Cinderella Plots Her Escape

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

Overview

The interactive website allows students to become familiar with different literary terms that make up elements of a story. After watching and listening to an interactive version of Cinderella, students will become familiar with a story's plot as well as how characters respond to change. In addition, the animation reviews important literary terms, text comprehension, and allows students to move at their own pace.

This activity was created as a result of the GAP Project Resource Summit.

Phase

Before/Engage

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 6

ELA21.6.3
Explain how authors use setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view to contribute to the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry, using textual evidence from the writing.

Vocabulary

Setting
Plot
Characters
Theme
Conflict
Dialogue
Point of view
Prose
Poetry
Textual evidence

Knowledge

Students know:

Authors of prose and poetry use literary elements, such as setting, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view, throughout a text to develop and drive the plot.
Poetry is a genre of text that uses distinctive style and rhythm to aid in the expression of feelings, while prose is written in ordinary language.
Analysis of a text should be supported with text evidence from the writing.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify the setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view in prose and poetry.
Explain how literary elements contribute to the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry.
Support their explanations of literary elements with textual evidence.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Prose and poetry contain common literary elements, such as setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view.
Literary elements contribute to the meaning of poetry and prose.
When they analyze a text, they should include text evidence to support their claims.

Learning Objectives

Students will listen to a story and observe how the character Cinderella responds to change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
Students will define literary terms related to a story's plot.
Students will understand that a story has a particular series of events that lead up to the resolution such as rising action, conflict, climax, and falling action.

Activity Details

Write the topic "Cinderella" in the middle of the board and ask the students to provide other words associated with the story. Have the students take out a sheet of notebook paper and create a mind-map as the teacher writes their suggestions on the board. Next, lead a discussion about whether any words should be eliminated and have the students to explain why. Students will return to this activity toward the end of class.

Explain to the class how to access the Interactive Animation Elements of A Story (share the link with the students through a digital classroom management program).

Students will listen to the story of Cinderella (headphones required) or they can read the story silently.

After the students listen/read the story, they will click on the headings and record the key terms in a flip book. (See advanced preparation instructions for the flip book.)

Once the students have completed the flip book, they will compare answers with a friend and make corrections as needed.

Revisit the mind map activity in order for students to add new or eliminate previously used words.

Wrap up the lesson by requiring the students to complete the 14 question comprehension assessment on the Interactive Animation Elements of A Story website and assign page 8 in the flipbook.

Page 8 will be used for students to create a plot diagram of their favorite fairy tale.

Plot Diagram Template

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/IdentifyPlot.pdf

Assessment Strategies

Students will be assessed on the completion of their flip book.

Students will create a plot diagram of their favorite fairy tale and include the setting, characters, rising action, conflict, climax, antagonist, protagonist, falling action, and resolution.

Students will complete the fourteen comprehension question quiz at the end of the animation.

Variation Tips

This learning activity can be viewed as whole-group instruction if devices and headphones are not available for each student.

Replace the flip book with eight note cards per student. Students write the terms on one side of the card and notes and/or examples on the opposite side.

Background / Preparation

Browser using Internet Explorer 5 (and higher) and Mozilla 5 (and higher)

Flash Player 7 minimum requirement

Internet connection

A device for each student

Headphones for each student

Projector

The flip book should be constructed prior to watching the animation, preferably the day before introducing the activity.

FLIP BOOK SETUP INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Create the flip book by overlapping 4 pieces of copy paper and folding them in half to create an eight-page flip book.

2) The top page will be the cover page to include the following information: Title: “The Elements of a Story" Student’s Name, and Period #.

3) The following pages will be divided in half and will focus on the following elements:

Page 2 (SETTING)
Page 3 (CHARACTERS)
Page 4 (EXPOSITION)
Page 5 (CONFLICT)
Page 6 (CLIMAX)
Page 7 (RESOLUTION)
Page 8 (PLOT DIAGRAM)

4) Each page will consist of two main parts. (Part 1) Write the definition of each word from the animation, and (Part 2) provide an example or evidence from Cinderella that demonstrate(s) the literary term.

5) Be sure each entry is NEATLY WRITTEN and COLORFULLY DESIGNED.

Copy the Plot Diagram worksheet for each student

Owner (Author)

rhinehart