The students in Mr. Cross’ 8th grade English class spent some time studying abridgements. (Specifically- The Princess Bride) After finishing their study, they were given the task of taking one of the Grimm, Perault, or Anderson fairy tales and abridging it. In groups, they wrote, directed, filmed, edited, and starred in their own “abridged” versions of the fairy tales. Students used iMovie to create their movies. Here is an example from a group that abridged “Little Red Riding Hood”
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