Through grand conversation and help from a graphic organizer, scholars compare and contrast the classic tale of Cinderella and the story of Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson. After becoming familiar with both stories, the class completes a...

Compare and contrast reading passages with the ever favorite story of Cinderella. The versions in focus include an Italian version and a Native American story followed by three questions designed to share similarities and differences, as...

Why didn't Rapunzel's hair stop growing?  Why did it take the fairy godmother so long to intervene in Cinderella's affairs? Young writers consider unanswered questions like these and compose news articles investigating the true story...

If you are studying fairy tales in your class and watch Ever After as part of your curriculum, you might consider this comprehension test as a way to assess learners. Test-takers answer 25 questions about the film, time period, and the...

Many classic tales, like "Cinderella," can be found worldwide. Bacis events are similar, but each retelling is molded by the culture in which it exists. Present your class with several version of tale (links provided) and have them...

Explore African folk tales! After reading the African folk tale "Mufaro's Beautiful daughters" and the American version of "Cinderella," youngsters list differences and similarities between the two. Draw a T-chart on the board, and hold...

Pupils read two different versions of the Cinderella story from two different countries. A Venn diagram is used to facilitate the story comparison and maps are used to help learners identify where each story originated. Group discussion...

How does the story of Cinderella differ from country to country? Tenth graders explore the elements of fiction through the Cinderella story. They read different versions of the Cinderella story and identify the literary elements. They...

An old woman, lazy sisters, a respectful young girl, a witchy woman, a church meeting, a king’s son, a big hairy man. Put them together and what have you got? An Appalachian Cinderella story, of course. Class members watch the video,...

Introduce your class to culture to Cinderella stories. After a brief discussion on culture, pairs of learners read and interpret different versions of Cinderella stories, meeting jigsaw-style with a new partner to complete a concept map...

Third graders explore and investigate different styles and voices of traditional writing techniques to the story Cinderella. They collect examples and compare them to their own writings in order to prepare a structured narrative serving...

This cute and new imagining of the old tale of Cinderella comes complete with a beginning, middle, and end, audio, and comprehension questions. Learners will read along as you progress through each slide, then answer several questions at...

Positive character traits in literature are explored in this character development and literacy instructional activity. Learners listen to Cinderella by Charles Perrault and Little Gold Star by Robert D. San Souci, followed by a...

Fourth graders compare and contrast different versions of the fairy tale of "Cinderella" around the World. They find the difference and similarities of the different versions that exist of Cinderella fairy tales.

Students, in groups, research, compare and contrast various examples of the Cinderella story from around the world. They complete graphic organizers with their observations and participate in a filmed retelling of the story.

Prairie Dawn interviews fairy tale characters on her show, "Fairy Tales Today." She interviews the pumpkin from Cinderella, the beans from Jack and the Bean Stalk, and the apple from Snow White. The fairy tale vegetables are very unhappy...

Students examine plot and setting of Cinderella, and how it changes as it is translated into different cultures, discuss universal literary elements of the Cinderella story, and write narratives with original settings and plots...

Young scholars demonstrate an evaluation of how the culture of a time period influences storytelling narratives by comparing Adeline's story to the plot summary of Cinderella and Anne Sexton's poem Cinderella. They write a poem which...

Writers use varied sentence patterns. They listen to the story of Cinderella rewritten so that each sentence starts with the next letter of the alphabet. They create their own version of The Three Little Pigs using the same concept.

Children will work together in pairs to discuss the attributes of Cinderella, after listening to the story read aloud. Then, using the provided "Cinderella Character Spreadsheet," each group must grade the characters: Cinderella, Prince,...

The story of Cinderella is one of the most popular tales in the world. It serves as a glimpse into the culture of every civilization that tells it in their own voice, language, and style. In this lesson, students work to create their own...

It's always interesting for students to compare two different versions of the same story. This language arts activity has learners compare different versions of Cinderella. After listening to both versions, classmates pair-up and utilize...

Understanding the essential elements of a story (setting, characters, plot, solution, conclusion), is very important for young readers. For this language arts lesson, 2nd graders complete a picture sequencing activity based on three...

Making comparisons is a skill used in science, math, art, and literature. This lesson focuses on comparing two Fairy Tales that are both similar and different. Students read and use a graphic organizer to help them identify the...