Through shared, guided or independent reading, close read a number of Cinderella stories and make comparisons, ie. Students respond to a character in the Cinderella story. Students discuss the results of the brainstorming session and students make up a wall chart of phrases used by the author to describe the main character. Students listen to the text again to work out how each impression might have been gained. Record student responses.
Class then sequences the pictures according to the events in the story.
Classes combine to practise choral singing and link individual scenes. Students perform the musical Cinderella for the audience. Inside stories - Cinderella. Adventures in Thinking . Thomas Nelson, Melbourne.