Cinderella Around the World

Identify culture and the ways that cultures can be similar or different by identifying key details in a text Read Aloud.

Describe Cinderella, her stepmother, and her stepsisters, and how they act toward people who treat them poorly by describing characters and how they respond to events.

Describe what happens at the ball and how it changes Cinderella and the stepsisters' lives by describing characters and how they respond to events.

Describe the setting of Cinderella and how it influences what characters do by identifying and describing key details from the text and illustrations that describe setting.

Explain how the queen knows that Cinderella has good character, and what else Zahra does to show her good character by using the text and illustrations to describe characters and how they respond to events.

Produce complete simple sentences orally and in writing.

Describe why Cendrillon says, "You gave me this night. It is enough," (p. 32) by analyzing details in a text to draw conclusions about characters' actions and motivations.

Compare and contrast two versions of Cinderella by describing how the setting impacts the characters and plot of a story.

Describe Yeh-Shen's relationship with the fish and why it is important by analyzing details in a text to draw conclusions about characters' actions and motivations.

Describe why the king does not allow Yeh-Shen to bring her stepmother and stepsister to the palace after they are married by analyzing details in a text to draw conclusions about characters' actions and motivations.

Explain the role of the falcon and how it makes this version of Cinderella different from others by analyzing details in a text to draw conclusions about characters' actions and motivations.

Compare and contrast two versions of Cinderella by describing how the setting impacts the characters and plot of a story and analyzing the different lessons learned.

Describe Nyasha and how her character is different from Manyara by analyzing details that describe character traits and motivations.

Analyze how the author uses character traits to demonstrate the lesson or moral of the story by analyzing details that describe character traits and the lesson.

Describe Blanche and how her character is different from her mother and sister by analyzing details that describe character traits and motivations.

Analyze how the author uses character traits to demonstrate the lesson or moral of the story by analyzing details that describe character traits and the lesson.

Describe the Rough-Face Girl and how her character is different from the two older sisters by analyzing details that describe character traits and motivations.

Analyze how the author uses character traits to demonstrate the lesson or moral of the story by analyzing details that describe character traits and the lesson.

Debate and analyze what lessons we can learn from the characters in traditional fairy tales and folktales and how these lessons translate to our lives by citing evidence from the entire unit to support an idea.