Chinese Cinderella Lesson Plan

Cinderella Stories

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will examine different tellings of the Cinderella story.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.D

Structure:

Have students read the following article on different tellings of the Cinderella story from around the world:

10 Cinderella Stories

What is different or similar about these tellings of the Cinderella story and the story of Ye Xian, as told by Aunt Baba? Ask students the following questions in a class-discussion format:

- What is the same in all of these stories?

- In what ways is the protagonist similar across the...