Meet Jon Scieszka

Visit the sites below to learn about Jon Scieszka through interviews and
biographies

Jon Scieszka’s official website http://www.jsworldwide.com

short biography

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3612

author chat http://kids.nypl.org/reading/SczieszkaChat.cfm

author biography http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-

warp-author.asp

scieszka biography and audio radio show

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=951043

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scieszka interview with scholastic

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/media.jsp?id=614

scieszka brain pop activities and video

http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/authors/jonscies

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 The Stinky Cheese Man
and other Fairly Stupid Tales

Illustrated by Lane Smith

Reading Extension Activities:

• Have students complete a venn diagram

comparing a traditional fairytale to the
fractured one in the book. (venn diagram
attached)
• Introduce students to fractured fairy
tales:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources
/interactives/fairytales/
• have students spin a spinner to select a
classic fairytale. Then have students write a
fractured version of the fairytale they
selected. (spinner attached: use a paper clip and pencil tip to
spin)
 Spin a tale

Little
Red
Cinderella Riding
Hood

Hansel & Goldilocks &

The Three
Gretel Bears
The True Story of the
Three Little Pigs

Illustrated by Lane Smith

Reading Extension Activities:

• Write a newspaper article reporting what

happened from either the pig’s or the wolf’s
point of view. In your article, convince the
reader that your character’s point of view is
the way the story actually took place. (newspaper
template attached)
• Write a letter to the wolf or the pigs giving
them advice on how they could have avoided
their bad situation.
• Have the students take on the roles of the
wolf, three pigs, lawyers, judge, jury, and
witnesses. Conduct a mock trial in the
classroom attempting to clear the wolf’s name.
The Fairytale Times
headline

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The Frog Prince
Continued
Illustrated by Steve Johnson

Before Reading:

• Discuss the traditional story emphasizing

how the story ends.
• Have the students predict & write about
what they think might happen in
Scieszka’s extension of the story.

Reading Extension Activities:

• Have the students reflect and write

whether their prediction was right or
wrong and if they liked the story better
with their ending or Scieszka’s.
• Have students create and draw a picture
of their own horrible witch and write
adjectives describing how she looks and
behaves. Then have the students use
those adjectives to write about why their
witch is horrible. (worksheet attached)
 A Horrible Witch

Adjectives
Adjectives that describe how a Adjectives that describe how a
horrible witch looks horrible witch behaves
 Fable

image from jerrypinkneystudio.com

A short tale used

to teach a moral
lesson. Fables
often have
animals as
characters.
 Fun with Fables: Animal Cards
Fox Cat Frog Snake
Lion Mouse Rabbit Turtle
Crow Spider Elephant Tiger
Wolf Sheep Lizard Fox
Cat Mouse Snake Elephant
Lion Spider Rabbit Turtle
Crow Sheep Frog Cat

Fun with Fables: Trait Cards

timid selfish boastful sly
determined impatient arrogant rude
cowardly angry bossy mean
careless dishonest foolish fearful
impolite indecisive jealous lazy
petty quarrelsome rebellious stubborn
ungrateful uncaring undependable unhelpful
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Sincerely,