by Shonna | Jan 21, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
This week we’re reading: 13: The Three Little Men in the Woods14: The Three Spinning Women15: Hansel and Grethel16. The Three Snake-Leaves The Three Little Men in the Woods The Three Spinning Women Hansel and Grethel The Three...
by Shonna | Jan 19, 2019 | Fairy tales, Teaching Writing
Normally, we think of HEAs (Happily Ever Afters) when we talk about fairy-tale endings. But as we read through all of Grimm’s Fairy tales this year, I’m noticing several patterns beginning to show up in the endings. A lot of the story endings feel tacked-on, rushed,...
by Shonna | Jan 12, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Week 3 January 13-19 9: The Twelve Brothers10: The Pack of Ragamuffins11: Little Brother and Little Sister12: Rapunzel (Yay! Rapunzel is this week…I may wax eloquent on my love of Tangled.) The Twelve Brothers The Pack of Ragamuffins Little...
by Shonna | Jan 12, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Two weeks into our #GRIMMread2019, and I can already tell I need to start a list of tropes, themes, common characters, etc. Frogs anyone? I’ll add to this post over the course of the year and by the end the list should be quite robust. [edited: so, this list...
by Shonna | Jan 6, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Jan 6-12 5: The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids6: Faithful John or Trusty John7: The Good Bargain8: The Wonderful Musician or The Strange Musician This week I’m going to streamline the process and keep everything all under one post. (Let me know if this works...