Alternative endings or versions of classic stories and fairy tales.

A very nice way of maintaining the appeal of classic stories and fairy tales when people grows older is to use alternative stories or alternative endings (for instance I remember being told and alternative ending of the ugly duckling in which the duck, after growing up becomes a huge and utterly ugly duck). The fact is that if small children enjoy predictable things (once upon a time... the bad guy makes it to scene and creates a problem... the problem is solved... and they lived happy ever after) it comes a point (not that sure about what age, but probably from 9-10) when that predictability just makes things boring and it is precisely the opposite thing, the unexpected, what is amusing. As an example of this we have a compilation of stories made but a true genius on the subject, Roadl Dahl. The book is called Revolting rhymes (AKA Cuentos en verso para niños perversos in Spanish) and here there is a compilation of such stories complemented with pictures.
This is one of my favourites


Pre and post activities can be used as with any other text. Any ideas?


On top of that, we can use it as a post-activity technique itself. Just ask children to think of alternative endings and then choose a certain technique so they can tell them to you. Among other options you could do a dramatization, ask them to write it, to tell it to the class, or even use an ICT tool such as Storybird or writecomics to present their alternative endings. If you do so, it might be a good idea to share with them some of the background pictures you have been using, just in case they want to use them as a start.