Activity sheet 1: Fairy Tales Cards - sets of cards that will define the stories created.

Write a fractured fairy tale with four of your class mates.

Each class mate should develop a different part of the fairy tale and include a humourous interpretation. For example, one person could develop the good characters, another the bad characters, one the setting, one the plot and another the ending.

After this section has been composed student can collaboratively design and draw a main event from the fairy tale. The illustration can be poster sized - A3 or A2.

Students will overlay the handwritten/computer generated fairy tale in the centre of the poster so the illustrations surround the writing.

Students can use various forms of 2d media such as textas, coloured pencils, coloured inks and crayons as well as collage materials for some fanciful effects.

This poster would make great displays around the classroom or be photographed and scanned for booklet, slideshow or web page.

Some images for the setting and background are below for those who need a helping hand. (Sierras Discovery Series: Early Learning Reading Skills: Mixed Up Fairy Tales).

Outside the Castle

On the Road

On the road

By the Pond under an Apple Tree

by a Pond under an Apple tree

A Cottage in the Woods

Into the Woods

An Enchanted Manor and Maze

A Cottage in a Country Town

These example is from "Benjamin the Lonely Dragon" by Marc Craste

A Quiet little Town

In a quiet little town

A small Cave in the Snow

A small cave in the snow

These examples are from Shrek by William Steig

Countryside

The countryside

The Meadow

The meadow

References

Craste M., Benjamin the Lonely Dragon, National Book Distributors, Frenchs Forest, NSW, 1994
Steig W., Shrek Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1990
Sierras Discovery Series: Early Learning Reading Skills: Mixed Up Fairy Tales, 1993.