Fairy Tale Homophones

Fairy Tale Homophones is an activity I designed while taking a summer workshop course called "Making Reading Games" at Youngstown State University in 1996.

Students are given sentences about familiar fairy tales in which homophone are incorrectly used. They must correctly write each sentence, substituting the proper homophones.

I printed each sentence in a large sized font on colorful paper, then glued the sentences to heavy card stock. On the back of the card, I wrote the correctly written sentence. I designed the activity to use as a whole class drill; however, I also used it as a learning center because of its self-checking quality.

The Sentences:

1. Read Riding Hood stopped and picked sum flours.
   Red Riding Hood stopped and picked some flowers.
2. Snow White eight the read apple.
   Snow White ate the red apple.
3. The princess could knot sleep at knight on the lumpy mattress.
   The princess could not sleep at night on the lumpy mattress.
4. The Prints kissed Sleeping Beauty and asked her if she wood merry him.
   The Prince kissed Sleeping Beauty and asked her is she would marry him.
5. The crewel animals maid fun of the Ugly Duckling.
   The cruel animals made fun of the Ugly Duckling.
6. Deer Cinderella went to the bawl with the help of her ferry godmother.
   Dear Cinderella went to the ball with the help of her fairy godmother.
7. Fare Rapunzel let down her long, golden hare.
   Fair Rapunzel let down her long, golden hair.
8. The Emperor was to vane two admit he could knot sea his knew close.
   The Emperor was too vain to admit he could not see his new clothes.
9. The which tried to fatten-up Hansel and Gretel two put sum meet on there bones.
   The witch tried to fatten-up Hansel and Gretel to put some meat on their bones.
10. The wolf blue down the houses of the first too pigs.
    The wolf blew down the houses of the first two pigs.

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