Writing: Module 12, Lesson 5 (Day 60): Craft, Skills, and Practice: Adapting Classic Tales

Adapting Classic Tales

Video

Hello writers. Read the attached summaries of some familiar fairy tales. These are called mentor texts. Choose one to use as your mentor text. Then ask yourself: How could I adapt this story and write my own version using the language of fairy tales?

Visual

Using the Anchor Chart, let’s start thinking about some adaptations we can make to some familiar fairy tales.

 

How Authors Adapt Fairy Tales Anchor Chart Alt Text Links to an external site.

My Fairy Tale Anchor Chart Alt Text Links to an external site.

Interactive

Directions:

  • Read these example classic Fairy Tales Download Fairy Tales.
  • In your writer's notebook, choose one of the classic fairy tales to adapt. 
  • Think about:
    • changes to the character
    • changes to the events
    • changes to the motivations of the characters

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