This visually pleasing resource details the elements and language features of the fairytale genre. The lesson includes guided activities for students and is suitable for a mixed ability classroom. Homework/project task on modern fairytale included.

This project outlines the parameters for students to create their own fairy tale after studying the preterite vs the imperfect tense. Students have the choice of two formats, and project outline includes directions, required "buzz words", grading rubric and a list of useful vocabulary for writing fairy tales. This project works best at a level II or III class that has finished the study of the two past tenses and is a great way to assess for understanding in context.

A printable project for KS3 (year 7 and 8) for English. Explores a range of fairytales and greek myth (disney twisted tales, Grimm Brothers, Percy Jackson). 12 lessons of tasks and extracts. First 7 lessons are completed PowerPoints with support, challenge and sentence starters. Worksheet for story planning. I will add the rest when they are completed. I hope it’s helpful!

A film company is interested in making an updated fairytale film and have selected you as the hot new director.

This project enables students to create a news report article and a target audience & purpose oriented presentation, based on the characters and events of one or more well-known fairytales; and transform them into a crime scene of their choice. This supplements the News Report Lesson based on the Inverted Pyramid Graph and is an assessment project at the end of the unit. Please see samples attached of my students work. It is a very engaging and successful activity. Make sure students choose age appropriate headlines and issues. Assesses the following achievement categories: knowledge, thinking, communication, and application. learning strands: -Understanding media texts -Applying knowledge and conventions -Producing media texts -Reading and comprehension -Using knowledge of form and style -Developing and organizing content -Understanding form and style -Speaking to communicate

This assignment is an assessment I created for a Year 7-9 Digital Storytelling course. This assignment provides students with an opportunity to explore the elements and literary devices in Fairy Tales and practice their creative writing and digital storytelling skills by remixing an existing FairyTale and presenting it by combining digital media such as audio and video graphics. This project is suitable for Key Stage 3 English students.

Lapbooking as a great way to tie together your genre study into a beautiful presentation focusing on the key elements that make the genre the genre. Compliment your Fairytales genre study unit with this great lap book project. This product contains 3 mini-books to be completed with different fairytales, a story map for a favorite fairytales, and a minibus for a student written story. I hope your students enjoy this fun and engaging project to tie together you next fairytales genre study!

Resources included are as follows: PDF files for you to print. You could also use them on the IWB. Story presentation, large story props, colourful hand puppets, black and white hand puppets, colourful face masks for all characters, black and white face masks to colour, character and scene flashcards, character name labels, alphabet mats with wolf and Little Red Riding Hood pictures, alphabet flashcards, acrostic poem template, adjectives lesson, basic play script, bingo game, addition game, subtraction game, scrabble game, large speech bubbles of the famous quotes from the story, blank thought and speech bubbles to complete, themed writing exercises, character colouring pages, colours flashcards, forest animals photo flashcards, woodland scene photo pack, wolves photo pack, cottages photo pack, create a new scene writing or drawing exercise, draw a new gift for grandma, draw a woodland scene, write character facts, habitats posters, topic title page for introduction, borders and backing paper to print for display if needed, draw a meal for grandma, draw a wolf in clothes, long banner to head wall display, look through the binoculars drawing task, make a wanted poster for the wolf, write an apology letter from the wolf, large trees to use for display, large basket image for display or role play, large lettering to head display, letters bunting spelling story title, jigsaw, fill in the speech bubbles activity sheet, draw your favourite part of the story, I like this story because…writing task, high frequency word cards, make words from letters task, make your own hand puppet, number square 1-100, retell the story from the wolf’s point of view, story board to complete, story elements to complete, story sequencing cut and stick activity, table top number line, reward charts, questions for before, after and during the story, scrabble game, size order activity, story sack tag, safety questions to help with discussions about talking to strangers, true or false quiz, wolves can/have/are writing task, word cards from the story, word mat, word search, writing booklet cover to use for project work, themed writing borders to frame pupils work, write a diary entry for grandma, treasure hunt game with cards, words starting with ‘r’ and ‘w’ worksheets, sentence writing activity.

