unit stereotypes

Objectives
• To identify stereotypes in
fairy tales
• To transform stereotypes
into unique characters


1

Stepmother

Handsome

a

2

Prince

Evil

b

3

Witch

Dark and deep

c

4

Magician

Beautiful

d

5

Woods

Wicked

e

6

Heroine

Old and Ugly

f


Task 1
• Select a character from a
fairy tale – for example,
Snow White’s stepmother
• Write some traits which

are stereotypes – For
example, wicked


Task 2
• Write some traits which
are not stereotypical –
you can write about the
way she looks, behaves
thinks etc.,
For example,
She dresses gracefully, she
has a dimple on her chin


Task 3
• Write a short description
of your transformed
character
For example,
Snow White’s stepmother
was called Flora. She was
the best mathematician in
the kingdom.


Task 4
• Retell a part of the story with the
Flora scanned her photo on the adobe
photo version 7 again. She needed a good

disguise if she was to get rid of Snow
White. The fringe did not look right at all
nor did her eyes. “That’s it”, she
thought , “I need to change the colour of
my eye lens…”