Invite children to form groups to act out their favorite fractured fairy tales from The Stinky Cheese Man. Complete these fun activities to learn about many important concepts to help make your writing more interesting! -The script is 5 pages long -There are 8 characters (Narrator, Stinky Cheese Man, old man, ol To celebrate Jon Scieszka's birthday, Sept. we read Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. Then we made a real Stinky Cheese Man. If you know and love the classic tale of the Gingerbread Man, then you'll laugh yourself silly reading this fractured fairy tale play, which is based on the book "The Stinky Cheese Man" by Jon Scieszka. Happy Birthday Jon Scieszka - September 8 "Research shows that boys will read -- if they are given reading that interests them. They imagine that they are in the fairy tale and write a letter of complaint concerning the Cheese Man and how he stinks … Model format and techniques for script writing at an age-appropriate level. Stinky Cheese Man & Fairly Stupid Tales Author : Jon Scieszka Illustrator : Lane Smith Publisher : Viking, Penguin Books Date : 1992 Awards : Caldecott Honor (1993) Ages : 9-12 Topics : picture book, fiction, fairy tales, humor, mixed up, fractured fairy tales Summary : This is a fun collection of familiar fairy tales. Allow students to exchange scripts to perform them for their creators. Activities! Have fun! Young scholars read and discuss the "fractured" fairy tale "The Stinky Cheese Man". These activities are all based around the story, The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales! Motivate students to document their skits by writing down their ideas in the form of a script.