Fractured Fairy Tales Unit Activities: Readers Theater Scripts, Writing & More

Readers' Theater - Fairy tales readers' theater for grades 3, 4, 5 & 6: Fractured fairy tales readers' theater scripts by children's author T. P. Jagger. For 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th grades, this 147-page readers' theater Fairy Tales Bonus Bundle takes four traditional fairy tales and turns them on their heads.

The bundle includes:

>The Three Little Pigs becomes . . . THE THREE PIRATE PIGS (5-8 readers)

>Rumpelstiltskin becomes . . . NOT RUMPELSTILTSKIN (4-8 readers)

>Goldilocks & the Three Bears becomes . . . GOLDILOCKS & THE THREE AARDVARKS (4-8 readers)

>Hansel & Gretel becomes . . . GRANSEL & HETEL (4-8 readers)

>27-page packet of bundle-exclusive FRACTURED FAIRY TALES BONUS RESOURCES

Not only do you get the four fairy tale readers' theater scripts (along with sound-effect cue cards for audience participation!), but the bundle also includes the following resources to help build a fractured fairytale unit or folklore unit:

>Vocabulary: Word Work activity for each script (with answer key)

>Fractured Fairy Tales Compare and Contrast graphic organizer activity (with answer key) for each traditional v. fractured fairy tale (e.g., Hansel & Gretel v. Gransel & Hetel)

>Cause & Effect reading comprehension activity for each readers' theater script (with answer key)

>Ten Traits of Fairy Tales: 1-page factsheet highlights key aspects that help set fairy tales apart from other stories in the folklore genre

>Seven Ways to Fracture a Fairy Tale: 1-page idea sheet (plus a full-color poster version) for ways students can fracture their own fairy tales

>Leveled Reading Lists: Leveled booklist of high-interest fairy tale retellings for each of the fairy tales

>Writers' Workshop Extension Activity: Activity to guide students in fractured fairy tales writing and revising

>Performance Tickets: Easy-to-prep tickets can be used to invite parents, the principal, and others to your students' readers' theater performance

>Weekly Practice Checklist: 5-day framework to guide students' day-by-day readers' theater fluency practice

Additional resources include highlights of applicable Common Core State Standards, a basic overview of readers' theater, and a list of tips and tricks for readers' theater success.

The fractured fairy tales activities are perfect for third-grade, fourth-grade, fifth-grade, and sixth-grade students. They can also be used for second-grade gifted-and-talented students in need of a challenge.

All products are in PDF format.

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If you like my Fractured Fairy Tales Bonus Bundle ~ Series II, you can find even more fractured fairy tales drama in my FRACTURED FAIRY TALES BONUS BUNDLE ~ SERIES I.