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Authors Tell Different Stories WorksheetAuthors Tell Different Stories Worksheet
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K5 Learning
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2nd
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English Language Arts
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2012
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Authors Tell Different Stories

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The story of Cinderella is a popular one! So much so, there are multiple versions of the story being told around the world. With this collection of activities your young readers receive background information about two versions of Cinderella and how the different versions came about. After answering multiple choice and short answer questions about the text, pupils define vocabulary terms, practice writing words and sentences, and complete a wordsearch. 

 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

grimm's fairy tales, the brothers grimm, germany, france, point of view, sight words, responding to literature, responding to reading, phonics, short vowels

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Instead of underlining sight words written on solid, bold lines highlight them for easy reading
  • Find two or more versions of Cinderella and use a Venn digram to compare and contrast the stories
  • Add another medium to portray the story of Cinderella by showing the cartoon video

Classroom Considerations

  • Copies are required 

Pros

  • There is plenty of space to write answers without adding additional sheets of paper 
  • An answer sheet is included 
  • The short story with questions and activities is informative and engaging with a variety of question types

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.2.1 RI.2.4 RI.2.8 RF.2.3.a RF.2.3.b RF.2.4.c W.2.8 L.2.4.a L.2.6

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