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Read and listen to the story of Cinderella.

Cinderella lives in a house with her two

sisters – Barbarella and Annabella. They

are lazy and they make Cinderella clean

the house. Cinderella is very pretty but her

sisters are ugly.

One day three invitations arrive. They are for the Prince’s palace party. Barberella tears up

Cinderella’s invitation. Cinderella is very sad because she loves dancing.

Cinderella has a fairy godmother. She gives

Cinderella three wishes. Cinderella asks for

a new invitation, some transport and a party

dress to wear to the Prince’s palace party.

Cinderella goes to the party and dances with

the Prince. At twelve o’clock she leaves but

she drops her shoe.

The next day, the Prince visits all the houses with the shoe. He wants to find the mysterious

princess. When Cinderella tries on the shoe it fits her perfectly. Cinderella and the Prince live

happily ever after.

1a) The Story of Cinderella

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Read the story of Cinderella and fill in the spaces using the words you think are correct. Now

listen to the story to see if your answers are correct.


(1) – Barbarella and

Annabella. They are lazy and they

make Cinderella (2) the

house. Cinderella is very (3) but

her sisters are ugly.


Cinderella’s (4) . Cinderella is very sad because she loves (5) .

Cinderella has a (6) godmother. She

gives Cinderella (7) wishes. Cinderella

asks for a new invitation, some transport and a party

(8) to wear to the Prince’s palace party.

Cinderella goes to the (9) and dances

with the Prince. At twelve o’clock she leaves but she

drops her (10) .

The next (11) , the Prince visits all

the houses with the shoe. He wants to find the

mysterious princess. When Cinderella tries on the

shoe it fits her perfectly. Cinderella and the

(12) live happily ever after.

1b) The Story of Cinderella

dancing clean shoe fairy sisters party day

dress pretty Prince invitation three

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Read the story of Cinderella and fill in the spaces using the words you think are correct.

Now listen to the story to see if your answers are correct.


(1) – Barbarella and

Annabella. They are lazy and they

make Cinderella (2)

the house. Cinderella is very (3)

but her sisters are ugly.


Cinderella’s (4) . Cinderella is very sad because she loves (5) .

Cinderella has a (6) godmother. She

gives Cinderella (7) wishes. Cinderella

asks for a new invitation, some transport and a party

(8) to wear to the Prince’s palace

party.

Cinderella goes to the (9) and dances

with the Prince. At twelve o’clock she leaves but she

drops her (10) .

The next (11) , the Prince

visits all the houses with the shoe. He

wants to find the mysterious princess.

When Cinderella tries on the shoe it fits

her perfectly. Cinderella and the

(12) live happily ever after.

1c) The Story of Cinderella

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Teaching notes

Time

30–40 minutes

Level

Easy/Medium/Difficult

Skills Focus

Vocabulary, reading, writing.

Aim

To familiarise the students with the story of Cinderella and the vocabulary used in the story.

Instructions

Ask the students what they know about the and the story of Cinderella. Now give the students Worksheet A and ask them to read through the text underlining any difficult vocabulary. Present the difficult vocabulary on the board and the students can help each other with the meaning of the words. Then listen to the story of Cinderella.

Alternative activity

For students of a higher level use Worksheet B and give the students time to decide what the missing words could be from the list. This activity could be done in pairs. Ask the students for suggestions to what the words could be. Listen to see if they are correct. Use Worksheet C for the highest level students.

Answer key

1) sisters2) clean3) pretty4)invitation5) dancing6) fairy7) three8) dress9) party10) shoe11) day12) Prince

1) The Story of Cinderella

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Here is Cinderella talking about herself. Draw a picture of yourself

in the space below and write about yourself.

2) Talking About Yourself

My name is Cinderella.

I have two sisters.I like dancing.

I don’t like cleaning.

My favourite colour is blue.

My favourite film is High School Musical.

I get up at seven o’clock.

I go to bed at eleven o’clock.

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Teaching notes

Time

20–30 minutes

Level

Medium

Skills Focus

Speaking, writing.

Aim

To practice giving personal information about yourself in the present simple.

