Egyptian Cinderella

Product Information

Rhodopis is a girl taken from the country of Greece and the red rose slippers are the only things that make her smile. A bird swoops down and takes one of the red rose slippers. She is really upset, but she does not know that it will land on the pharaohs lap himself? But she does not know the owner of the slipper will be the queen of Egypt? This is an 8 day DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources for the book, The Egyptian Cinderella. The lessons include comprehension and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task, which is to write the middle of the story, The Egyptian Cinderella.

The story then begins to follow the traditional story of Cinderella to some extent. The prince in this story is the Pharaoh Amasis and he hosts a gathering. While Rhodopis does not attend, a falcon steals one of her slippers and flies with it to the Pharaoh. He drops it into his lap and the Pharaoh then knows he wants to find the woman it belongs to. He took a trip to find her, and of course he is successful. While the servant girls try their hardest to convince the Pharaoh not to choose Rhodopis he did not listen to them. Poor Rhodopis! She has nothing—no mother or father, and no friends. She is a slave, from the far-off country of Greece. Only the beautiful rose-red slippers her master gives her can make Rhodopis smile. Well, I have 4 more picture books to read in 2010, two illustrated by Ruth Heller and two both written & illustrated by her. I’m glad that I’m reading this book and The Korean Cinderella in succession; it will be interesting to compare them. Both are written by Shirley Climo.

The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo

I read this book too late to enjoy it. As a small girl, I would have just relished the familiar retelling of my all-time favorite fairy tale. But I read it as a junior classics student in college, the semester I was taking several classes on Egypt and how it was influenced by the Hellenistic period, no less. Therefore, I just couldn't read it without thinking about my lectures and readings on ancient Egyptian people and traditions slowly consumed by the historical forces of Alexander the Great and Greco-Roman colonization (I know, I'm really fun at parties : P). If teachers don't have time to create lessons for each school subject, they could at least incorporate this story into an ELA unit on comparing and contrasting stories. This lesson could begin with the teacher reading the classic Disney version of Cinderella to students. Then, this Egyptian version can be read to them, and students can compare and contrast the two, and discuss how the story changes when it takes place somewhere else. Students could also discuss whether or not the moral of the story remains the same between the two versions. To extend this lesson, students could read yet another version of Cinderella. There are at least 10 other versions (including Korean, Native American, and Italian) of Cinderella, each from different countries, so students could get into groups of 3-4, according to which version they want to choose, and then create a summary and analysis of the version they got. Each group can then present their summaries and findings to the whole class. I think that students will find it fascinating that one story can so different when different cultural elements are added. This Year 4 model text is a play script based on the story 'Egyptian Cinderella'. It has been written to meet the Year 4 expected standard and comes with a handy annotated version detailing the text-type specific features (red), grammar (green), punctuation (purple) and spelling (blue) teaching opportunities should you wish to use this text with your learners.

Anderson, Graham (2000). Fairytale in the Ancient World. Routledge. p.27. ISBN 978-0-415-23702-4 . Retrieved 25 March 2010. For other uses, see Rhodopis (disambiguation). Pair of ancient sandals from Egypt, made of vegetable fiber In this version of the story, the message is still the same, but it has so many different setting details that it almost seems like a new story. Readers will notice that Cinderella is still a poor servant girl who is made fun of by other girls in the house, but since it takes place during the time of slaves in Egypt, Cinderella is actually a slave herself, and her “evil Stepmother” is actually a male slave master. As the story goes on, I noticed that another main difference is that there is no “fairy godmother” to help Cinderella. Instead, Cinderella’s course is altered by various Egyptian gods. Additionally, characters in this story utilize reed boats on the Nile river to get around, rather than horse-drawn carriages. The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 7 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. a b Roger Lancelyn Green: Tales of Ancient Egypt, Penguin UK, 2011, ISBN 978-0-14-133822-4, chapter The Land of EgyptScholastic shares that the The Egyptian Cinderella was a Notable 1989 Children’s Trade Books in Social Studies. I am glad I came across The Egyptian Cinderella, which is one of the oldest Cinderella Story as stated in the author’s note. I listened to this book on Youtube Read Alouds. Cinderella in the book is a slave and the “stepmother” role is a male slave master. Egyptian gods act as Cinderella’s fairy godmother. The plot is very similar to the traditional Cinderella story.

This is a great book to use when thinking about short stories or fairy-tales to compare the formats and alternatives that stories can take. The focus on Egypt and specific vocabulary can make this a good book to go alongside an Egyptian topic. This Egyptian spin on the classic Cinderella tale was initially recorded in the first century by a Roman historian and is retold here by folklorist Shirley Climo.The Egyptian Cinderella contains many references to Egyptian history, culture and geography. Readers will learn the meaning and roles of some Egyptian names and titles. The illustrations portray Egyptian culture. The author uses many similes and figurative language to bring the story to life. This version contains many similar motifs as the classic Cinderella story. For example, there is a slipper and instead of a fairy, there is a falcon who helps Rhodopis. This story can inspire students to create their own versions of classic tales and bring in a multicultural aspect to it. A weeks unit of work with the out come of writing a setting description. This unit is based on the book Egyptian Cinderella. So when a falcon swoops down and snatches one of the slippers away, Rhodopis is heartbroken. For how is she to know that the slipper will land in the lap of the great Pharaoh himself? And who would ever guess that the Pharaoh has promised to find the slipper’s owner and make her queen of all Egypt? Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-02-21 14:02:32 Associated-names Heller, Ruth, 1924-2004, illustrator Boxid IA1778217 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Col_number COL-609 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier