I've never used Once Upon a Fairy Tale before, but was introduced to it in a 6+ traits in-service that an Indianapolis Public Schools literacy coach did. She used it for voice. I think it would work for voice, word choice, plot structure, genres in the oral tradition, point of view, perhaps even dialogue. I plan to use it for the first time tomorrow with 8th graders as part of our storytelling unit. Today we went on a field trip to the Hoosier Storytelling Festival where we listened to 3 of the fabulous tellers featured at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN. The kids have to tell a story (either a folk tale or an original story) next week and this is to show them how cool stories and storytelling can be, if they aren't already convinced and inspire them to take a traditional tale and rewrite it in their own crazy way. I'll probably also review point of view and draw comparisions with Tears of a Tiger, which they read last year as 8th graders. I don't have anything else planned at this point, but I believe I'll be using this resource more than once this year. I think it is a great resource every school should have, especially k-8. I'm big on storytelling as a way of using kid's first language (oral language) to develop their second language skills (written language). A master storyteller, Donald Davis, has written a book on this called Writing as a Second Language, which I highly recommend.
This sounds interesting. What grades to you use it with? Alice Cortigiano Celentano Museum Academy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Janice Hise Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 8:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LIT] lit Digest, Vol 36, Issue 6 Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry about an audiobook featuring Robin Williams telling Little Red Riding Hood from the wolf's point of view. The book is called Once Upon a Fairy Tale, published by Starbright Foundation and features multiple versions of four different fairy tales told by various celebraties, each from a different character's point of view. An excellent teaching tool, funny and has a CD in the back so you can both read and listen to the stories.Jan Hise _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
