You are working for a publishing company in a big city near your hometown. The owner asked for a team to help the company gather fairy tales. Before the team can begin to do this, they need to investigate a few things. Many readers, that the publishers sell books to, are wondering what makes a story a fairy tale. The publishers would also like to produce something different than what is already in stores. In addtition to the traditional fairy tales, the company would like to see a few new, fairy tale versions.
You and your co-worker must determine if the story you are reading is a fairy tale. You will need to present this to the publishing company. Data should be organized on a poster. Then, create a new and imaginative ending to the traditional fairy tale. Once this is complete, you must create a new cover for the book in order to attract customers. You will also present the new edition of the fairy tale to the publishing company.
You may use the Internet or books to find so-called fairy tales. This website has the fairy tales that the publishing company will ask you to investigate. The company will assign you to one of those fairy tales.
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DETECTIVE:
- You must identify the necessary parts of a fairy tale. Remember to tell if the fairy tale you are investigating has the necessary ingredients. Please give details and use complete sentences. You will find a set of questions that you will use to prove that your story is in fact a fairy tale.
- AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR:
- As the AUTHOR, you must create a new and exciting way for the fairy tale you are investigating to end. After you write your ideas down, make sure you use all of the writing skills that you have learned during Writing Workshop. This includes revising, editing, and publishing.
- As the ILLUSTRATOR, you must create an eye-grabbing cover to the fairy tale you are investigating.
Students will be assessed individually and as a group. Each student will receive two grades. The first will be based on the presentation and organization of the work you developed on your own. Then, each student will receive a grade based on the team work displayed and the connection between each group members work.
Now that you have researched your fairy tale, and discovered that it does have all of the ingredients that it needs to be called a fairy tale, you can now apply these skills to your future reading. Your have proved that you are an excellent book investigator. You have also showed off all of your writing skills and demonstrated how you are able to create quality work. You have showed that any story can have many endings as long as you are creative!
This Webquest would be appropriate for students in third grade through fifth grade, but compliments the third grade curriculum. Students will evaluate the necessary parts of a Fairy Tale. Through this webquest, students will research one fairy tale, investigate this fairy tale in search for the necessary fairy tale characteristics. Students will apply writing skills learned during Writing Workshop in order to create a new ending to a familiar story. Students will also have the opportunity to work as a team both on a computer and through concrete materials.
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