sup dude "Tattercoats" Lesson Plan
Elementary, Intermediate, Junior high
by Jean D. Rusting,
Author of The Multicultural Cinderella. Rusting Educational Services (4523 Elinora Ave., Oakland, CA, 94619)
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Objectives
Students will:
read and/or listen to the English folk tale, "Tattercoats"
interact with the text using various strategies
respond to writing prompts
engage in vocabulary study (word search, spelling list)
identify basic literary terms
compare/contrast with another Cinderella variant
create a graphic response to the story
engage in student-centered, cooperative group work
Note to teacher: there are more activities below than you will want to use. Review and highlight those most suited to your class.
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Materials needed
A copy of "Tattercoats" is available on the Internet from the Tales of Wonder site.
Teacher needs paper to reproduce handouts: word search puzzle, copy of story (optional), art materials for graphic response.
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Pre-reading strategies
Word search puzzle: Download and print. See solutions page for expanded vocabulary study.
Pre-reading writing prompt: Has someone in your family, a dear friend or a pet died? How do/did you feel? What did you do with your grief? What are some good (constructive) ways of dealing with sorrow? How do these ways help? What are some poor (destructive) ways of dealing with sorrow? Why are these not good ways to deal with the problem of sorrow and loss.
Review/define these words: genre, protagonist, antagonist, setting, plot.
Words defined by context: What is a train? What are pages? Answer after reading the story.
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Read and listen strategies
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