Reader's Theater Play Scripts: Fractured Fairytales

What happens when Snow White replaces Little Red Riding Hood in her own story?

Did a pea wake up Sleeping Beauty instead of a kiss?

How did Rumpelstiltskin become Cinderella's fairy godmother?

What happens when Jack's beanstalk grows right in the middle of The Brave Little Tailor's fairytale?

Children will have fun discovering the answers to these questions in this mixed-up fairytale unit. Use these scripts as a compare and contrast lesson, fairytale unit, or just for fun. For an extended lesson, have students create their own fairytale mash-ups!

This package includes four fractured fairytale Reader's Theater scripts:

- Snow White and the Wolf (Snow White + Little Red Riding Hood)

The Evil Queen has a plan to trick Snow White by sending her into the woods to take a basket of food to a sick, old woman. But the Evil Queen soon discovers that the wolf who lives in the woods is planning a trick of his own.

- The Sleeping Princess and the Pea (Princess and the Pea + Sleeping Beauty)

When Brier-Rose pricks her finger on a spinning wheel, she falls into a deep sleep. Will a pea under her mattress wake her?

- Cinderella and the Spinning Wheel (Rumpelstiltskin + Cinderella)

After Rumpelstiltskin helps Cinderella with her chores, he spins her a gown of gold to wear to the royal ball. But Cinderella must discover the little man's name if she is to keep her happy ever after.

- The Little Brave Tailor and the Beanstalk (Jack and the Beanstalk + The Brave Little Tailor)

When the little brave tailor finds a giant at the top of a beanstalk, he must prove his strength and bravery.

Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Readability: 2.6