Text structures from fairy tales truisms that help students write about abstract concepts-- and live happily ever after, grades 4-12 / Gretchen Bernabei, Judi Reimer
Introduction -- Structures for Writing About Life Themes -- Lesson 1. Appearances -- Text Structure: Story of My Thinking -- Fairy Tale: Beauty and the Beast -- Lesson 2. Family -- Text Structure: Parts of a Whole -- Fairy Tale: The Bremen Town Musicians -- Lesson 3. Hardships -- Text Structure: Type of Something -- Fairy Tale: Cinderella -- Lesson 4. Power of Words -- Text Structure: Short- and Long-Term Effects -- Fairy Tale: Diamonds and Toads -- Lesson 5. Gratitude -- Text Structure: What the Characters Know About ______ -- Fairy Tale: The Elves and the Shoemaker -- Structures for Explaining a Concept -- Lesson 6. Peer Pressure -- Text Structure: Case Study -- Fairy Tale: The Emperor's New Clothes -- Lesson 7. Greed -- Text Structure: Comparing Notes -- Fairy Tale: The Fisherman and His Wife -- Lesson 8. Selfishness -- Text Structure: The Onion -- Fairy Tale: The Frog Prince -- Lesson 9. Confidence -- Text Structure: Reconsidering a Belief -- Fairy Tale: The Gingerbread Boy -- Lesson 10. Laughter -- Text Structure: Life Lesson -- Fairy Tale: The Golden Goose -- Structures for Character Analysis -- Lesson 11. Listening -- Text Structure: Evolution of a Term -- Fairy Tale: Hansel and Gretel -- Lesson 12. Fear -- Text Structure: Chain Reaction -- Fairy Tale: Henny Penny -- Lesson 13. Stealing -- Text Structure: Double Take -- Fairy Tale: Jack and the Beanstalk -- Lesson 14. Generosity -- Text Structure: News/Gossip: Tell Me, Tell Me -- Fairy Tale: The Little Red Hen -- Lesson 15. Distractions -- Text Structure: Change of Plans -- Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood -- Structures for Analyzing a Theme in Literature -- Lesson 16. Love -- Text Structure: Wrong Assumptions -- Fairy Tale: The Nightingale -- Lesson 17. Humiliation -- Text Structure: Finding Out for Sure -- Fairy Tale: One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes -- Lesson 18. Tests -- Text Structure: Definition -- Fairy Tale: The Princess and the Pea -- Lesson 19. Reputation -- Text Structure: The 11-Minute Essay -- Fairy Tale: Puss in Boots -- Lesson 20. Companionship -- Text Structure: Tevye's Debate -- Fairy Tale: Rapunzel -- Structures for Commentary About Plot -- Lesson 21. Promises -- Text Structure: Story of My Thinking -- Fairy Tale: Rumpelstiltskin -- Lesson 22. Gifts -- Text Structure: Hindsight Reflections -- Fairy Tale: The Sleeping Beauty -- Lesson 23. Mistakes -- Text Structure: Surprise Ending -- Fairy Tale: Snow White -- Lesson 24. Kindness -- Text Structure: Ways to Do Something -- Fairy Tale: Snow White and Rose Red -- Lesson 25. Manners -- Text Structure: Description -- Fairy Tale: The Story of the Three Bears -- Structures for Making an Argument -- Lesson 26. Groups -- Text Structure: Crossing My Path -- Fairy Tale: The Three Billy Goats Gruff -- Lesson 27. Cutting Corners -- Text Structure: Now and Later -- Fairy Tale: The Three Little Pigs
Summary
Put text structures to work and soon your students will be writing happily ever after. Thirty-five lessons centered on classic fairy tales give students the focused practice they need to produce effective analytical writing on demand-and in any situation. Designed to be used by students of all ages, each lesson includes a writing prompt and a planning framework that leads students to organize writing through a text structure
