Our Own Versions of Cinderella

I love having students recognize patterns in stories. When I get them often "Patterns" means ABABAB to them. So when I ask what the pattern is in a story they say there isn't one. As soon as we learn to find them in stories-they find them everywhere!

Today there are many different versions of the traditional fairy tales. Tales from other cultures and even using animals. Here are some of my favorite Cinderella versions:

We read Cinderella stories for a week-comparing and contrasting. Discussing what details are present in each of the books. Cause and effect-(we use thinking maps so a multi-flow map)-why did she lose her shoe and what was the effect? 

Then I ask the students to create their own Cinderella stories. They were soooo creative!

Horse Cinderella

Bunny Cinderella

Traditional Cinderella

Cat Cinderella

Robot Cinderella

Squirrel-arella

Coperella