Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ651853
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Using Fairy Tales To Generate High Interest in Short Fiction.
McKenna, Barbara J.
Eureka Studies In Teaching Short Fiction, v2 n1 p44-49 Fall 2001
Discusses how fairy tales provide the vehicle by which students become genuinely engaged in reading and writing short fiction. Outlines a three-step process moving students from familiar stories, to variations on traditional tales, finally to new stories. Details how writing, revising, illustrating, and binding a fairy tale engages students. (PM)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Fairy Tales, Grade 7, Middle Schools, Short Stories, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods, Writing Assignments, Writing Instruction
Loren Logsdon, Humanities Division, Eureka College, 300 E. College Avenue, Eureka, IL 61530-1500.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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