SEVECEN Sayı: 28 - 2019

144 Jennifer Follett Once Upon a Tıme: Adaptıng and Wrıtıng Faıry Tales ın the Wrıter’s Workshop In our Once Upon a Time, Writers Workshop unit, learners wrote in the footsteps of the classics. Writers drew upon their knowledge of strong narrative writing as they adapted classic fairy tales with purpose. Let’s hear from our writers about how to write a fairy tale adaptation and a few writing tips! Ceren TURUNÇ Keep Some Parts of the Classıc the Same & Decıde the Best Parts to Adapt I love the fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood, because it is very classic and I can change it myself. We can change an event and if I change it – the other parts of the story have to change too. You can make changes to the setting too. In my writing, I did not change the character but I added more to the character. For example, in my writing I added something to have Little Red Riding Hood’s mom speak. In the classic, the mom says ‘‘Can you go to Grandmother’s home and give these cookies?’’ But I made a change. The mother says, ‘‘You can walk in the street and you can tell grandma about our life.’’ It is not like the other story but if people read my writing, they will know it is from Little Red Riding Hood. Readers understand it is this fairy tale. Some things need to be the same because if all of the parts are different the reader will not understand the classic fairy tale. Sarp Efe ŞİMŞEK Ways Authors Adapt Faıry Tales wıth Purpose Authors can change characters. In the classic fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood, Little Red Riding Hood is scared of the wolf. In the fairy tale adaptation, Little Red, she isn’t scared of the wolf. Because of that, she takes an ax. In Little Red Riding Hood, the hero is the hunter. In Little Red, the hero is Little Red. Maybe Bethan Woollvin choose this change because Little Red Riding Hood is a scared character and she wants to show girls can be brave like Little Red. In my writing, I changed the Gingerbread Man to Gingerbread Ninja!