I. Objectives:
Students will identify unique elements of fairy tales
Students will write from a different point of view
Students will use acquired knowledge to write personal narrative
II. Discussion - What is a fairy tale? What are some characteristics of fairy tales?
III. Read aloud -"The Paper Bag Princess" by Robert Munsch Illustration by Michael Martchenko
Chart the elements and identify point of view
IV. Matching/Grouping Activity
V. Read fairy tales online: Snow White, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and The Little Mermaid
VI. Chart elements on a graphic organizer
VII. Quickie Fairy Tale Group Write
VIII. Use an Open Mind Diagram to express the point of view of a character in the story
IX. Invitation to Write: Personal Narrative
9th Grade E/LA TEKS
1B write in a voice and style appropriate to audience and purpose
5B respond productively to peer review of his/her own work
6A expand vocabulary through wide reading, listening, and discussing
7B rely upon his/her own background to provide connection to texts
7D construct images such as graphic organizers based on text descriptions and text structures
8C read world literature, including classic and contemporary works
9B compare text events with his/her own and other readers experiences
11B analyze the relevance of setting and time frame to text's meaning
11C analyze characters and identify time and oint of view
11D analyze basic conflicts
Extensions:
Make a captioned mural of fairy tales
Write an original fairy tale
Write a fractured fairy tale
Make a hanger book of a fairy tale character ( a life-sized character made with a coat hanger and bulletin board paper) which includes a self-description and 1st person point of view telling of the story.
Fairy Tale Websites:
Sur la Lune
http://www.longwood.K12.ny.us/ridge/wq/savona
Children’s Story
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/fairytales.htm
Research:
Research Guides
Warner, Maria .(1995) From the Beast to the Blonde. Farran, Strauss
Tatar, Maria. (2003)The Hard Facts of Grimms' Fairy Tales.Princeton, N.J.Princeton University Press
9 comments:
Dear Ginny,
Fairy Tales. What a whimsical lesson. Since we are all princesses and want to live fairy tale life, the connection to our class was great.
Lens 1: Describing affect for teachers and learners. You calm demeanor and pleasant voice led me into the lesson. I had a positive attitude about this lesson.
Lens 2: Articulating best practice.
Real Audiences, Real Purposes, TheWriting Process, Getting Students Started
Lens 3: The Texas language arts standards and benchmarks.
110.10.42.2
Lens 4: Extensions and adaptations. I will be able to use this with other literature to establish connections for my students.. Depending on the makeup of my TAKS class, the fair tale aspect of the lesson will be especially appealing.
Lens 5: Questions arisen. What other books do you think I could use for secondary level?
Thank you for ending the lesson demonstrations on an uplifting, positive note.
Jolyn
August 2, 2007
Dear Ginny,
Lens 1: Describing affect for teachers and learners.
Opening the class with a fairy tale was so neat. I liked how you engaged your students using the graphic organizer.
Lens 2: Articulating best practice.
The Crazy story was such a good strategy in creative writing. There was no right or wrong way.
Lens 3: The Texas language arts standards and benchmarks.
Your TEKS are aligned with your lesson.
Lens 4: Extensions and adaptations.
I would use your graphic organizer for story designs, poetry elements, etc.
Lens 5: Questions arisen.
Do you find that many of your ESL students are not aware of fairy tales?
Ginny, you did a fun lesson!
Lourdes
2 August 2007
Dear Ginny,
Lens 1: You know I love this book. It’s so wonderful to see you teach. I mean, I always hear how much your students love your classes, but I had never saw you teach before. Your graphic organizer was a wonderful tool to check for understanding while reading. I loved the use of props! It was so much fun to write the story together!
Lens 2:
assessing prior knowledge
use of multicultural children’s literature
use of graphic organizers
modeling
cooperative learning
connecting back to student lives
Lens 3: Yes. Nice work on including those standards.
Lens 4:
Nice work! I love the ideas of continuing with the fairy tale genre. I also wold love to make the hangar character... what fun! I think that would be a great extension from the Open Mind exercise.
How could you include more technology in your lesson?
Lens 5:
You list so many articles, but why is this literature important to you and your teaching? How did it shape, affirm, or challenge your way of teaching?
Which fairy tales from other cultures would you include?
What types of questions or pre-reading could your include to hook students and keep them more active in the reading?
Is there a way to make this lesson interdisciplinary?
I really enjoyed this! I thought you did very well, and I would love to include a fairy tale unit in my teaching.
Janelle
Dear Ginny,
Great lesson on fairy tales!
Lens 1—Affect
Your manner is very inviting and calming.
Lens 2—Best Practices
Your graphic organizer was great. All students participated with the ‘round robin’ type writing. You brought in technology with reading the story online.
Lens 3—TEKS
Thanks for including the TEKS.
Lens 4
I will use the graphic organizer with my folk tale unit at the beginning of the year. I appreciate the links you gave for fairy tales because it will help me with my students who are not familiar with fairy tales and nursery rhymes when I present my ‘Irish Tenor’ lesson.
