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Contrasting Cinderellas

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students compare and contrast the traditional Cinderella to the modern-day fairy tale, Cinder Edna. In this fairy tales lesson, students read both stories and construct a Venn diagram to compare the two fairy tales. Students identify how...
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LA CENERENTOLA (Cinderella)

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate different cultures' versions of the Cinderella tale in comparison to the Rossini opera synopsis. They experience dramatizing a Cinderella tale and study about the group and individual process required for theatrical...
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Compare and Contrast Fairy Tales

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read and compare two versions of Cinderella. In this compare and contrast lesson, 2nd graders use a Venn Diagram to record comparisons between Cinder Edna and Cinderella. Students write a paragraph using those similarities...
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Constrating Cinderellas/ Connecting LA Cenerentola

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students contrast the traditional Cinderella character with a modern, independent and socially conscious Cinderella. To activate prior knowledge by eliciting from the students some of the familiar story elements of the traditional...
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Dramatizing Tam's Slipper

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate the Japanese version of the Cinderella tale. For this fairy tale lesson, students read Tam's Slipper and construct a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the tale with the American version.
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Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to identify similarities and differences to compare and contrast objects and stories. Lessons are based on the provided text "My Brother and I"...