Review and highlight those most suited to your class. Cap o' Rushes' father acts in a completely irrational way.
Students read the story out loud in small read-around groups to get a sense of the action.
Students work in small groups to decide how many speaking parts there are to be. Although there are nine parts, some people speak together, and students may decide to have several narrators speaking at different times, or several narrators acting like a Greek chorus. Group are free to use artistic license in presenting and interpreting the story for the class. In whole class students combine their lists and then play spelling games or take written test. If students have recently read another Cinderella version they discuss common elements, similarities and differences.