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***All work posted on this page will be completed in class.
Assignments are posted should students lose their original copies provided by the teacher or if students are absent.
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Performance Task:

How many ways can you tell a fairytale?
​After reading and comparing various modern day and traditional fairy tales, write a multi-paragraph tabloid article that modernizes a traditional fairytale with present day reporting techniques. Analyze the characteristics and plot elements that are typically found in the genre to plan the features of your story. How can you include the elements of plot within your news report?  How can you incorporate the characteristics of fairytales for the modern day reader?

Literary Elements

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Take notes on the bottom half of the page for each story element based on the power point.  Then read the story of Snow White and list the elements of that story on the top of each section.
lesson_3.2_powerpoint_literary_elements.ppt
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lesson_3.2_snow_white_text.doc
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Select the fairytale you will write a tabloid article about.  Use this as a resource to break down the plot in your story and use it to sequence events in your report.
plot_curve_diagram.pdf
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​This is to be filed in the resource section of your notebook.
student_3.1_literary_elements_resource_page.doc
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Tone and Mood

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Draw the figure on the back of your Story Elements flipbook and take notes about the mood and tone of each video as you watch. The power point has the questions you need to answer for the bottom section of the page.
lesson_3.3_powerpoint_tone_mood.ppt
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This is to be filed in the resource section of your notebook.
student_3.2_tone_mood_resource_page.doc
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tone-mood_quiz.pdf
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FairyTAle Elements

Theme versus Topic
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fairytale_lesson_4_powerpoint.ppt
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Select the fairytale you will write a tabloid article about.  Use this as a resource to break down the elements in your story and use them for your report.
fairytale_elements.pdf
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Complete the answers column to the best of your abilities, then watch the Fairytale Lesson 4 power point and complete the Justify your Answers column.
student_4.1_cornell_notes.doc
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Comparing Three Little Pigs

After viewing the clip of Hoodwinked and reading Grimm's version of Little Red Riding Hood, use the Venn diagram to compare their story elements.
student_5.4_grimms_little_red_riding_hood.doc
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venn_hoodwinked_and_little_red.xlsx
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After reading The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and the original version of the Three Little Pigs, use the Venn diagram to compare their story elements.
venn_three_little_pigs.xlsx
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student_5.2_the_true_story_of_the_three_little_pigs.doc
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student_5.3_the_three_little_pigs.doc
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Cinderellas around the world

Use the three column compare/contrast chart to record story elements for the three versions of Cinderella.
student_6.2_compare_contrast_chart.doc
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grimms_cinderella.doc
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yeh-shen_story.docx
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the_baba_yaga.docx
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Performance Task Resources

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create_your_tabloid_headline.doc
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fairy_tale_news_samples.pdf
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nyc_hires_rat_whisperer.docx
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