I to use this short film with my class when looking at reports and recounts.
I asked the children to write a Newspaper report about Jack and the Beanstalk. Jack has been put into prison for the murder of the Giant and the children had to write reports with bias, presenting him as innocent and interviewing his family and townspeople. They then had to write from the Giant's family's point of view with bias, using emotive language to describe both Jack and the Giant. They were really successful.
You could choose different a different fairytale for this treatment.
Perhaps - little red riding hood lured the wolf to her grandmothers before killing him for his fur.
I have used the story of St George and the Dragon before - the children wrote stories called; 'The Misunderstood Dragon' the dragon gave his point of view. It wasn't his fault the townsfolk kept bringing him food. One day he was resting and the next they were piling sheep outside the cave. How was he to know they were not for him? If only they had asked. Etc
I asked the children to write a Newspaper report about Jack and the Beanstalk. Jack has been put into prison for the murder of the Giant and the children had to write reports with bias, presenting him as innocent and interviewing his family and townspeople. They then had to write from the Giant's family's point of view with bias, using emotive language to describe both Jack and the Giant. They were really successful.
You could choose different a different fairytale for this treatment.
Perhaps - little red riding hood lured the wolf to her grandmothers before killing him for his fur.
I have used the story of St George and the Dragon before - the children wrote stories called; 'The Misunderstood Dragon' the dragon gave his point of view. It wasn't his fault the townsfolk kept bringing him food. One day he was resting and the next they were piling sheep outside the cave. How was he to know they were not for him? If only they had asked. Etc