Myths, Legends, Fables, and Folktales - Oral Tradition - Four Forms of Traditional Tales Handout. This handout will help your students understand myths, legends, fables and folktales by clearly defining them in a colorful graphic organizer, and then giving examples of each. A useful introduction to a unit on folktales, fairytales, or oral tradition stories. You may wish to project on a screen and have students take notes. Includes a note-taking page and a short quiz with key. Revised July 2014 - HappyEdugator

Scheme of work and supporting resources with a range of reading and writing activities. Portfolio piece - is Holes a fairytale or a modern-day adventure story? (Year 7)

A ready-made lesson plan based around the book Fairytale News by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins. In response to the comment below this resource has now been edited so you have the appropriate documents.

Word documents, PPTs, card sort and an example fairytale on Microsoft Publisher (pretty much obsolete I know). The unit teaches the conventions of fairy tales and satirical techniques - it is aimed for lower ability students.

Writing and drawing frames for evidence collecting at the scene of a crime! Great for role play or building a case in a crime scenario. Contains a model for students to use as inspiration / guidance, label and two sizes of bags. You can, of course, use real bags and add the printed labels, especially if using real objects as evidence. This resource is part of the ‘Once upon a crime’ series by Teachers Telling Tales. It is designed for one of twelve activities featured in a Fairy Tale Forensics presentation. It can be a one-off lesson or an introduction to the Special Agent Investigation Board project. The police and Fairytale Bureau of Investigation (FBI) badges and ID cards complement this resource. You can also ‘bundle and save’ on this series.

LAUNCH your traditional tales/twisted tales project by creating a beanstalk in your classroom. Then allow the MAGIC letter to appear from a mysterious Fairytale character. Give each group a RUNNER bean seed to grow but attach the little magic scroll to each one... The wonder and magic has been created. Children create a science investigation to determine which liquid allows the seed the grow the best. After forming a conclusion the children must then use literacy skills to write a letter and set of instructions back to the characters in Far Far Away to tell them how to grow the magic beans. Also included Wanted poster to stick around your room (just replace the picture with characters from books and films you study). This was used as a HOOK to apply science, English and wonder into our TWISTED tale project, where the letters down the beanstalk finally revealed it wasn't Red Riding Hood in trouble but the kindly wolf. Contains: STORY Letter scroll, Poem Scroll for beans, example investigation sheet and modeled writing sheet. Everything you need for a few lessons worth of magical learning! Objectives: Writing Instructions Designing an investigation Recording and concluding a scientific investigation Reading and interpreting (Story on the scroll) Creative writing - Letter writing to Fairytale Folk

FUNNY CHILD LIKE LITTLE DOODLE MONSTERS - CLIP ART SET Cartoon - Comic - Bizarre - Cute - Childish - Childhood - Fairytale - Fiction - Fantasy There are 12 unique little monsters in this set. These images have been designed in a child-like flat graphic comic style which makes them suited to children’s projects. WHAT YOU GET 12 - TRANSPARENT PNG - COLOR - 300dpi - 3500+ Pixels on the Longest Side. 12 - TRANSPARENT PNG - BLACK LINE - 300dpi - 3500+ Pixels on the Longest Side. 2 - VECTOR SVG - Resolution Independent 2 - VECTOR EPS - Resolution Independent

Here’s how to make a clay crown step by step. Suitable for children aged 8 and upwards including SEN children. Great for topics involving fairytales, castles or royalty. This also works well for after school clubs, as a golden time activity and can be completed in the space of a lesson (up to an hour and a half). This project works best as a one to one activity or in small groups. What you need: clay lolly sticks pencils old paintbrushes pots of slip or water. What you get: Powerpoint step by step instructions - ‘I can make a crown’ Powerpoint step by step instructions showing how to make a star close up Powerpoint step by step instructions showing how to make a cross close up Printable step by step instructions for ‘I can make a crown’. Video animation showing how to make a crown Video showing how to make four basic shapes (you only need to watch the first three shapes) Video showing how to press your clay flat Information for teachers: How the projects work Things you will need Lesson plan Preparing for your workshop (including tips for decorating) Health and Safety Certificate of Achievement

