The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 6 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. 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.

Since this version of Cinderella is told from an Egyptian perspective, teachers could use that as an opportunity to create an interdisciplinary unit on Egypt. Egyptian history and culture can be covered during Social Studies, geometry of pyramids (and triangles) and logistics of the Egyptian economy could be discussed during Math, Egyptian plant life and embalming of mummies can be discussed during math, and ELA will involve the ideas discussed below. This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive and the assessment at the end of the lesson is based on the success criteria. 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.The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 7 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. For other uses, see Rhodopis (disambiguation). Pair of ancient sandals from Egypt, made of vegetable fiber 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. The story then begins to follow the traditional story of Cinderella to some extent. The prince in this story is the Pharaoh Amasis and he hosts a gathering. While Rhodopis does not attend, a falcon steals one of her slippers and flies with it to the Pharaoh. He drops it into his lap and the Pharaoh then knows he wants to find the woman it belongs to. He took a trip to find her, and of course he is successful. While the servant girls try their hardest to convince the Pharaoh not to choose Rhodopis he did not listen to them.

a b Roger Lancelyn Green: Tales of Ancient Egypt, Penguin UK, 2011, ISBN 978-0-14-133822-4, chapter The Land of Egypt 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: Somethings that I had an issue with this book is that, we see from the beginning that Rhodopis is Green with fair skin and the other girls are Egyptian with olive toned skin. At the end the Pharaoh chooses Rhodopis and the other girls point out that she is not Egyptian. He says that she is Egyptian because of her green eyes and pale skin. This was an unsettling part of the book because culturally Egyptian women do not look like Rhodopis and it seemed as though he was choosing her because she looked better than the other women. After looking at some comments about this book it seemed as though many adults didn't notice this as children but did when they re-read the book as adults. This is a main reason why I gave this book 3 stars. 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 a 7 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.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.

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.

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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 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. Reading multicultural books in your classroom is an excellent way for teachers to introduce students to the perspectives of people from cultures all around the world, and teaches them about people beyond the walls of their American classroom. The story called, Egyptian Cinderella, by Shirley Climo, tells one of the oldest known versions of the Cinderella story from an Egyptian perspective. This story was a WOW book for me because it opened my eyes to a new version of one of my favorite stories. With Disney movies being incredibly popular among American children, most people (myself included) don’t know that some of the most classic fairy tales have been based off of folktales from other countries. After reading this version of Cinderella, I was intrigued to find out more about where it came from. I learned that this story was passed down throughout the first century B.C., and it is based on a real slave girl named Rhodopis (Source: http://misskelly.org/cinderella/egypt... ).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. 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 learned that, this is one of the oldest Cinderella stories, first recorded in the first century B.C. by a Greek historian. Anderson, Graham (2000). Fairytale in the Ancient World. Routledge. p.27. ISBN 978-0-415-23702-4 . Retrieved 25 March 2010.