Fairytale Storyboard Rubric

These are the expectations which we as a class have decided we should grade the storyboards on:

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Fairytale Storyboard Example:

Today in class we discussed expectations for the fairytale storyboards. Here is an example of what I want yours to look like, and the information I want you to be focusing on as your create it, and reflecting on afterward:
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So let's pretend that Ms. O is really really old and also a genius, because SHE wrote Little Red Riding Hood.

Exposition: Panels 1, 2, 3

Rising Action: Panels 3, 4, 5, 6

Climax: Panel 7                                          <--------- Make sure you can identify these!

Falling Action: Panels 8, 9, 10                                   I
Conclusion: Panel 11                                                  I
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Conflict: Man vs. Man, The Wolf vs. Little Red Riding Hood.

Fairy Tale Elements: A Hero, a Villain, the forest, another person must be defeated,
a lesson must be learned by one of the characters, a false death, color with meaning, a life lesson, deception.

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If you don't want to, or don't feel comfortable drawing your pictures, here are some storyboard imaging sites you can use:

- https://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboard-creator

- https://www.bitstrips.com/create/comic/  

- https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive

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Here are the expectations for your storyboard which we discussed in class:

Expectations:

Review Stations!

On Monday we had a review of everything we have learned so far about fairy tale elements, plot diagrams, different kinds of conflict, and how to write a fairy tale. We had four stations to represent each one of these objectives, and we took some pictures to show what we've learned.

Some pictures that Ms. O took from the different stations...

Fairy Tale Elements Station!

Write as many fairy tale elements as you can think of within the allotted time! 

Try to beat the other team you're playing against!

Plot Diagram Station!

Create a 3D plot daigram out of playdoh, straws, paperclips, paper, and pencils!

Conflict Station!

Using props, the whiteboard, and each other, take four pictures which 

represent the four kinds of conflict!

Fairytale Madlibs Station!

Write in these fairytale Madlibs, which use elements, vocabulary, 

and concepts we've learned from studying the genre!

Some plot diagrams the students made:

Conflict Station Pictures!
Man vs. Man

Man vs. Self

Man vs. Society

Man vs. Nature

Fairy Tale Elements

Following the slideshow and discussions, we read "The Frog Prince" by The Brothers Grimm, which you can find a digital version of here:

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/FrogPrin.shtml

After reading, we wrote on the board the various elements that each class noticed was present in the fairy tale. The handout which helped to find these elements is here:

Conflict Videos

Choose one of these fairy tale videos to watch, and then answer the questions on the Conflict + Story Structure worksheet.

Snow White: 

Rapunzel: 

The Elves and the Shoemaker: 

Cinderella: 

The Worksheet:

Plot Diagram Resources

   For the next two days we are going to be talking about plot diagrams, but before we do that, you will take a pre-assessment! After this, we will be discussing plot diagrams (students will be given a handout right before this) and then watching a video which talks about them. To end the day we are going to label a movable plot diagram with points from "The Dinner Party" by Mona Gardner.

Handout:

The Pre-Assessment: 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mollyfolsen/ms-olsens-fairy-tale-pre-assessment-15kwa

The video:

The moveable plot diagram:

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/plot-diagram/

"The Dinner Party" by Mona Gardner:

http://my.hrw.com/support/hos/hostpdf/host_text_103.pdf 

9/11 Chiasmus Poem

Today in class we discussed chiasmus poems and created our own. This lesson was based on Cameron Moll's piece: The Fallen Will Forever Stand. If you missed class, take a peak at the two examples of chiasmus poems, as well as the handouts and make one yourself!

The Fallen Will Forever Stand

by Cameron Moll

 

 Ms. Olsen's Chiasmus Poem

My Running Shoes

Shoes running, (running & shoes)
As explosions fill the air. (exploding)
My mind is telling me to go, and I do, safely, (motion)
But months later people are still hurting, (pain)
and though I am lucky, (what I am)
I haven't been able to run since. (central theme)
Still, though I am scared, (what I am)
This is a part of the healing. (pain)
I can't stop just because they tried to make me, (motion)
My adrenaline explodes as I grab (exploding)
My running shoes. (running & shoes)