Instructions

First, ask the students to draw a self-portrait in the box below. Then, ask the students to write about themselves using the example of Cinderella. The students should write eight sentences about themselves. When they have finished, they should introduce themselves to the rest of the class. If possible, encourage the students to use different verbs and a mixture of positives and negatives.


For students of a higher level, the activity could be done as a third person activity with the students asking a classmate questions to discover the answers, then they could introduce their partners to the class.

2) Talking About Yourself

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Listen to the vocabulary and write the correct word and number next to the object.

3) Clothes, colours and cleaning

1. Skirt 2. Bucket 3. Soap 4. Cloth

5. Shoes 6. Brush 7. Blouse 8. Dress

Now listen to the words with a colour added. Colour in the object in the correct colour.

An orange skirt

A red bucket

Some blue soap

A yellow cloth

Some black shoes

A red brush

A purple blouse

A blue dress

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Teaching notes

Time

30 minutes

Level

Medium

Skills Focus

Listening, vocabulary.

Aim

To familiarise the students with the vocabulary of the themes used in Cinderella; clothes, colours and cleaning.

Instructions

In the first part of the activity the students listen to the recording and match the vocabulary with the picture. When they have successfully matched the objects the students listen to the adjectives of colour. Finally allow the students to colour the objects in.


For students of a higher level, cover the words in the box and get them to match the vocabulary from the recording. Then check the vocabulary to see if they are correct.

3) Clothes, colours and cleaning

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4a) Cinderella SongsHere are three songs and a spell from Cinderella. Listen and learn them.

I Am Pretty

I am pretty, I am pretty,

I am pretty, so pretty—that’s me.

I am pretty but my sister is ugly!

Beauty, I’m a beauty,

I’m a beauty, so beautiful me.

I’m a beauty, but my sister’s a chimpanzee!

I am so pretty and beautiful,

(Oh, no you’re not!)

With such beautiful hair.

(It’s a wig!)

Such a beautiful dress.

Such a beautiful face.

Such a beautiful nose.

Such a beautiful sister!

Pretty, I am pretty.

I am pretty, so pretty—oh yes!

You are pretty.

You’re a pretty fat pig in a dress!

I Can Sing a Rainbow

Red and yellow and pink and green,

Orange and purple and blue.

I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow,

Sing a rainbow, too!

Listen with your eyes, listen

with your eyes,

And hear everything you see.


Sing along with me!





I Am Pretty Finale

We are pretty, you are pretty,

I am pretty, so pretty am I.

We’re all pretty,

But it’s time to go home, so goodbye!

Fairy Godmother’s Spell

One, two, three, four

Presto change-o

Dumbledore!

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4b) Songs – I Can Sing a Rainbow

Red and yellow and and green,

Orange and purple and .

I can sing a rainbow,

Sing a rainbow,


Listen with your eyes,

Listen with your eyes,

And hear I see.


Sing a rainbow,

Sing along with !

Red and yellow and and green,

Orange and purple and .


Sing a rainbow,


Listen to the song and fill in the missing words.

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Listen to the song and fill in the missing words.

4c) Songs – I Am Pretty

beautiful dress nose ugly face chimpanzee hair pig

I am pretty, I am pretty,

I am pretty, so pretty that’s me,

I am pretty but my sister is !

Beauty, I’m a beauty,

I’m a beauty, so me,

I’m a beauty, but my sister’s a !

I am so pretty and beautiful,

(on no you’re not!)

With such beautiful ,

(It’s a wig!)

Such a beautiful

Such a beautiful

Such a beautiful

Such a beautiful sister!

Pretty, I am pretty,

I am pretty, so pretty,

Oh yes!

You are pretty,

You’re a pretty fat in a dress!

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4) Cinderella Songs

Teaching notes

Time

30–40 minutes

Level

Easy/Medium

Skills Focus

Vocabulary, listening, singing.

Aim

To familiarise the students with the songs of Cinderella and the vocabulary used in them. We find that the experience is really enhanced by being able to sing along with the songs during the show.

Instructions

Ask the students to sing along with songs to familiarize themselves with the songs (Song sheet A). Use the gap-fills of the song (Song sheets B and C) for higher level students.


Get the students to learn the words for homework. Then in the next class give them the gap-fill and ask them to fill in the missing words. Finally, listen to see if they are correct.

