Jack and Jill scamper up the hill

Guided writing:  pupils retell each part of the "Jack and Jill" story using SCAMPER or CREATE.

SUBSTITUTE

COMBINE

ADAPT

MAGNIFY

PURPOSE

ELIMINATE

REVERSE

1. Jack and Bill went up the hill.
2. Jack and Jill went up the hill, whilst the Big Bad Wolf awaited them...
3. Jack's wife knew he'd gone up that hill again with Jill...
4. Jack and Jill climbed the huge mountain.
5. Jill shadowed Jack, keeping her sawn-off shotgun well hidden...
6. Jack was a loner; he sat in his cave in the hill, and never a soul did he see.
7. They fell, first Jack, then Jill. Painfully, they began the long climb up..?

What about applying it to well-known stories?

What if Harry Potter was a girl?

What if Red Riding Hood knew karate?

What if the handsome princess saved the sleeping prince?
What if the annoying wheelie creatures were deleted out of the final "His Dark Materials" book?

Students can apply SCAMPER to their own stories to edit and redraft...