Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper and Other Zany Fractured Fairy Tale Plays: 5 Funny Plays with Related Writing Activities and Graphic Organizers ... Kids to Explore Plot, Characters, and Setting [Paperback]

Joan M. Wolf (Author), Joan Wolf (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

What happens when Cinderella wears shoes she’s made from recycled materials to the ball? Tap into students’ sense of humor with five lively plays that take the plots, characters, and settings of traditional fairy tales and turn them on their heads! Includes character parts written at a variety of reading levels, book links, and writing activities that help students build on traditional fairy tale structures and write in different genres. For use with Grades 3-5.

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About the Author

Joan Wolf has taught in both the elementary and middle school classrooms, as well as at the college graduate level. Her first book, The Beanstalk and Beyond: Developing Critical Thinking Through Fairy Tales (Libraries Unlimited/Teacher Ideas Press, 1997), won a Storytelling World Honor Award for special storytelling resources (1998).

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Teaching Resources (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439271681
• ISBN-13: 978-0439271684
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joan M. Wolf has been writing since she was old enough to hold a pencil. She is both a teacher and a writer and has published books for teachers and young adults. Her award winning first novel, Someone Named Eva, addresses a little known aspect of World War ll. When she isn't teaching or writing, she is walking one of the 10,000 lakes in Minnesota. You can visit her website at: www.joanmwolf.com

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read, Write, AND Have Fun?!, July 9, 2004

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Kathleen Keating (New Brighton, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper and Other Zany Fractured Fairy Tale Plays: 5 Funny Plays with Related Writing Activities and Graphic Organizers ... Kids to Explore Plot, Characters, and Setting (Paperback)

I find Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper a valuable resource for ideas for helping students read and write for a variety of purposes, one of which is for enjoyment! Teachers are always looking for practical and intriguing ways to teach writing and build students'motivation to write, so the creative ideas for addressing national language arts standards and teaching writing for a variety of purposes found in this book are treasures.
Students and adults appreciate the zany fairy tales J.M. Wolf includes in this book, and the many practical resource ideas for presenting fairy tale plays really do work. The fractured fairy tales hook students' interest, and the related writing activities and resources are useful supplements to the language arts curriculum.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good resource for Reader's Theater in the classroom, October 27, 2007

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Teacher-TX (TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper and Other Zany Fractured Fairy Tale Plays: 5 Funny Plays with Related Writing Activities and Graphic Organizers ... Kids to Explore Plot, Characters, and Setting (Paperback)

These scripts are good; my students find them humorous. What is really good about the book is that each part in a script is given a rating (that only the teacher sees) according to how much of a challenge that role might be for a student. This tool makes it easier to match students with the right roles.

There aren't many scripts in the book (five). The scripts have too many roles in my opinion. I prefer to use scripts with small groups of no more than six. However, despite these two weaknesses, I recommend this resource for teachers in the upper elementary grades who are using reader's theater.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource!, May 29, 2007

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I am a [...]teacher in a school where many of the students are ESL learners. I came across this book when I was looking for a way to help my students develop their reading fluency. Let me just say, my class has LOVED acting out these plays! I only wish I had discovered it earlier in the year so that I could have more time to work with this book. I would highly recommend it.