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5) The Picture Book of CinderellaCan you draw? Draw the pictures of the story.

Cinderella lives in a house with her ugly sisters.

A messenger arrives with three invitations. He gives them to Barbarella.

Cinderella sees the invitation. She is very sad.

Cinderella has a beautiful blue party

dress. She is very happy.

At twelve o’clock Cinderella leaves the party. She drops her shoe.

The house is very dirty. Cinderella cleans the house.

Barbarella tears up Cinderella’s invitation.

The Fairy Godmother arrives.

Cinderella dances with the Prince at the Prince’s palace party.

The Prince finds Cinderella. He puts the shoe on her foot. It fits, and they are very happy.

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Teaching notes

Time

20–30 minutes

Level

Easy

Skills Focus

Vocabulary. Reading, speaking and drawing.

Aim

To familiarise the students with the story of Cinderella and the vocabulary used in the story.

Instructions

Ask the students to imagine what Cinderella, Barbarella, the Prince and the Fairy Godmother look like. Discuss with the groups what they think about each character. Give the students the worksheet and ask them to draw the pictures for the scene in each box.

Extended activity

Ask students to choose one sentence from the boxes and make a larger more detailed picture of the scene that they have chosen.

5) The Picture Book of Cinderella

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Here are some of the characters from Cinderella. Draw a picture of them and then choose two

or three words to describe them. Use the list of adjectives below to help you or

think of some of your own. Compare your ideas with a friend.

6) Who is it?

pretty ugly clever handsome good bad friendly bossy nice

horrible important silly young old beautiful little big

1.

2.

Cinderella

1.

2.

The Prince

1.

2.

Barbarella

1.

2.

The Messenger

1.

2.

Annabella

1.

2.

Master of Ceremonies

1.

2.

Fairy Godmother

1.

2.

YOU!

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Teaching notes

Time

10–20 minutes

Level

Medium

Skills Focus

Adjectives, drawing.

Aim

To familiarise the students with the characters.

Instructions

Ask the students to choose two adjectives to describe each character. Then the students draw the characters making it clear why they chose those adjectives to describe them. The students can work individually in pairs.


Ask the students to think of other characters from fairy tales (Snow White, Sleeping Beauty etc.) and think of new adjectives to describe them. This could be done as an oral activity.

6) Who is it?

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5Look at Cinderella’s invitation to

the Prince’s palace party.

7) Cinderella’s invitation

Now design your own party

invitation. Include,

✶Who you want to invite

✶Where the party is

✶When the party is

✶What time the party is

✶What type of food

✶What type of music

✶How the guests should dress

(fancy dress, party dresses,

Halloween costumes, etc.)

Add any other details you can think

of and have a fun party!

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Teaching notes

Time

40 minutes

Level

Medium

Skills Focus

Writing, speaking.

Aim

To practise vocabulary from Cinderella.

Instructions

Ask the students to work in pairs or small groups. They should think of a theme for their party and decide on the details using Cinderella’s invitation as a guide. They should prepare an invitation to present to the rest of the class.


Ask the students to prepare their invitation as homework making it as decorative as possible. Then all the invitations should be handed out randomly and anonymously to the students. Each student has to explain the party they are invited to and then guess who made the invitation.

7) Cinderella’s invitation

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Match the colours to the object then colour them in.

8) Colours

1. red 2. yellow 3. blue 4. black 5. green 6. pink

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Teaching notes

Time

20 minutes

Level

Easy

Skills Focus

Vocabulary of colours.

Aim

To match colours with the relevant objects.

Instructions

The student should write the colour under the object and if possible the name of the object, too.

Extended activity

Ask the students to choose new objects to match the colours given and draw them. Alternatively, they could choose five new colours and objects and draw them.

Answer key

1. Red – heart2. Yellow – sun3. Blue – sea4. Black – bat5. Green – leaf6. Pig – pink

8) Colours

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Look at the clock. What time does Cinderella have to leave the ball? Complete the sentence.

Cinderella has to leave the ball at .

Now complete the sentences about your day. Draw the hands on the clock to tell the correct time.

Now write three sentences describing at what time you do things at the weekend.

1.

2.

3.

9) What’s the Time?

