Once Upon a Time: Writing Your Own Fairytale

In addition to learning about the 4 traditional elements of a story (Theme, Plot, Conflict, and Character),  the elements of a fairy tale, and character types, students will learn about and follow a three character fairytale story map.  
Title of Story
Chapter 1- Introduce setting, characters, and regular life.  Then something HAPPENS!  This happening changes everything!
Chapter 2- The main character responds  to happening. Adventure begins.
Chapter 3- The main character meets the Buddy. Buddy joins adventure.
Chapter 4- The main character and the Buddy meet the Villain and lose!  
Chapter 5- The main character/Buddy meet Villain again and win!
Chapter 6- The villain is no longer a threat.  Things return to normal … only better. The main character and Buddy learned important lessons. Here is where themes comes in.   

In addition to being a middle/upper school theatre educator of 30 years, I am also a published writer.  My academic articles have been published locally, regionally, and nationally.  My theatrical works have been performed in a majority of the 50 states and internationally.  My published plays have been produced in Crete, South Africa, Brazil, England, Canada, and China.  I teach playwrighting to my 6th and 8th-grade classes.  I also teach fairytales, folktales, fables, and myths.

55 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 1 - 2 hours per week outside of class.