

We then did our ow n Fairytale Mad Libs sto ry, with Miss Lisa tak ing suggestions for types of animals, colors, and senses from t he kids. Three Li ttle Pigs, Prince Charming, Sleeping Beauty Sneezy, Billy Goat Gruff and Fairy Good Motherĭorothy, Wendy, Troll from B illy Goat Gru ff Little Re d R iding Hood, Ma lif i cent and a genie Pin nochio, Ginger bread Man and Puss in Boots Jack in the Beanstalk, C inderella, and Tinkerbell Here w ere the mash-ups with some interesting results! Jack as inspiration, the kids created th eir own stories that they to ld out loud. T his week, we did some hands-on activities in which the kids beca me the creat ors.įairy Tale Mash-Up: The club readers were challenged to write a fairy tale mash-up! Each child select ed three fairy tale characters from a Martha because she's the nicest and she wou ld take c are of me Sir Bluberys beca use he could in jure himself and be o kay I woul d go with a gi ant with really long hair and do a swinging black f lip onto a trampoline I would take Annabella because the pi xies would fly with her a giant becaus e the n you could keep falling, jumping and s kydive again I would take the pixies because they could help me if there was a problem Annabella because she would take the pix ies who could pro tect her Annabella because the pixies can fly with her Sir Bl ub erys b ecaus e he has the mule and that would be funny giant because it would be so easy for them Annabella because she made a rope out of grass Jack because he has a rope around his waist not the pix ies because they don't like mud or dirt Jack because he's clever, and Jack, Tom and Annabella because they make a good team

Sir Bl ub erys (it would be so embar rassing)

I t was good that Jack stole the hen because the eggs had seeds in side o f them which took energy from the res t of the world. I think that it was good that Jack stole the hen because he was able to save both wor lds by s tealing. The k ing is not called King Barf ( jokingly). Even though all of the Jacks climb up the beanstalk, there are other chara cters that we haven't seen be fore like Martha and Tom Thumb.Īre there any other ways that the author has transformed the fairy tale? In the beginning, Annabella was all picky but then when Jack clim bed up the b eanstalk, she decided to be naughty to o. We based our discussion on some suggestions from Penguin Publishing. Cadence, Cameron, Claire, Ellie, Maida, Jane and Spencer were present. For December's Book Club, we read Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk by Liesl Shurtliff.
