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Summit Students Translate Old Classics into Modern Works
Second graders and high school students collaborated on reworking classic children's tales into new forms of literature and art.
'Once upon a time' isn't just the preamble to a fairy tale in Summit.
Summit High School (SHS) students and second graders from Lincoln-Hubbard School (LHS) performed a unique task this spring. The SHS ninth graders, students in Carol Rogers-Shaw's English classes, transformed some popular children's tales by rewriting them.
The students creatively reworked eight classic tales such as Aladdin, Snow White, Little Red Riding and Pinocchio and made the stories their own. After they were finished, they met with second graders at Lincoln-Hubbard who would serve as the books' illustrators.
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Second graders were divided into groups to work on the artwork for the fairy tales. The books, expected to be completed in June, will be bound and a book-singing event will be hosted for all the students who worked on the project.
The teachers who worked on the fairy tale project include: Loren MacTaggart, (SHS); Carol Rogers-Shaw (SHS); Emily Dura (SHS); Michelle Hawley (District); Ann Egan (LHS); Deborah Yendrick (LHS); and Abigal MacDonald (LHS).
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Photos courtesy of the Summit School District.
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