once upon a time there was a princes . She
lived near a hill called Haizil. On top of the hill there
was a little cabin. In the cabin there lived a witch
called Zelldi-Helldi. The witch never lived a happy
moment in her life.
One day, Zelldi-Helldi looked out her window, past the
lawn, over to the princes house. The witch said,
“I’ll mix up some trouble in that house”.
It was a long way past the lawn to the princess's house.
But the witch flew on her broom.
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Lesson 7.Finding backgrounds on the
Internet.
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