Egyptian Cinderella

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This book could be used when learning or exploring folklore and fairy tales (to build upon prior knowledge). This would also be a good piece of literature to compare with other versions of Cinderella (compare and contrast differences).

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 Egyptian Cinderella is written by Shirley Climo and illustrated by Ruth Heller. This is a story about an Egyptian slave named Rhodopis. Rhodopis works with three other Egyptian girls, but they are servants. The servant girls were not nice to her and bossed her around. Rhodopis made friends with the animals. One evening the master saw her beautiful dancing and gave her a pair of “dainty slippers made especially for Rhodopis.” The servant girls were jealous about her rose-red slippers and told her she must stay home instead of going to Memphis to see the Pharaoh. While the servants were gone, a falcon, the symbol of the god Horus, snatched one of her rose-red slippers and flew away. The falcon dropped the slipper into the Pharaoh’s lap, who believed that it was a sign. The Pharaoh went on a search for the owner of the slipper. He was determined to find the owner and marry the girl. Soon enough he came to where the 3 servant’s and Rhodopis lived. 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. 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-identifierThe 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. The Egyptian Cinderella’s name was Rhodopis. This take is one of the earliest variations of the story, first recorded by Strabo, a Greek historian in the first century BC. 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? 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. Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Old_pallet IA17106 Openlibrary_edition

For other uses, see Rhodopis (disambiguation). Pair of ancient sandals from Egypt, made of vegetable fiber The story is first recorded by the Greek geographer Strabo (64 or 63 BC – c. 24 AD) in his Geographica (book 17, 33), written sometime between c. 7 BC and c. 24 AD: I teach 1st grade, and we did a whole unit on alternate Cinderella stories. My students got really into comparing and contrasting the different stories from all over the world! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-write-the-middle-of-the-story-12716147

The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo

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. The Greek geographer Strabo (died c. 24 AD) first recorded the tale of the Greek girl Rhodopis in his Geographica. [4] This passage is considered to be the earliest variant of the Cinderella story. [1] The same story is also later reported by the Roman orator Aelian ( c. 175– c. 235) in his Miscellaneous History, which was written entirely in Greek. Aelian's story closely resembles the story told by Strabo, but adds that the name of the pharaoh in question was Psammetichus. [5] [6] Aelian's account indicates that the story of Rhodopis remained popular throughout antiquity. While I read this book because of the illustrator, I wasn’t wild about the illustrations. I liked them but not enough to have sought them out. The story follows the main protagonist, Rhodopis, who is enslaved in Greece. Rhodopis has three sisters who are tanned and have dark, straight hair. Rhodopis is blonde, green-eyed, and has fair skin that burns easily. The only thing that gives Rhodopis joy is her pair of slippers given to her by her master. One day, a slipper is taken by a falcon, flown to Egypt, and dropped in the lap of the Pharaoh of Egypt. The Pharoah goes on a quest to find the owner of the slipper and eventually finds Rhodopis who joins the Pharaoh to live in Egypt.

I opened the book expecting an Egyptian girl, and was disappointed to see a lone, sunburned Greek heroine amid nameless Egyptians. It was like the story was saying she was the most deserving girl of all simply because she wasn't Egyptian like all the others, not necessarily because she was kinder than her peers. The illustrations are lovely, of course, but I couldn't get over the fact that they cast a Greek girl as the heroine in an Egyptian story, much as Hollywood enjoys casting American actors as the lone hero among unsympathetic foreigners. I enjoy Heller’s work, and I’ve read many of her books (and I own quite a few) but I recently noticed that I’ve been unaware of some books by her or at least illustrated by her. The story has some similar elements to the traditional story of Cinderella with some differences. First we see that our main character is kidnapped from Greece and brought to work as a slave to a master that had 3 unruly servant girls. These servant girls didn't like Rhodopis and would torment her everyday. They would make her do things that her master wouldn't ask her to do. One day he saw her dancing with some animals and loved her dancing so much he gifted her a beautiful slipper. As she was polishing the show, Horus the falcon came and stole the show from her. He flew to the palace and dropped it in the Pharaoh's lap. The Pharaoh had to know who owned the shoe and he journeyed through Egypt to find the woman. He eventually found Rhodopis and when the slipper fit, he knew he found her. The story The Egyptian Cinderella was found in Dr. Quiroa's list of traditional literature. I then listened to the text be read aloud on Youtube by Emily Helmer.The Egyptian Cinderella is a captivating retelling of the classic Cinderella tale. In this story, Rhodopis, meaning rosy-cheeked in Greek, is taken from her home and bought as a slave in Egypt. She looks different than the other slaves and servants there because of her hair and rosy-red face. Three servant girls treat her poorly because she is a slave. One day, when Rhodopis was dancing, the King rewarded her with especially made, sparkly slippers for her to wear while she danced. Soon, it was announced that everyone would be celebrating the Pharaoh Amasis. Rhodopis was expected to stay behind to clean. A falcon, the symbol of the god Horus, appeared to her. He stole one of her golden slippers and flew away towards the Pharaoh's party. The Pharaoh took the rose-red slipper as a sign that he must find the owner and make her his queen. He searched through many places along the Nile, and he finally found Rhodopis. The two got married and lived happily ever after. urn:lcp:egyptiancinderel0000clim:epub:67e717d8-3676-48a4-a3ff-a7b0387af738 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier egyptiancinderel0000clim Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t70w71144 Invoice 1652 Isbn 0064432793 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 opening of The Egyptian Cinderella.