Lens 5—Questions
No questions at this point.
Thanks for a wonderful lesson.
Pat Huster
Dear Ginny,
Lens 1: This is a great lesson and it makes everyone comfortable because it is so easy to relate to the content. I loved the Paperbag Princess--it's just different enough to be fun as well as thought-provoking.
Lens 2: You connected us with prior knowledge, involved everyone and made us responsible for our own learning, proved that everyone can write with our progressive fairy tale. Your lesson was full of best practices and it was fun!
Lens 3: TEKS
Lens 4: Extensions--I will use this in my regular English classes--the graphic organizer would be a great review tool for any story. I also really liked the open mind diagram--it gives students a concrete way to look at something from another point of view.
Lens 5: Do you know of any good books with fairy tales from other (non-European) countries, especially Hispanic literature? I'm unfamiliar with that but those stories would really resonate with my students.
Thanks for a great lesson!
Sherry
Dear Ginny,
What a creative lesson! I really enjoyed it.
Lens 1: You have a great warm, loving demeanor. I really liked the way you handled the class.
Lens 2: Classroom of Shared Learning, All Students can Write
Lens 3: TEKS
9th Grade E/LA TEKS
1B write in a voice and style appropriate to audience and purpose
5B respond productively to peer review of his/her own work
6A expand vocabulary through wide reading, listening, and discussing
7B rely upon his/her own background to provide connection to texts
7D construct images such as graphic organizers based on text descriptions and text structures
8C read world literature, including classic and contemporary works
9B compare text events with his/her own and other readers experiences
11B analyze the relevance of setting and time frame to text's meaning
11C analyze characters and identify time and oint of view
11D analyze basic conflicts
Lens 4: I loved your extension ideas. I really like the life sized model. It seems like it would be a great extension.
Lens 5: None right now.
Thanks so much Ginny! I really enjoyed it.
Heather H
08/02/2007
Dear Ginny,
Lens 1: Describing affect for teachers and learners
Your demeanor and affect is very soothing and relaxing. It was very easy for me to feel comfortable and feel that you as the presenter appreciated me. If this is they ways you make your students feel I wish I could be one of them!
Lens 2: Articulating best practice.
You were able to incorporate many best practices. The use of graphic organizer, the use of the internet to read the story, the crazy story, the open mind activity the brainstorming and the prompt to emphasize point of view they all tied in wonderfully. This was a great way to provide scaffolding for ELL students! As I wrote, I really connected in a very personal level and I thank you for allowing me to see myself through someone else’s eyes.
Lens 3: The Texas language arts standards and benchmarks
• TEKS where available and correlated to the lesson
• Objectives where directly tied to support TEKS
• Research supporting the learner objectives was presented
Lens 4: Extensions and adaptations
I loved all your extensions but I absolutely loved the idea of the captioned mural of fairy tales! Can’t wait to use this lesson with my 2nd graders.
Lens 5: Questions arisen
None at the moment, Thanks!
I really appreciate that you took the times to present this lesson to us.
Sincerely,
Sugey Villarreal
Dear Ginny,
Lens 1: Describing affect for teachers and learners- Who doesn’t love fairy tales? What a great lesson to use with any grade level. Your beautiful demeanor and enthusiasm for fairy tales made me excited. I liked the story because you it was not a typical fairy tale but showed how much they can all be different. Thank you so much for sharing your lesson. What a fabulous way to end our last demonstration!
Lens 2: Articulating best practice. All Children Can Write, Real Audiences, Real Purposes, Student Ownership and Responsibility, Getting Students Started, A Classroom of Shared Learning, Writing Across the Curriculum
Lens 3: The Texas language arts standards and benchmarks. – Ditto
Lens 4: Extensions and adaptations-The graphic organizer can be used for anything (even science etc.). The technology link was good. I really liked that graphic organizer (as you can see I keep emphasizing :).
Lens 5: Questions—Do you have a book either on this neat graphic organizer or how to better teach genre’s. Not only was this a good lesson for ELL, this was good for everyone!
Thanks Ginny!
Dear Ginny,
Loved your lesson, foldable, group activities, technology, on-going interaction throughout this lesson. It had it all!
Lens 1: Describing affect for teachers and learners.
You have a caring personality and portrayed it throughout the lesson. Very comfortable environment.
Lens 2: Articulating best practice
The lesson was engaging, interactive and meaningful for all learners. Loved it all the manipulative, activities, resources.
Lens 3: The Texas language arts standards and benchmarks.
Posted
Lens 4: Extensions and adaptations.
Listed on the lesson.
Lens 5: Questions arisen.
None.
Something I also used when working with the Paper Bag Princess was hand out paper lunch bags have students chose a character: The Prince, The Princess or the dragon and then decorate it. After decorating they would describe the character on the bag.
Wonderful lesson!
Christina Hernandez
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