The Fairytales Story Machine app for iPhone and iPad

The Fairytales Story Machine (by Alan Peat Ltd)

The Fairytales Story Machine helps both pupils and busy classroom teachers to plan Fairytales (over a million combinations are possible...and thats no exaggeration!).

The machine has eight parts:

1 Opening
2 Main character/s
3 Other character/s
4 Setting
5 Dilemma
6 Random Language Feature
7 Objects
8 Ending

Pupils spin each of the eight parts of the machine (up to three times) to reveal a HUGE range of genre-appropriate ideas.

When ALL eight parts have been spun the story machine collates all of the ideas into one printable sheet which can be used as a stimulus for a fairytale.

Its NOT prescriptive - pupils can include as many of the ideas as they wish but they dont have to include all of them. Whether they include a few or every one they certainly will be learning a great deal about the genre.

This is the second in a series of Story machines which will cover all narrative genres. Check out our Science Fiction Story Machine!

For details of all our other resources visit www.alanpeat.com