Domitila: A Cinderella Tale from the Mexican Tradition by Jewell Reinhart Coburn
	List Price:   $16.95 Unit Price:   $13.56 You Save:   $3.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   1885008139 ISBN-13:   9781885008138 Publisher:   Lectorum; Shen's Books Category:   Folklore/Fairy Tales Pub. Date:   March 2000 Pages:   32 Format:   Trade Cloth Ages:   9 to 12 Grades:   4 to 7
Subjects
FAIRY TALES
Description/Notes
By following her mother's admonition to perform every task with care and love, a poor young Mexican girl wins the devotion of the governor's son. This variation on the story of Cinderella comes from the folklore of Hidalgo, Mexico. Ten ethnic versions of Cinderella story from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Middle East are summarized and worked into lessons for the middle and upper grades. Each story is accompanied by a Booktalk for review, a Motifs & Ideas for discussion, a Connection to a subject area, and a Vocabulary for cloze exercise. Answer Keys, Group Activities, and Self Evaluation are also provided for maximum learning results. These ten Cinderella tales provide an assortment of stories from around the world that create natural bridges to other curricular areas. Teachers may use the lesson plans as a comprehensive language arts unit that can be integrated with other subject areas, or choose individual lessons with stand-alone worksheets that support and offer practice for concepts already introduced.