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Comparison of Two Cinderella Tales Inspired by the Internet Project Cinderella Around the World |
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This was our guiding question for this project. Using the Elements of a Cinderella Story, we compared a Disney version of Cinderella with the Native American story The Rough Face Girl. We looked for these elements:
1. A kind-hearted, but mistreated
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| 1. Ella | 1. The Rough Face Girl |
| 2. Wicked stepmother, step sisters, Anastasia, Drizella |
2. Two evil, cruel, older sisters (not step sisters) |
| 3. Fairy godmother | 3. Invisible Being's sister |
| 4. The Prince | 4. Invisible Being |
| 5. the old horse, Bruno, the dog Jaq and Gus, the mice |
5. Rainbows, stars, sun, moon, trees, animals |
| 6. Must prove shoe fits |
6. Must prove she can see the Invisible Being |
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we enjoyed performing a Reader's Theater version of The Rough Face Girl entitled The Hidden One. Special thanks to project participant Carole Underwood for sharing this source. Next, we drew pictures of the elements. In Writers' Workshop, we wrote about them, demonstating our understanding. Please see below. In both our classroom, and with our librarian, Mrs. Buckley, the children continue to be "element detectives" as we enjoy many different Cinderella tales from around the world. |
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| Drawing the Elements - Writing About the Elements | |
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CINDERELLA - ROUGH FACE GIRL In the Cinderella story, Cinderella was the character who was mistreated by her evil stepmother and evil stepsisters. Mary In a village there lived a poor man who had three daughters. The two older daughters were cruel to the younger one. They called her Rough Face Girl because her skin was rough from them putting her in the fire. Jasmine |
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DRIZELLA - CRUEL SISTER Drizella, the sister in the story, is part of the evil step family. The family was bad to Ella. Ella is a good and kind-hearted girl to them. She is the one to always be blamed. The sister should be blamed. Lillian In the story The Rough Face Girl, she has an evil sister who tries to marry the Invisible Being, but she doesn’t, the Rough Face Girl does. James |
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FAIRY GODMOTHER - PATIENT ONE In Cinderella the fairy godmother is the magical guardian. She waved her wand and changed Cinderella into a beautiful princess. Nicholas I drew the Patient One. She is a character in The Rough Face Girl. She is like the fairy godmother to the Rough Face Girl. She is the magical guardian. Addie |
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PRINCE - INVISIBLE BEING In the story Cinderella, the prince came to the rescue for Cinderella. They they got married after the ball. This is the element of how a royal character comes to the rescue. Sarah From The Rough Face Girl, I drew the Invisible Being who comes to the rescue. He is part of royal heritage. Michael |
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ANIMAL FRIENDS - EARTH SYMBOLS There is a dog and mice in the story Cinderella who are her friends. That’s what I drew. It is the element of true beauty and love of nature. Graham My element in The Rough Face Girl was the true beauty and love of nature because painted on the wigwam were the symbols of the earth. Matthew |
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GLASS SLIPPER - SEEING INVISIBLE BEING In this picture of Cinderella, she is proving the slipper fit her because whoever tried on the slipper and it fit, the prince would marry. Ryan In the story The Rough Face Girl, she must prove that she sees the Invisible Being. She does and the Invisible Being marries the sister friend and they go off in a boat together. Brandon |
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| Test Yourself Which elements are represented in the drawings below? |
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| Addressing the Standards | |
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This project addressed many aspects
of the Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework
with special attention to the following standards in the Reading
and Literature Strand:
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