Kate

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Let’s Flip a Fairytale Thinking about Miss Hancock’s fractured fairytale of //The Princess and the Pea//, it’s now your turn to fracture a fairytale!
 * __ Your Tasks: __**
 * 1) Choose from one of the three fairytales we've read in class
 * Hansel and Gretel
 * Cinderella
 * Little Red Riding Hood
 * 1) Brainstorm new ways in which the story can be told
 * //How can you change the point of view of the story?//
 * 1) Complete a graphic organizer outlining your fractured fairytale.
 * 2) When it is time to write your story be sure to include:
 * A clear beginning, middle, and end
 * Transitional words/phrases
 * Dialogue and sensory details
 * 1) When finished, we will be working in our Writer's Corner groups to proofread and edit.
 * 2) Have fun!

= = = **Writing Standards** = W.4.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. a. Organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write. b. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. c. Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. d. Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events. f. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. g. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing, with consideration to task, purpose, and audience.

= Reflection = The process of creating a book and then a voice thread was definitely something that I assumed would have gone much more smoothly than it did. At first, I became extremely frustrated with the layouts of all the websites used. I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong, so I can only imagine how a student would react to this. However, once I stepped back and slowed down with what I was trying to do, I was able to figure out how I was supposed to be working the sites.

This is a prime example of how as educators, we have to troubleshoot the technology we are wanting to implement before using it with our students. We have to be able to understand and work with the things we are expecting our students to do before we ever introduce it to them.

With this, I would absolutely have my students create a book for one of their writing pieces done in class. In having a hard copy of their book, it gives their writing a concrete purpose that is tangible. I may have them use a different website for creating a voice thread, and since Wikispaces is shutting down, seeing how a google classroom could work for publishing their work in this aspect. Overall, using this type of technology within writing is something that can see benefiting all students.