Our Tweak That Tale writing template is the perfect choice to help your students build confidence in their writing of narrative texts, as they will compose a fairy tale that is based on a familiar text!

Prior to commencing this activity, we recommend providing numerous opportunities for students to read fairy tales and fairy tale adaptations. To complete this task, students select a fairy tale and decide which parts of it they would like to change. Depending on the needs of your class, you might like to allow students to change more than one aspect of the story, such as the main character, setting, complication or resolution!

Encourage students to improve the quality of their story by adding narrative conventions, such as time connectives, dialogue, descriptive language and figurative language.

We have included multiple versions of this writing template to suit the needs of your class, including different-sized lines and worksheets that include a narrative conventions checklist to keep your students on track!