Three Minute Quick Writes

Quick Write One Hundred Four: Fairy Tales in the Modern Media!

Today's Quick Write Challenge!

Today you will be able to create a modern-day news report based on a Fairy Tale! Good Luck!

Step One: Watch the "Three Little Pigs" modern day news report

Step Two: Think of what a popular fairy tale may look like if written in modern today and covered by the media

Step Three: Choose one of the fairy tale situations below the video and write the news report or modern day story of how events would play out

Three Little Pigs News Report

Fairy Tale Situation One: Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack has been put into prison for the murder of the Giant.

Option One: Write the news report presenting him as innocent and interviewing his family and townspeople

Option Two: Write from the Giants family's point of view representing Jack as guilty and interviewing the people of the land of the Giants.

Fairy Tale Situation Two: Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red arrested for illegal fur trade

Option One: Write the news report that Little Red Riding Hood is guilty and lured the wolf to her grandmothers house before killing him for his fur.

Option Two: Write the news report presenting Little Red as innocent and only acting in self defense.

Fairy Tale Situation Three: Goldilocks

Goldilocks arrested for robbery crime spree

Option One: Write the news report presenting Goldilocks as guilty of robbery for breaking into the three bears house from the bears perspective, interviewing all three bears.

Option Two: Write the news report presenting Goldilocks as innocent, interviewing Goldilocks, her family, and the forest creatures who were eye witnesses.

Quick Write One Hundred Three: Fairy Tale Prequel

Today's Quick Write Challenge!

Today you will be able to create a prequel to your favorite Fairy Tale. Try to think through the details in order to form a story that matches the way the original story goes. Good Luck!

Read and follow the steps below for this Point of View

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Step One: Watch the trailer for "PAN" and "Monsters U"

Step Two: This is a story of what happens BEFORE what we know today as the "Peter Pan" story (Essentially a "prequel") and before Monsters Inc.

Step Three: Choose either the fairy tale CINDERELLA, SNOW WHITE or a Fairy Tale of your choice and write the "prequel" (what happened BEFORE the story we now know and love)

Quick Write One Hundred Two: Create the Legend

Today's Quick Write Challenge!

Today you will be able to create a legend. Be creative and make it believable... Good Luck!

Option One:

TELL THE STORY OF THE "LEGEND OF THE BEAST BENEATH THE WAVES"

Option Two:

TELL THE STORY OF THE "LEGEND OF THE LAND BEYOND"

Option Three:

TELL THE STORY OF THE "LEGEND OF THE WITCH IN THE WOODS"

Quick Write One Hundred One: Autobiography and Video Games

Today's Quick Write Challenge!

Today you will be able to choose to write an autobiography with a little infusion of video games thrown in there. Good Luck!

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OPTION TWO:

Write the Autobiography of Hannah in Devil's Arithmetic.

Questions to consider: What would the title be? What events would she include? Write it as if YOU were HER.

OPTION THREE:

Quick Write One Hundred: A Story Challenge and a List

Today's Quick Write Challenge!

Today you will be able to choose to write a speech, debate, or explain a choice. Good Luck!

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Quick Write Ninety Nine: Speech, Debate, or Explain

Today's Quick Write Challenge!

Today you will be able to choose to write a speech, debate, or explain a choice. Good Luck!

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Quick Write Ninety Eight: You Choose Friday!

Today's Quick Write Challenge!

Today you will be able to choose to EITHER continue a quick write you have done this week and make it better, OR choose an option we had this week that you did not get to try. Good luck!