Unit 15
Activity 5
Differentiation
An out and proud fairy tale
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Text A
Jeffrey A. Miles: I really wanted a story like this
when I was a little boy. I knew that stories about
princes falling in love with princesses didn't apply to
me and my life. I knew from an early age that I was
never going to marry a princess. So I wrote this story
for children but I also wrote it for anyone who wants
to read a fairy tale story of two men who meet each
other, go on an adventure, fall in love, get married, and
live happily ever after with their handsome prince.
I guess I hope that in the not-too-distant future, when I go to amusement parks, there will be a prince and prince couple, like Earnest and Gallant, dancing and singing together along with the other prince and princess couples in front of the castle. When that happens, then I will see the world as a truly magical place.
I guess I hope that in the not-too-distant future, when I go to amusement parks, there will be a prince and prince couple, like Earnest and Gallant, dancing and singing together along with the other prince and princess couples in front of the castle. When that happens, then I will see the world as a truly magical place.
One Book To Change Them All, Frank Lowe, 2014.
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Text B
What do kids say about it?
Jeffrey A. Miles: I wondered if kids would comment that the story has two men getting married. I'm happy to say that kids love the story just like the other fairy tale stories. Kids see the story is about two people who fall in love and get married. All of the kids who have read the story don't find it unusual that the two characters who get married happen to be two men. Kids seem to see that love can happen between two people regardless of the couple's gender. I've been amazed how easy that idea is for kids to understand and how hard it is for some adults to understand.
Jeffrey A. Miles: I wondered if kids would comment that the story has two men getting married. I'm happy to say that kids love the story just like the other fairy tale stories. Kids see the story is about two people who fall in love and get married. All of the kids who have read the story don't find it unusual that the two characters who get married happen to be two men. Kids seem to see that love can happen between two people regardless of the couple's gender. I've been amazed how easy that idea is for kids to understand and how hard it is for some adults to understand.
One Book To Change Them All, Frank Lowe, 2014.
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Questions
You are in charge of one text.
1
Find information about the fairy tale
presented (the plot, the characters).2
Contrast this fairy tale with the classic
ones you know.Let's talk this out!
Pair work
Mediation
3
Why does Miles think it's important to have diverse storylines?
Do you agree? Why or why not?
4
To like a story, do you need the heroes to look like you?
Useful vocabulary
Nowadays / In this changing world…
Society should be… It's very difficult to be…
I need to identify… On the one hand… One the other hand…
Society should be… It's very difficult to be…
I need to identify… On the one hand… One the other hand…
5
Imagine other possible twists in original fairy tales that could
please you or other readers.
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Verb treasure hunt
Find as many verbs as you can in all three texts and give their infinitive form as well as their equivalent in French. Each verb makes one point.
Find as many verbs as you can in all three texts and give their infinitive form as well as their equivalent in French. Each verb makes one point.
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