Today we are going to begin a new Language Arts unit on Cinderella. I have been teaching this unit for a long time and still love it. (I’ve written about it in a book, in articles, and, with Ms. Feldman, have taught a graduate course on fairy tales featuring Cindy!).
We will begin by telling the story we knew as a class. It may well turn out that we all have slightly different ideas of what it is, understandable because there are so many different versions floating around out there. After this I will ask you to read five tales in common. Some may seem very familiar to you, but some may surprise you. For the first time this year, I’m going to ask you to read three of these online (using your eepcs). Here they are:
- Charles Perrault’s Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper translated by Angela Carter.
- The Grimm Brothers’ Aschenputtel translated by D. L. Ashliman.
- Philip Pullman’s retelling of Mossycoat.
Then read two picture books (we have plenty in the classroom):
- Louie’s Yeh-Shen
- Steptoe’s Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters.
Once you finished these, go ahead and read as many of the others in the classroom as you like. Just be sure to record every one that you read in the data sheets.
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