Writing+A+Fairytale


 * Writing a fairy tale **

After introduced, presented and analyzed fairy tales, now let’s move on to how to write a fairy tale. In this page, I will use 5 types of technology tools to help you learn how to write a fairy tale. The __5 tools__ are: Interactive whiteboard resource (Learning Federation and Topmarks) Websites YouTube Document (pdf format) Social net working sites (facebook)
 * Introduction: **

__Aiming __: help students to write their own fairy tale. __Teaching period __: 3 lessons (2-3 weeks)
 * __The targe __**__t __: the teachers for grade 4 in primary school.

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. **<span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Lesson ONE—Recognizing the structure of a fairy tale. **<span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (website, YouTube, facebook) <span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> 1). Read “The Three little Pigs” loudly to your students. <span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">( [] this link is the content of “The Three Little pigs”) <span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Or play video “The Three Little Pigs” <span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">media type="youtube" key="Olo923T2HQ4" width="425" height="350" <span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">2). Use “The Three Little Pigs” as an example to analysis the structure of narratives. ( [] )
 * //<span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Class content: //**

<span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> 3). Suggest teachers add “Fairy Tales” as friend on facebook to get more information about fairy tales. <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> ([])

<span style="color: #00b050; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Assignment: think about the reason why “The Three Little Pigs” as a fairy story is famous around the world and list you reasons. **<span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 14pt;">2. Lesson TWO—Getting close to write your own fairy tales. **<span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">(Website, YouTube, documents) **//<span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Class content: //** <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> 1). Teach students how to start writing a fairy tales. ( [] )  <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> 2). Play the video “How to write a narrative story1” <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">media type="youtube" key="StImYfnlAYY" width="425" height="350" <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> 3). Introduce the process of writing a narrative story:  <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> (1). Settle down your audience.   <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> Which age group are you aiming for?   <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> Do you want to write a story for some special audience? Only for girls/boys, or disabled children?   <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> (2). Choose your characters and scene. <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> Do you want your characters to be animals, little girls/boys, fairies, or anything else? <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> Where do you want your story happened? In a forest, city, or on the bus, train? Any scene is acceptable. <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> Name your character and scene. For example, my character can be called Emma, and the name of my scene is Black Forest. <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> (3). Introduce the vocabulary which should be used in writing fairy tales. (Emotional words) <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> (4). Decide which party you are going to use. <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> Do you want to be the character of your story? If then, use the first party, if not, use the third party. <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> (5). Think about what is the purpose to write a narrative. <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> Do you want to write a fairy story just for entertainment or to tell a moral sense? <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> If you want to imply a moral sense, what kind of moral sense do you want to use? Keep kind-heart, be brave, and be nice to your siblings or anything else? <span style="color: #00b050; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Assignment: Start to thinking about your story. After choose your characters and scene, name them. Write down your characters and basic ideas (moral sense you want to present), and share with your classmates in next class. <span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. **<span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Lesson THREE—Trying to write your own fairy story. **<span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> ( website, interactive whiteboard resource)   **//<span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Class content: //** <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> 1). Share your characters and basic ideas to your classmates. Get suggestions from your friends.  <span style="color: #002060; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">2).Use Interactive whiteboard resource to teach the tips in writing fairy stories. 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<span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">3). Give students some tips for writing narratives.  <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> ( [] )   <span style="color: #00b050; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Assignment: complete your fairy story and submit it before next lesson.   <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Only for teachers:   <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">This interactive whiteboard resource can help you to design your class content in a creative way. ( [] ) <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">This book is useful for teaching writing. []