Lesson plan comparing royal wedding to cinderella

1. Comparing Texts to World A royal wedding comparison

2. The Task We see evidence that authors create their stories (texts) from things that they have seen in the real world. Today you are going to compare a famous story to something that is happening in real-life by using comparative tools such as Venn Diagrams.

3. What is a Venn Diagram? A Venn Diagram is a great way to look at the similarities and differences between two items (whether they are a books, events or a concept). Bicycle Cricket Bat Differences Similarities

4. Cinderella Read Cinderella online at Ziptales by clicking on the following link: http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.html This should only take 10 minutes.

5. Kate and Will Click on the following link to read a little about Kate and Will’s Royal Wedding. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/07/royal-wedding-2011_n_831524.html Spend only about 10 minutes on this site.

6. Comparing the Two… Open up a new Powerpoint Slideshow On the ‘Insert’ Tab, click on SmartArt In the pop-up box, click on ‘relationship’ and then scroll down until you can see a ‘Basic Venn’ and select it. Label one side Cinderella and the other Kate and Will. Then using text boxes, add in what you think the similarities and differences are.

7. A Fairytale Wedding Once you have completed your Venn answer the following on a separate slide (adding pictures at the end)… Why do you think the story ‘Cinderella’ was created? Is Kate and Will’s wedding a ‘Fairytale’ Wedding? What do you see as the main theme running through both ‘Cinderella’ and Kate and Will’s Wedding?