SusanTeach
Senior Member
We're going to start these this week, and I'm looking for creative ideas for my 4th graders. I've never attempted them before, but there seem to be a lot of cute books to go along with it. Ideas?
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Fractured Fairy Tales
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istoleahalo
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I didn't do much but my 4th graders really enjoyed Ella Enchanted (this was before the movie came out..I have former students -boys even- who went to see it and said how disapointed they were with how far off the book it was). I had them write their own fractured fairy tail, or from a diffrent character's point of view. We even put a few villans (the big bad wolf and the wicked witch of the west) on trial with me being the judge, another class being the jury, 1 student to be the villan, others to be the attornies and witnesses for both sides. It was really cute.
Nina306
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Ideas
You could gather a bunch of silly versions of one story, say Three Little Pigs, or Cinderella, and do some comparing and contrasting. I did a reader's theater last year doing fairy tales, so you could do that, and they could write the scripts. They could read the fractured fairy tales, then write their own.
You could gather a bunch of silly versions of one story, say Three Little Pigs, or Cinderella, and do some comparing and contrasting. I did a reader's theater last year doing fairy tales, so you could do that, and they could write the scripts. They could read the fractured fairy tales, then write their own.
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I study various genre with my students each year and then we do 3 little mini-plays. You could do a play for each version of Cinderella or the 3 Little Pigs. It would be cute. I even let my kids write their own script, decide on their costumes at home, help with the scenery. It is a lot of fun!
I study various genre with my students each year and then we do 3 little mini-plays. You could do a play for each version of Cinderella or the 3 Little Pigs. It would be cute. I even let my kids write their own script, decide on their costumes at home, help with the scenery. It is a lot of fun!
Teach4
Senior Member
Fractured
I have had students act out their own versions of traditional tales. I put a bunch of story titles in a hat. Each group pulls a story and comes up with their own script. A good way to get the creativity going is with a box of costumes/props. Fill it with things that could be used to act out the various stories - hats, aprons, baskets, artificial flowers and fruit, pig noses, wolf ears, etc. Show all costumes/props to the whole class and tell each group to think about what would make their story come to life. Each group has access to all props/costumes when they present their tale. I've only done this with older kids but I think it could be done in 4th grade. You would just need more time given for script writing and rehearsal.
I have had students act out their own versions of traditional tales. I put a bunch of story titles in a hat. Each group pulls a story and comes up with their own script. A good way to get the creativity going is with a box of costumes/props. Fill it with things that could be used to act out the various stories - hats, aprons, baskets, artificial flowers and fruit, pig noses, wolf ears, etc. Show all costumes/props to the whole class and tell each group to think about what would make their story come to life. Each group has access to all props/costumes when they present their tale. I've only done this with older kids but I think it could be done in 4th grade. You would just need more time given for script writing and rehearsal.