Using The Goose Girl to Teach Detail
Outcome:
1- Students will understand how to compare and contrast two works of literature.
2- Students will understand the process of developing stories.
Procedure:
1- Students will understand how to compare and contrast two works of literature.
2- Students will understand the process of developing stories.
Procedure:
- Attention getter: In groups of three to four students will read fairy tales that have been made into movies (They will need to choose a fairytale that they have seen the movie of). Students will work as a group to compare and contrast these to the movies that they were made into.
- As a class, students will discuss the differences that they noticed. Students will discuss why filmmakers would make the differences between these two mediums.
- Students will read the original Goose Girl by the Grimm Brothers. (find at http://www.familymanagement.com/literacy/grimms/grimms66.html ).
- Have students get into groups of 3-4 to note the differences between the original and Shannon Hale’s version. What things were changed for Hale’s version? What things ere left out? What things were developed more?
- After coming back together as a group, have students summarize their findings. After comparing and contrasting the stories, which one did you like better and why? What elements did the story that you liked better contain that made you like it better? List the elements on the board.
- DETAILS= POWER. By using greater detail, greater character development, and greater descriptions, stories become greater and more relate-able for the audience. As students use these ideas in their writing, they will learn that their writing gains a lot of power as they include more details in their writing.
- Students will use the list of elements discussed at the end of lessons to write their own fairy tale that they will share for the class the following class period.