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3

12

457

8

1011

6

9

12

3

12

457

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1011

6

9

12

3

12

457

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1011

6

9

12

3

12

457

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1011

6

9

12

3

12

457

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1011

6

9

12

3

12

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1011

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12

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12

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1011

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1. I get up at .

2. I go to school at .

3. I eat lunch at .

4. I get home at .

5. I eat dinner at .

6. I go to bed at .

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9) What’s the Time?

Teaching notes

Time

20–30 minutes

Level

Difficult

Skills Focus

Vocabulary of Time. Writing, speaking.

Aim

To practise telling the time in English and daily routines.

Instructions

Ask the students to think about what they do every day. Ask the students to speak to about their daily routines; what time they get up, have breakfast, etc. Discuss what each of the sentences in the activity mean before students attempt the exercise. At the end of the activity ask students to describe their day to the rest of the class, e.g.

I get up at half past seven.I eat breakfast at eight o’clockI go to school at half past eight…


For students of a higher level extend the second part of the activity to 10 sentences about their weekend routines. It could be done as a homework activity.

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Listen to the conversation between Annabella and Barbarella. Practice the conversation

with a friend. Underline the colours with the correct colour.

Barbarella: Look at this house! It’s dirty.

Annabella: And look at this floor. It’s very dirty!

Barbarella: It’s all a mess!

Annabella: Look at these clothes. Look – your orange skirt.

Barbarella: Dirty. Look – your purple blouse.

Annabella: Dirty and smelly. Your pink knickers!

Barbarella: Thank you. And your white bra…

Annabella: Thank you!

Barbarella: Everything’s all dirty and horrible. It needs cleaning!

Annabella: It needs cleaning. Good idea!

Barbarella: We need a bucket. Get the red bucket.

Annabella: The red bucket! We need a brush. Get the green brush!

Barbarella: The green brush! We need some soap. Get the blue soap!

Annabella: The blue soap! We need a cloth. Get the yellow cloth!

Barbarella: The yellow cloth!

Both: Bucket, brush, soap, cloth.

Barbarella: Good. Time to start cleaning. Ready?

Annabella: Ready!

Both: Cinderella! Cinderella! Cindereeeeeella!

10) Listening: Annabella and Barbarella

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10) Listening: Annabella and Barbarella

Teaching notes

Time

30 minutes

Level

Medium

Skills Focus

Vocabulary. Listening.

Aim

To listen to a scene in Cinderella and recognise the vocabulary.

Instructions

This activity could be used as a simple comprehension activity with the children listening for understanding whilst following the script or it can be used to pick out specific vocabulary; colours, clothes or adjectives.

Extended activity

Ask students to listen to the text and practise reading it together in pairs. Then they can take turns to act out the scene for the rest of the class. Encourage them to be as comical as possible – remember that in pantomimes in England the Ugly Sisters are often played by men dressed as women!!

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Find the words from Cinderella in the wordsearch.

B A R B A R E L L A

L E S C F I D L D N

U T O A C R E R R N

E P A R T Y S S E A

T C P R E E T F S B

R L N O B L O U S E

I O B I U L T R U L

K T T S H O E R M L

S H L E G W A R M A

Annabella Barbarella Blouse Blue Car Cloth Dress

Party Shoe Soap Skirt Yellow

11) Wordsearch

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Teaching notes

Time

15 minutes

Level

Medium

Skills Focus

Vocabulary.

Aim

To familiarise the students with the vocabulary of Cinderella.

Instructions

This activity could be used as a fun ice-breaker for the beginning of the class or as a fun activity at the end of the class.

Extended activity

Students choose 6-10 more words from the vocabulary list and make their own wordsearch, then swap them between classmates.

Answer key

11) Wordsearch

B A R B A R E L L A

L E S C F I D L D N

U T O A C R E R R N

E P A R T Y S S E A

T C P R E E T F S B

R L N O B L O U S E

I O B I U L T R U L

K T T S H O E R M L

S H L E G W A R M A

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Look at this clueword. The first letter of each word spells out the word “Cinderella” vertically.

Use the clues to help you guess the words, that can all be found in the play.

