Today we began our Fairy Tales unit. There will be 2 major assessment pieces for this unit: a fairy tale critique (short written piece plus short presentation), and a group re-write of a fairy tale. We will (hopefully) be going over to Stride to read our fairy tales to real, live children. More details TBA.
To introduce the unit, I read a bizarre re-telling of Cinderella, we watched a clip from Shrek, and discussed some of the conventions of a fairy tale, and some of the ways contemporary writers play with those conventions to create humour and satirize. I will try to post the powerpoint on the side.
No homework today; however, if you have a particular fairy tale that you'd like to work on, please bring it in.
Also, I am going to post 2 discussion questions above. Please choose one to respond to. Responses need to be in standard written English, and should be several sentences long. You may answer the original question or respond to another comment. Your response can include a link, but please explain why you chose the link/video.
We will be doing this every week and it is worth 10% of your mark. The questions will usually be general and philosophical in tone, but will be inspired by the work we've done in class.
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