Today we began our Alternative Fairytale planning. This is actually a trickier job than it looks. To be successful, we have to capture the key features of the original fairytale, whilst adding a new twist which will grab the reader’s attention.

We watched, listened to and read some great alternatives. Many were based around ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, using the wolf’s perspective.

Roald Dahl does this excellently, using his poem below, in which there’s an interesting twist at the end:

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Roald Dahl poem – CLICK HERE

The film ‘Hoodwinked’ also cleverly adds a twist – making the wolf in fact a ‘goodie’. We watched clip from this also:

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Hoodwinked – Click Here!

Next week, we will continue to develop our plans further, and look at how we can structure our writing within the form of a play.

See you in the morning,
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice