Wednesday, October 3, 2018

News Writing Lesson using Fractured Fairy Tales


Click on this link for the original story on which the following notes and news article were created.
 Cinderella Fractured Fairy Tale


Most Important - they lived happily ever after
Who - Cinderella and the Prince
What - slipper
When - two days after the ball
Where - in the garden
Why - to find who the mystery lady was
How - all women to try on slipper
Attribution (source of information) - Oscar, the grey mouse
When in doubt, err on the side of attribution.

Prince Finds Perfect Fit

Kathy Kysar
Roving Reporter

FAIRY TALE LAND - Yesterday, the prince found the mystery lady from the Ball locked in the garden at the Stepmother’s house. After his horses were startled by a mouse and nearly trampled Cinderella, the homeowner’s stepdaughter, the Prince discovered that the owner of the glass slipper was Cinderella, also known as Cindy. They immediately began to live happily ever after.

According to Oscar, a grey mouse and personal friend of Cindy, the Prince was “totally captivated” by her at the Ball. After leaving the ball by private coach at midnight, she discovered that she had lost a shoe, a glass slipper.

The next day, sources close to the cheese-vine said that the Prince had fallen in love and was determined to search out the owner of the glass slipper he had found left behind by a woman he didn’t even know by name.

Yesterday, shortly after arriving at the Stepmother’s house, it was determined that the small shoe did not fit any of the three women in residence there. Upon the Prince’s departure, the horses, scared by a mouse, ran the carriage through the garden gate, revealing a fourth woman on the premises, who had been locked in the garden and prevented from greeting the Prince. Charges against the homeowner are pending.
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The next part of this article, should it continue, would be about the Godmother’s help in preparing Cinderella for the ball. Then, background information of Cinderella’s mistreatment would follow. However, it is unusual, except in cases of a feature article, for that much detail to be included. Your article should be at least four paragraphs long, so include as much detail as you need to get that much on paper.

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