• A chart showing all the book covers in the series: the blue book writer's guide, a workbook, two story prompt books and three student workbooks
  • sample pages of theme and an escalation plot chart
  • sample pages showing Character example of Cinderella and brainstorming page for a synopsis
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Lessons from Grimm High School Workbook (Lessons from Grimm Series) | PDF

Lessons from Grimm High School Workbook (Lessons from Grimm Series) | PDF

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Learn how to write a fairy tale.

Based on the text Lessons from Grimm: How to Write a Fairy Tale, this workbook takes high-school students from finding their own fairy tale voice to plotting their own fairy tale.

Section One: Find Your Fairy Tale Voice

Discover what is unique about the way you write a fairy tale. Whether you want to write funny, twisted tales or dark, spooky tales, these exercises will help you pinpoint key elements that make up your voice.

Section Two: Brainstorm a Fairy Tale

You will be guided step-by-step through creating your own:

- characters
- setting
- plot
- theme
- fairy-tale magic

You'll also be introduced to terms and methods that professional authors use when writing their stories. This workbook can help you take your writing to the next level.

Get started writing a fairy tale today.

Format:

This is the downloadable PDF that you can print off on your own computer. The print version is a compact 7.5 x 0.17 x 9.25 inches, but the PDF resizes to fit on regular sized printer paper.

Note: You can only buy the PDF version here. Paperbacks are available to order at your favorite bookstore.

How is the high school workbook different from the middle school workbook?

The two workbooks are quite similar, but use different examples (high school examples include Cinderella, and The Singing Bone.) The high school version also adds the topics of Fairy Tale Romance and Allegory.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Section ONE: Find Your Fairy Tale Voice
Not always what you think
Character
Setting
Plot
Magic
Theme
How to Stand Out
Section TWO: Brainstorm Your Fairy Tale
Character
Character Outlines
Setting
Create a map
Plot
Tropes
Test of Three
Romance in Fairy Tales
Plot Chart
Escalation
Magic
Theme
Allegory
Time to Write
Where to go From Here

Chapter 1

Introduction

When Grimms’ fairy tales are boiled down to their simplest components, we have a pattern. This workbook uses that pattern to walk you through writing a fairy tale:

Once upon a time there was a character who lived in a setting and had a problem (plot). Fairy tale magic intervened/interfered and everyone learned a lesson (theme).

How to Use This Book

This workbook is based off of the text Lessons from Grimm: How to Write a Fairy Tale. Some of that text has been repeated here in simplified format. To delve further into the concepts, be sure to get the book.

Section 1: Find Your Fairy Tale Voice.

We’re going to start building your fairy tale voice by pinpointing all the components you enjoy the most about fairy tales. In this first section, you’ll analyze your favorite characters, settings, plots, and themes.
Here, you’ll compile your personal lists of archetypes and tropes. Highlight what catches your attention in the samples and add your own favorites into the spaces provided. You can find the complete lists in the Appendix section of Lessons from Grimm. If you are more visual, use the space to scrapbook what inspires you.

Section 2: Brainstorm Your Fairy Tale.

You’ll be using this space to make notes about your fairy tale. You’ll be given space to work out your chosen characters, settings, plots, themes, and fairy tale magic.

Meet the author:

SHONNA SLAYTON SHONNA SLAYTON is the author of the Fairy-tale Inheritance Series of young adult novels, beginning with Cinderella’s Dress.

She edited curriculum for an education company before homeschooling her own children using literature-based whole book learning.

She’s taught writing using fairy tales in school classrooms and workshops, as well as in public libraries as a writer in residence.

Instead of seeing her in person, you can get the Lessons from Grimm Series which includes a writer’s guide and workbooks for writers to learn fiction techniques through fairy tales.

Happy writing!

MORE WRITING BOOKS FOR YOU:

Learn how to write fairy tales by studying the Brothers Grimm. 

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FAQs

Is there a reading order?

For the Fairy-tale Inheritance Series, only the Cinderella books go together (read DRESS first). The rest of the series are standalone books that can be read in any order. Enjoy!

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