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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