Transformation TravelBased off of Cinderella

Grade level: 3rd

Estimated time: ~2.5 hours

Objective Students will be able to explore transformation in the

fantasy world by using their imagination to create a means of travel that transforms from the pumpkin. Students will also be able to identify places, real or fantasy, that they would like to travel and explain why by writing a short paragraph.

Materials Cinderella movie

Cinderella book

18x12 sketchbook paper (one for each student)

Construction paper

Glue

Scissors

Ruler

Markers

Crayons

Glitter glue

Inspired ResourcesDisney’s Cinderella Movie

Cinderella by Marcia Brown

Artist: Vladimir Kush

Vladimir KushSurrealist painter and sculptor

He refers to his work as “metaphorical realism”

VocabularyTransformation

Surrealism

Metaphorical

Realism

Fantasy

ProceduresWatch Disney’s Cinderella (will be done ahead

of time)

Read aloud of Cinderella by Marcia Brown

Discuss transformation and fantasy.

Procedures con’t.Guided activity:

Break into groups and create a list of transformations throughout Cinderella.

Come back as a class and make a class list.

Procedures con’t.Discuss Vladimir Kush and his artwork.

Introduce activity.Pop-up card of what means of travel their pumpkin

would transform into.Write paragraph about where they would go and

why.Create their pop-up cards.

EvaluationInformal: Discussion questions throughout entire

lesson.

Formal: Rubric

Extensions/ModificationsExtension

Lesson on transformations in reality

ModificationHave pumpkin and stem cut outHelp cut out transformationHelp with slits and glue

Final Product