Fractured Fairy Tales: Your Assignment

Choose one of the fairy tales or children’s stories we listed/discussed in class

Brainstorm ways to “fracture” and twist the classic version

•But don’t get too far from the original

Fill out the plot provided diagram, outlining the events of your story

Draft and polish your short story, being sure to includeat least three of the key elements of a fairy tale:

•Magical and fantastic elements/ characters

•Conflict and suspense: Focus the plot on a problem or conflict that needs to be solved.

•The Rule of 3: May include places, objects, characters, or events in threes.

•Set in the past—usually significantly long ago. May be presented as historical fact from the past.

•Typically incorporate clearly defined good characters and evil characters.

•Often have happy endings, based on the resolution of the conflict or problem.

•Usually teach a lesson or demonstrate values

Your story should also include the following elements of a short story:

•Dialogue: This will add voice and personality to your characters.

•Vivid description, imagery, and figurative language: This will add interest and give your story a literary quality.

Format your story in the following way:

•Title: Top, centered, size 12 font

•Name: Underneath title, no last name listed, centered, size 12 font

•Body of story: size 12 font, left justified , paragraph breaks used, new paragraphs used with dialogue, double-spaced

Length: Your story should be at least 2 typed, double-spaced pages

Illustrate your fairy tale by creating a book cover for your version of the story.

•Your cover should creatively depict one of the following options:

  • A scene from your version of the story
  • A portrait of the main character(s), highlighting how your story is different (Remember the cover of the “Three Little Pigs” fracture we read?)
  • Your own idea (get this approved first!)

•It should also include your title, which should be a twist on the original or different all-together

•Use at least an 8.5” X 11” piece of non-lined paper. Colored paper or construction paper works better than regular computer paper. Your image and title should cover the paper.

•Your cover MUST be in color. You may draw, make a collage, use computer graphics, make it 3D in some way, etc. BE CREATIVE!!!