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    Fairy Tale Culminating Writing Lesson Plan: Using Once Upon a Time and Into the Woods as Teaching Tools

    English Lesson Plans for Middle School / By Sarah Degnan Moje / Teaching Middle School: Grades 6-8

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    Start this lesson by instructing your students to read the article from The New Yorker, entitled “Why Into the Woods Matters" (a link is in the References section). Ask them to reflect on the message the article carries.

    What to Watch

    Over the next two to three days, watch the movie Into the Woods in class. Give students the content questions (available for download in another article) and the short writing task to complete. Once you have finished the film, watch one or two episodes of the television show Once Upon A Time to gain further insight into how to blend fairy tales best. (As of writing, episodes are available on ABC’s website.)

    Reading Assignment

    While students are spending their days in class watching the film, they can spend their evenings reading or perhaps re-reading the fairy tales contained in the culminating writing packet. The Robber Bridegroom, Hansel and Gretel, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Frog Prince and Rumpelstiltskin are all included. Each night, as the students read once of tales, they should respond in writing to the prompt found in the packet.

    Writing Time

    Once they have accomplished these tasks, it is time to start writing. The goal is to create a three to four page story modeled after Into the Woods. Ask your students to use characters from the tales they have been reading. They need to have a major conflict and resolution and their tale should contain at least one character from each of the books they read. It is an excellent way to assess the creative process of each student. Happy writing!

    Download the booklet.

    References

    • ABC: Once Upon a Time Official Site
    • The New Yorker: Why “Into the Woods” Matters

    This post is part of the series: Into the Woods: Teaching Ideas

    This is a great series for Middle School or High School level students.
    1. Mixed Up Fairy Tales: An Introduction to Into the Woods
    2. Quote Analysis: Lyrical Lessons from Into the Woods
    3. Music and Into the Woods: A STEAM Writing Experience
    4. Fairy Tales and Into the Woods: A Culminating Writing Experience

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