The Egyptian Cinderella Day 3
By Shirley Climo
Story Structure
Vocabulary
Doze sleep lightly
After Thanksgiving dinner my father will
often doze in his chair while watching a
football game.
Seldom sel dom rarely not often
Mrs. Pushee was surprised when
JaCourtney was absent from school
because he seldom missed a day.
vocabulary
Coaxed coax ed urged encouraged
Mikaela coaxed her dog into the house by offering
it dog treats.
Declared declar(e) +ed stated announced
Dustin declared that he would run for student
council next year.
Nimble nim ble quick and skillful
The cat is so nimble that she could jump from the
sofa to the top of the high cabnet.
Dull
boring uninteresting
Kiersten was very disappointed when the
movie she had been waiting to watch turned
out to be really boring.
Dismissed dis miss ed excused
Mrs. G dismissed the students after the
assembly so that they could go back to
class.
Vocabulary
Deserted desert ed empty abandoned
The old house was falling down in disrepair
and had been deserted for many many
years.
Story Structure
This week as we read we will be
concentrating on finding different parts of a
story. This will include setting, characters,
problem solution and type of story.
By recognizing these elements good
readers better understand what is
happening in the story.
Building Background
Every story has some
things that are the
same. What are some
of the things that
makeup every story?
Setting
Characters
Problem and Solution
Type of story
Types of Stories
Can you name different types of stories?
Folktales Fantasy Historical Fiction
Science Fiction Mystery
This week we are reading a fairy tale. Can
you think of any other fairy tales. TPS
Background
Setting- the time and place of the story.
Characters- the people in the story.
Fairy Tales
Fairy tales have good and bad characters.
Usually the good characters have a problem
that needs to be solved. One of the things
that make fairy tales different from other
stories is that they usually have a magical
creature or person in the story. Also fairy
tales always have happy endings. Keep
these things in mind as you read the story
this week.
Listening
Read Pages 18 -23 of Cinderella
Earlier this week we talked about fairy tales
and different types of stories. Does anyone
remember what makes a fairy tale different?
Fairy tales have magical creatures or people
in them.
Is Cinderella a fairy tale? How can you tell?
More Background
Will Rhodopis be able to go to the party?
Will the servant girls come back to take
Rhodopis to the Pharaoh’s party?
Team Talk
Read page 10 with partner.
Read pages 11-14 silently.
You can tell this is a fairy tale because?
Describe Rhodopis’ mood in this part of the
story?
How did the falcon make Rhodopis’ problem
worse?
Vocabulary
Write a meaningful sentence with one of the
following words.
Doze seldom coaxed declared
Nimble dull dismissed deserted
Adventures in Writing
Using what you have learned you are going to
write a fairy tale.
Story Structure 20 pts
Setting- characters- problem solution 30 pts
Elements of a fairy tale – good and bad
characters, a magical character, a happy ending
20 pts
Use full sentences 10 pts
Use capitals and periods 10 pts
A catchy title 10 pts
Goldilocks
Mama Bear
Papa Bear
Baby Bear
Solution –she runs
away
A small house
in the woods
Goldilocks and the
3 bears
Problem- Goldilocks
breaks al the bears
stuff
Good- the Bears
Bad – Goldilocks