Creating An Original Fairy Tale

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Creating An Original Fairy Tale
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Elements Of A Fairy Tale

• Special beginning and/or ending words - once upon
  a time...And they lived happily ever after
• Good character
• Evil character
• Royalty and/or a castle usually present
• Magic happens
• Problem and a solution
• Things often happen in "threes" or "sevens"

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Egyptian Cinderella

• Special beginning and/or ending words - once upon
  a time...Then she became queen
• Good character - Rhodopis
• Evil character pirates/other servant girls
• Royalty and/or a castle usually present - Pharoah

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Egyptian Cinderella

• Magic happens Rhodopis talks to animals, God
  Horus (falcon) took Rhodopiss slipper to the
  Pharoah
• Problem and a solution other slaves were mean
  to Rhodopis and she ended up marrying the king
• Things often happen in "threes" or "sevens
  three servant girls went to the open court

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Yeh-Shen

• Special beginning and/or ending words - once upon
  a time...
• And they lived happily ever after during
  the time of the Chin
  and Han dynastiesthey were married
  and lived happily ever afterstep mom and mean
  sister were crushed by stones
• Good character
• Yeh-Shen
• Evil character
• stepmother
• Royalty and/or a
• castle usually present
• king

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Yeh-Shen

• Magic happens fish dressed Yeh-Shen in a
  beautiful gown and gave her slippers
• Problem and a solution Yeh-Shen was mistreated
  and ended up meeting and marrying the king
• Things often happen in "threes" or "sevens- two
  kids, and father

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The Hidden One A Native American Legend

• Special beginning and/or ending words
  - once upon a time...And they
  lived happily ever after A long time agoSo
  they were married
• Good character Scarface/Lovely one
• Evil character older sister
• Royalty and/or a castle usually present Hidden
  hunter

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The Hidden One A Native American Legend

• Magic happens Hunter is invisible, Hunters
  sister heals Scarface, Scarface sees invisible
  hunter
• Problem and a solution older sister would
  torture and burn scarface, meets hunter and they
  marry and live happily ever after
• Things often happen in "threes" or "sevens two
  sisters and lost mother

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Venn Diagram

• Your Version
• Need a setting
• Type of Good Character
• What Kind of Evil Happens
• What Kind of Royalty
• What Kind of Magic
• Problem Specifics
• Solutions Specifics
• 3s or 7s

• Common
• Elements
• Special Beginning and Ending
• Good Character
• Evil Character
• Royalty
• Magic Happens
• Problem/Solution
• Things Happen
• in 3s and 7s

• Other Cinderella
• Versions
• Use other versions for a guide to the elements,
  but be creative and make up your own.

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Prewriting

• Pick a setting. Where will your story take
  place?
• How will you end your story?
• How will you start your story?
• Pick a good character.
• Pick an evil character.

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Prewriting

• What kind of magic will you include in your
  story?
• Describe your royalty.
• What is your good characters problem?
• How is your problem solved?
• Can you put the number 3 or the number 7 in your
  story?

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References

• The Genre of Fairy Tales (2004). Retrieved on
  November 12, 2005 from http//www.geocities.com/lj
  acoby_2000/fairytale.html
• http//crawfurd.dk/illu/weekly/piratship.jpg
• http//www.coolcybercats.com/images/WallPaper/Rain
  bow.jpg

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ts/yehshen.gif
http//www.valdosta.edu/rltowns/yehshen.jpg