How to Write a Fairy Tale
Create your own imaginative fairy tale text. Use the templates to plan out your characters and setting before writing your own fairy tale story.
Learning goals
- We are learning to discuss characters and settings in different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways.
- We are learning to tell known stories from different points of view, construct sequels and imaginative reconstructions of stories and poetry.
- We are learning to create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using text structures and language features appropriate to the audience and purpose.
- We are learning to describe the settings in texts and character traits using descriptive adjectives that influence the mood of the narrative.
- We are learning to create imaginative texts based on familiar characters, settings and events from various cultures drawing from and innovating on texts we have read, e.g. revising an ending.
- We are learning to identify the audience and purpose of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts.
- We are learning to compare characters and settings in different texts and identify the verb groups used to convey actions, emotions and dialogue.
- We are learning to innovate on familiar texts by experimenting with character, setting or plot and by adding prepositional phrases to improve descriptions.
- We are learning to create short imaginative, informative and persuasive multimodal texts using text structures, language and grammatical features appropriate to the audience and purpose.
- We are learning to describe the settings in texts and character traits using descriptive adjectives that influence the mood of the narrative.
- We are learning to create and edit imaginative texts by using or adapting language features, characters, settings and plot structures, e.g. changing the setting, revising an ending.
- We are learning to identify the audience and purpose of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E3LY03
9
Identify the audience and purpose of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts through their use of language features and/or images
AC9E3LE05
9
Create and edit imaginative texts, using or adapting language features, characters, settings, plot structures and ideas encountered in literary texts
AC9E3LE03
9
Discuss how an author uses language and illustrations to portray characters and settings in texts, and explore how the settings and events influence the mood of the narrative
AC9E2LY06
9
Create and edit short imaginative, informative and persuasive written and/or multimodal texts for familiar audiences, using text structure appropriate to purpose, simple and compound sentences, noun groups and verb groups, topic-specific vocabulary, simple punctuation and common 2-syllable words
AC9E2LE05
9
Create and edit literary texts by adapting structures and language features of familiar literary texts through drawing, writing, performance and digital tools
AC9E2LE03
9
Discuss the characters and settings of a range of texts and identify how language is used to present these features in different ways
ACELT1593
8.4
Create events and characters using different media that develop key events and characters from literary texts
ACELY1678 8.4 Identify the audience and purpose of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts ACELT1601 8.4 Create imaginative texts based on characters, settings and events from students’ own and other cultures using visual features, for example perspective, distance and angle ACELT1599 8.4Discuss how language is used to describe the settings in texts, and explore how the settings shape the events and influence the mood of the narrative
ACELY1671 8.4 Create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using growing knowledge of text structures and language features for familiar and some less familiar audiences, selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose ACELT1591 8.4 Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways
EN2-8B
old
Identifies and compares different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an understanding of purpose, audience and subject matter
EN2-2A
old
Plans, composes and reviews a range of texts that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and language
EN1-7B
old
Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter
EN1-3A
old
Composes texts using letters of consistent size and slope and uses digital technologies
EN1-2A
old
Plans, composes and reviews a small range of simple texts for a variety of purposes on familiar topics for known readers and viewers
EN2-RECOM-01
new
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN1-OLC-01
new
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
EN1-VOCAB-01
new
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas
EN1-PHOKW-01
new
Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
EN1-CWT-01
new
Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure
EN1-SPELL-01
new
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts
EN1-HANDW-01
new
Uses a legible, fluent and automatic handwriting style, and digital technology, including word-processing applications, when creating texts
EN1-UARL-01
new
Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose
EN2-OLC-01
new
Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting
EN2-CWT-01
new
Plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-02
new
Plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-03
new
Plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-SPELL-01
new
Selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts
EN2-HANDW-02
new
Uses digital technologies to create texts
EN2-UARL-01
new
Identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts
VCELT265
Create texts that adapt language features and patterns encountered in literary texts
VCELT264
Create imaginative texts based on characters, settings and events from students’ own and other cultures including through the use of visual features
VCELT253
Discuss how language is used to describe the settings in texts, and explore how the settings shape the events and influence the mood of the narrative
VCELY233
Construct texts featuring print, visual and audio elements using software, including word processing programs
VCELY231
Reread and edit text for spelling, sentence-boundary punctuation and text structure
VCELY230
Create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using growing knowledge of text structures and language features for familiar and some less familiar audiences, selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose
VCELT229
Build on familiar texts by experimenting with character, setting or plot
VCELT228
Create events and characters using different media that develop key events and characters from literary texts
VCELT219
Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Extensions
Act out your own fairy tale story. Create a storybook using your own fairy tale
story.
Teach it your way
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