The Legendary Apple



Since your teacher is home sick for the day, Mrs. Applebee is your substitute. There is nothing she likes more than substituting, especially substituting apples for other things in well-known stories. Two of her favorites are "Goldilocks and the Three Apples" and the story of Cinderella and how her fairy godmother turned an apple into a carriage. She has asked your help in creating some new apple substitution stories to add to her collection.

For Paragraph a Week this week, you are to choose a familiar story. It can be a folktale, fairy tale, tall tale, legend, or nursery rhyme based story. Rewrite the story by substituting apples for objects or characters. Have fun, be creative, but don't overdo it so the original storyline is lost. Your reader should easily identify from what story you have adapted your idea.

REMEMBER:

  1. ___ 5-8 sentences for each paragraph, including a topic and concluding sentence
  2. ___ A TRANSITIONAL sentence which smoothly takes your reader from one paragraph to another
  3. ___ five elements of good writing; focus on PURPOSE and DIRECTION
  4. ___ clearly REWORKED rough draft
  5. ___ final is neat and written in ink
  6. ___ signature of adult who helped you proofread your work for IDEAS and PRESENTATION
  7. ___ all three papers stapled together with final on top


adapted from an idea in the October Mailbox Intermediate Reproducible Activities

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