1. C (5) What a prince wears on his head.

2. I (10) What you send to invite someone to a party.

3. N (4) The number after eight.

4. D (5) What Cinderella wears to the party.

5. E (4) Not difficult.

6. R (3) The colour of a rose.

7. E (6) The number before twelve.

8. L (4) A verb describing something you think is nice.

9. L (4) What you do when you see something.

10. A (9) One of Cinderella’s sisters.

Now choose another character from Cinderella and write your own clueword with a friend.

Maybe you could draw pictures as clues too. Now see if anyone can guess the answers!

12) Game – Clueword

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12) Game – Clueword

Teaching notes

Time

30 minutes

Level

Medium

Skills Focus

Vocabulary.

Aim

To familiarise the students with the vocabulary of Cinderella.

Instructions

Ask the students to work in pairs or small groups to find the words on the right hand side.


Ask students to do the second part of the activity for homework. In the next class give the students each other’s clueword to solve.

Answer key

1. Crown2. Invitation3. Nine4. Dress5. Easy6. Red7. Eleven8. Like9. Look10. Annabella

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Fairy Godmother’s SpellListen to the spell and practice saying it

with your friends.

One, two, three, fourPresto change-o

Dumbledore!

Song - I Can Sing a RainbowListen to the song and sing along.





Listen with your eyes, listen with your eyes,

And hear everything you see.


Sing along with me!





The Story of CinderellaRead and listen to the story of Cinderella.

If you only have time for one lesson before the show to prepare

your children, here is a one-lesson activity sheet.

13) One-Lesson Activity Sheet

ColoursMatch the colours to the object,

then colour them in.redyellowblueblackgreenpink

Cinderella lives in a house with her two sisters,

Barbarella and Annabella. They are lazy, and they

make Cinderella

clean the house.

Cinderella is very

pretty, but her

sisters are ugly.

One day three invitations arrive. They are for

the Prince’s palace party. Barberella tears up

Cinderella’s invitation. Cinderella is very sad

because she loves dancing.

Cinderella has a fairy godmother. She gives

Cinderella three wishes. Cinderella asks for a new

invitation, some transport and a party dress to

wear to the Prince’s palace party.

Cinderella goes to the party and dances with the

Prince. At twelve o’clock she leaves, but she drops

her shoe.

The next day, the Prince visits all the houses

with the shoe. He wants to find the mysterious

princess. When

Cinderella tries on

the shoe, it fits her

perfectly. Cinderella

and the Prince live

happily ever after.

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Teaching notes

Time

50–60 minutes

Level

Medium

Skills Focus

Vocabulary. Listening, reading and speaking.

Aim

To familiarise the students with the story, songs and vocabulary of Cinderella before seeing the show.

Instructions

The one lesson activity sheet is designed for teachers who only have time to prepare with one class before the show. We find that children who understand the development of the story and are familiar with some, or all of the songs, enjoy the shows even more! So we recommend that you begin with reading and discussing the synopsis of the show. Then move on to listening to the song – allow the students to follow the text on song sheets. If there’s time get them to sing along! Next, practise the Fairy Godmother’s spell. Finally, ask the students to match the colours to the objects in the vocabulary activity.

Post-show activity

If you have more time after the show, go back and do any of the materials in the earlier activities.

13) One lesson activity sheet

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Verbs

be

clean

dance

do

drive

find

fit

get

give

have

help

know

like

look

meet

must

need

remember

see

tear

think

Colours

black

blue

green

orange

pink

purple

red

white

yellow

Clothes

blouse

bra

cloak

crown

dress

hat

knickers

shoes

skirt

Cleaning

brush

bucket

cloth

soap

Numbers and Time

It’s…o’clock

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

eleven

twelve

midnight (twelve

o’clock)

Describing Words

(Adjectives)

awful

beautiful

big

deaf

dirty

exciting

handsome

horrible

messy

mysterious

poor

pretty

rich

small

smelly

ugly

wonderful

Other

apple

ding dong

fairy godmother/father

house

kitchen

master of ceremonies

miracle

nobody

palace

party

princess

pumpkin

sister

sister-in-law

spell

transport

trumpet

wish

Questions

What’s your name?

What time is it?

How…?

What…?

When…?

Where…?

Who…?

Why…?

Basic Vocabulary For Cinderella

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