Fractured+Fariy+Tales

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Fractured Fairy Tales

Directions: You will be choosing a fairy tale or fable of your choice.
Listed below is a list of sites that you may read or listen to a variety of fairy tales or fables

** Online Libraries ** These sites provide an opportunity for kids to read online, free of charge.
 * 1) [|**International Children’s Digital Library**] . Children around the world can access this awesome library. Register for free to have access to cool features such as bookmarking your page in a particular book and creating your own bookshelf.
 * 2) [|**Project Gutenberg**] . This site offers over 30,000 free downloadable ebooks, many of which are also available as audiobooks.
 * 3) [|**Read Print**] . Get over 8,000 free books online with authors such as Jane Austen, Mark Twain, and Beatrix Potter.
 * 4) [|**Classic Reader**] . Browse through categories such as "Young Readers" or "Non-Fiction" or search by author or title to find a free online book here.
 * 5) [|**Page by Page Books**] . Scroll through this alphabetical listing to find books like //Anne of Green Gables// and //Cinderella//.
 * 6) [|Grimm's fairy tales]

** Audio Books **


 * 1) [|**The Story Home**] . Get original and classic children’s stories here where new stories are offered every two weeks.
 * 2) [|**Storynory**] . Download free classic children’s literature, fairy tales, and original stories at this site.
 * 3) [|**Light Up Your Brain Free Audio Stories for Kids**] . Not only can you hear these stories, but you can also follow along with the text provided for these stories that include classics mixed with original stories.
 * 4) [|**LibriVox**] . Find plenty of free audio books including some of the classics such as //Tom Sawyer// and //The Wonderful Wizard of Oz//

**Once you've chosen a story you will rewrite it using one of the following:**

 * update the story to this time and place, it should reflect your life style and culture [|Jack and the beanstalk][[image:lived.jpg align="right"]]
 * rewrite the story from a different perspective- for example, write the story from the perspective of the wolf instead of the three little pigs [[file:Snow by Isabelle Rose.docx]]
 * Write the story from what happens after they lived happily ever after.

After you've written your story you will need to have some one evaluate it- use the rubric to critique your story.

Then you will choose either to make a podcast or an iMovie presentation of your story.

 * you will need images to illustrate your story- they may be digital images or video.
 * you will need to choose music to enhance your project. With a podcast you will need to record your voice.
 * you will need to export iMove to a quicktime presentation and your podcast into iTunes
 * **Here is a link to a list of free sources where you can get free audio for your podcast:**
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