This narrative writing pack contains everything you need to teach narratives through fairy tales in Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2!
Included is a 9 week program with 2 detailed lessons per week (including guided/modelled activities, independent activities, and differentiation for support and extension). A list of separate sentence starters/activities are also included for other literacy rotations or activities that you may like to do throughout the week. At the end of a document are 3 pages of enrichment/gifted & talented discussion prompts, based on Bloom's Taxonomy and Kaplan's Theory of Depth & Complexity.
Worksheets included in the pack are detailed below:
Week 1: CHARACTER
Gingerbread Man Description
Describing the 3 Little Pigs
Character Description- 3 levels (picture, short piece of writing, longer piece of writing)
Character Description (Inside/Outside Traits)- 3 levels
What if a character was just misunderstood- Good and bad character versions.
Week 2: SETTING
Story Setting- 3 levels
Create a new setting for Little Red Hiding Hood
Create a new setting for Hansel and Gretel
Create a new setting for ______.
Write a sizzling start for 3 Billy Goats Gruff (3 levels)
Sizzling Start template (3 levels)
Week 3: COMPLICATION/PROBLEM
Retell series of events for 3 Billy Goats Gruff (3 levels)
My own Series of Events (3 levels)
Gingerbread Man Character Profiles
Gingerbread Man Sequence of Events
Uh Oh Moment templates ( 3 levels)
Week 4: STORY ENDINGS
Create a new ending for Hansel and Gretel (3 levels)
Create a new ending for The Paper Bag Princess (3 levels)
Create a new ending for Little Red Riding Hood (3 levels)
Week 5: WRITING A WHOLE STORY
Jack and the Beanstalk story sequencing- cut and paste
Jack and the Beanstalk story sequencing- draw beginning, middle end (3 levels)
Change it up- change the main features of Jack and the Beanstalk (2 levels)
Change it up blank- change the main features of any story
My version of Jack and the Beanstalk (3 levels)
Week 6: CREATING OWN FAIRY TALE (Character/Setting + Planning)
Story Plan (2 versions)
See previous templates
Week 7: CREATING OWN FAIRY TALE
Story Plan (2 versions)
My Own Fairy Tale template- 3 levels
Week 8: PUBLISHING FAIRY TALE
Fairy Tale Publishing template- 2 levels
Week 9: REVIEW + MIMIC FAIRY TALE
Use above templates
SENTENCE STARTERS/DISCUSSIONS + TEMPLATES
Fairy Tale Recount
Character Wanted Poster
Character Recount (2 levels)
My favourite/favorite fairy tale... (2 levels)
My favourite/favorite fairy tale character... (2 levels)
The fairy tale character I'd like to meet most... (2 levels)
I wonder what would have happened if... (2 levels)
A different problem for this story could be... (2 levels)
Another way this story could have ended is... (2 levels)
This story would have turned out differently if... (2 levels)
If I had a Fairy Godmother... (2 levels)
Dear Diary, From _____ (2 levels)
Is the wolf good or bad? (2 levels)
Dear Red Riding Hood, From Wolf (2 levels)
Dear Jack, From Giant (2 levels)
Dear 3 Little Pigs, From The Big Bad Wolf (2 levels)
Dear Grandmother, From Little Red Riding Hood (2 levels)
If I were one of the 3 little pigs I would have... (2 levels)
The fairy godmother I prefer is... (2 levels)
3 PAGES OF ENRICHMENT/GIFTED & TALENTED PROMPTS
Blooms Taxonomy Prompts- Apply, Analyse, Evaluate, Create
Kaplan's Theory of Depth and Complexity: Details, Big Idea, Ethics, Different Points of View, Over Time.
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