The Three Little Pigs

by Roald Dahl

Characteristics of Fractured Fairy Tales

Fractured Fairy Tales

Good not rewarded, evil not punished Kindness, mercy and perseverance may or may not be rewarded

Twisted version to the original Make readers laugh at the unexpected

Theme Purpose Plot

Friendship Love Family Overcoming fear Co-operation and sharing Dreams and desires Empathy Tolerance for differences

Once upon a time? And they lived happily ever after? Problem solved?

Fractured Fairy Tales

Magical powers/ objects Transformation Wishes Talking Animals Trickery

Magic

Characters

Role reversal (e.g. female could be aggressive and heroic) Fairys, godmothers, witches, prince and princesses Characters could be modern

Fractured Fairy Tales

Language Features
Patterned language but with a twist Numbers 3, 7, 12 Refrain and repetition Tenses: Simple Past/ Past Continuous Direct and Indirect Speech

Structure

1) 2) 3) 4)

Orientation Initiating Event Goal/ Attempt/ Consequences Resolution

Nows Your Turn!

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Based on A Seriously Twisted Tale ..

Purpose Theme Plot

Characters

Magic Structure

Language Features

Theme
Dreams and desires Tolerance for differences

Purpose
To delight and entertain

Language features
Number Tenses: Past, Present, Future Direct speech Stage directions

Plot
Once upon a time .. They all lived happily ever after!

Magic
Talking animals

Characters
Three Little Pigs Fire-breathing dragon Princess Lilith Frog Sir Colin

Structure
Orientation : Staging a play Initiating Event : Dragon called in sick Goal, Attempt, Consequence : Princess Liliths plan Resolution: Joined the circus

Retelling glove
Thumb: Who are the
characters in the story. Who is this story mostly about?

Pinky: The
beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Pointer: Where and

when did the story take place? (Setting) Back of hand: Does this story remind you of anything that you know about? Does this story remind you of anything that you have experienced?

Middle finger:
What is the problem in this story?

Ring finger:
How is the problem solved in this story?

Middle of palm: What is this story mostly about? What did the author want you to think about?

How to write a fractured fairy tale?

Change the setting: Modern day Cinderella from Singapore Change the plot: Cinderella did not want to marry the Prince Change the characters: Her step sisters beautiful and caring Change the problem: She likes to cook and clean and did not want to live a life of luxury Change the ending: She burped into the Princes face when they were dancing at the ball and that scared the Prince away More ideas on how to fracture your story: The prince was ugly and can't dance. The magic wand was broken and couldnt get the spell quite right. She didnt want to get married anyway. She didn't want a carriage; she wanted a Honda Jazz!

Preparation for Writing

Guess the theme!

Story 2 Story 1

HAZARD

Story 3

A GOOD DEED

ACCIDENT

Story 4

Story 5

CRIME

HAZARD

Theme of the day ..

Recount

Recount
To tell/ retell events in the order in which they happen. A news report, police report, science report (Factual recount) Diary entry, letter, autobiography (Personal recount) Orientation - who/where/when? Series of events A summarizing comment (Optional)

VS
Purpose Examples

Narrative
To tell a story Fables, myths and legends, Detective stories, Adventure stories, Thrillers

Structure
Language Features

Orientation who/where/when? Problem/ Conflict Resolution Coda Past tense

Past tense

In composition writing, we write a NARRATIVE instead of a recount.

Conflict/ Problem

Orientation
WHO? WHERE? WHEN?

One or more characters face a problem A series of events unfolds

4 Stages of a Narrative
Resolution/ Ending
Main character or characters confront a problem They attempt to confront the problem

Coda
Writer summarises the point of the story Moral/ Lesson learnt Punishment Rewards/ awards Feelings about situation

Recount
To tell/ retell events in the order in which they happen. A news report, police report, science report (Factual recount) Diary entry, letter, autobiography (Personal recount) Orientation - who/where/when? Series of events A summarizing comment (Optional)

VS
Purpose Examples

Narrative
To tell a story Fables, myths and legends, Detective stories, Adventure stories, Thrillers

Structure
Language Features

Orientation who/where/when? Problem/ Conflict Resolution Coda Past tense

Past tense

Write an expression based on the theme

Theme: Accident Expression: traffic came to a standstill
Standstill (n.) a condition where there is no movement at all

Sentence: The traffic came to a standstill as passing cars slowed down to gawk at the scene.

Write an expression based on the theme

Theme: Accident Expression: hit-and-run driver

Hit-and-run (adj.) an accident in which the vehicle involved does not stop

Sentence: The police managed to trace the hit-and-run driver because of an eye witnesss account of the accident

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Class Writing
The honking and spluttering of the peak hour rush was the usual morning scene for me. The bus-stop was typically packed with students laden with elephantine schoolbags and people rushing to work. I was walking to school with my classmate, Ethan. We launched into our usual morning chatter of school gossips. All of a sudden, an ear-splitting honk sliced through the air. Hair-raising sounds of metal scrapping reverberated in the distance

Class Writing

Group Writing

Preparation for group writing

Leader

Scribe

Search crew (EVERYONE)

Noise Captain

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Group Writing This time, EVERYONE writes ..

Rules for Writing

You will write as a group.
You will all write EXACTLY the same thing as the other student(s) in your group. You will all write at the same time (please do not make one draft and then let other students copy it later). EVERYTHING you write in your group must be the same. Check that your spelling, grammar and punctuation are the same as those of your partner. If there are things you do not agree on, write them on a separate piece of paper and Ill collect it at the END OF THE PERIOD.