PLEASE NOTE : NO PHYSICAL ITEMS WILL BE SHIPPED! Number the Stars is a work of historical fiction by the American author Lois Lowry about the escape of a family of Jews from Copenhagen, Denmark, during World War II. Number The Stars Novel Study Worksheets WORDSEARCH-WORD SCRAMBLE-CROSSWORD This product will help you to assess your students on their vocabulary, Great to use as a review activity. Contains +50 clues. ••The following Words are included in this package: •Star Of David •Sprawling •Soldiers •Protruding •Peter Neleson •Danish •Human Decency •Hirschs •Hendrick •Hebrew •Hastily •Handkercheif •Halte •Godspeed •German Troops •Funeral •Friends •Fishing •Fairytales •Ellen (…) Files Details : -10 IMG 300DPI 8.5X11 INCHES, for easy integration into your projects. -1 PDF 14 Pages. (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED). -Thick black lines for easy resizing and crisp, clear prints at any size. Features: -Large 8.5 X 11 inch. -Festive, Fun, and exciting designs. -High resolution images with thick dark lines. USE THESE FOR: -Number The Stars Word search. -Number The Stars Vocabulary . -Number The Stars Crossword. -Number The Stars Quiz. -Number The Stars Novel study Worksheets. Hope you like it! Best regards

Here’s how to make a clay crown step by step. Suitable for children aged 7 and upwards including SEN children. Great for topics involving fairytales, castles or royalty. This also works well for after school clubs, as a golden time activity and can be completed in the space of a lesson (up to an hour and a half). What you need: clay lolly sticks pencils old paintbrushes pots of slip or water. What you get: Powerpoint step by step instructions - ‘I can make a crown’ Powerpoint step by step instructions showing how to make a star close up Printable step by step instructions for ‘I can make a crown’. Video animation showing how to make a crown Video showing how to make four basic shapes Video showing how to press your clay flat Information for teachers: How the projects work Things you will need Lesson plan Preparing for your workshop (including tips for decorating) Health and Safety Certificate of Achievement

PowerPoint lesson - types of books, reading preferences, and launch of creative writing project on fairy tales

The Witches Novel Study The Witches by Roald Dahl is a frightening tale about REAL witches. This story is not a fairy-tale, it is a tale about actual witches! REAL witches are horrific creatures that disguise themselves as ordinary women. REAL witches do not wear cloaks or ride on a broom stick. Their main goal in life is to destroy children! Roald Dahl does not disappoint with this spooky novel. Your students will be captivated by this book during Halloween or any time of the year. This unit contains three different files to allow for differentiation in your classroom. The first packet contains 46 printables focusing on comprehension and reading/writing skills. The second packet is 22 pages of comprehension questions and the third packet is 24 pages of reading/writing skills. Simply choose a packet that works best for your students! *Reading Comprehension Questions for Every Chapter - 22 Pages 24 Pages of Reading/Writing Skills *The True Story – Fairy Tale vs. Real Witches *The Fate of a Few – Character Illustration *Descriptive Words – Adjectives *My Will – Writing Activity *Novel Banner *Timeline *“I am” a Witch Poem *Alphabetical Order *Chocolate Shop *Missing! Have you Seen this Child? *Design a Potion *True or False *Write it Out – Word Definition *Living in a Fantasy *Interview a Witch *Attribute Web *Figurative Language Match Up *Cause and Effect Train *Tricking a Witch – Writing Activity *Story Mountain *My Life as a Mouse *Movie Poster Book Project Happy Learning! Renee Smalley

Two EAL friendly games designed for groups to recall and share knowledge of Three Bears, Billy Goats Gruff, Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs and the Gingerbread Man. More Connect Four activities at www.collaborativelearning.org/literaturefiction.html