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Brief description:  Students will be able to identify major components of a "Cinderella" story in order to create a database.

Time: Two forty-five minute computer sessions.  Two three week study of different versions of "Cinderella"

NCSCoS: 
Carteret County English/Language Arts literature prompt
English/Language Arts Goals:

 2.02-Interact with text before, during, and after reading. listening and viewing
 2.03-Read a variety of text
 2.06-Summarize major points from fiction and non-fiction text to clarify and retain information and ideas.
 2.07-Determine usefulness of information and ideas consistent with a purpose
 2.09-Listen actively
 3.01-Respond to fiction using interpretive, critical, and evaluative processes.
 3.02-Analyze characters, events and plot from different selections and cite supporting evidence.
 3.03- Consider the ways language and visuals 
 4.02-Use oral and written language to present information in a clear concise manner.
 4.05-Use a planning strategies to generate topics and organize ideas.
 4.06-Compose a draft that conveys major ideas and maintains on the topic with specific relevant, supporting details by using preliminary plans. 

4.03-Collect, organize and display data from research....collected over time.
4.04-Interpret information orally and in writing from charts tables, tallies and graphs.

4.3- Compare the physical and cultural; characteristics of regions within North Carolina.
12.1-Identify people, symbols and events associated with North Carolina's heritage.

Computer/Technology Skills Goals:

 2.1-Use technology tools used to collect, analyze, and display data. 
 2.2-Practice proper keyboarding techniques for upper and lower case letters. 
 2.3-Recognize word processing terms and functions.
 2.4-Edit a word processing file to make indicated corrections.
 2.5-Define the parts of a database. 
 2.6-Develop a simple database and enter and edit information as a class activity. 
 3.2-Search and sort prepared database for information to use in classroom projects. 

Teacher's Lesson Goals/objectives:
The students should be able to:

• listen to and read multiple versions of  "Cinderellaî.
• identify major components of a "Cinderella" story.
• create a database with the major components of multiple versions of "Cinderella" stories.

Materials/Resources Needed:

1. Multiple versions of Cinderella stories. (See your Media Coordinator for  list)
2. ClarisWorks (database)
3. Videos (again see Media Coordinator)
4.  Resource Book- Eight Cinderella's by Nancy Polette

1. Students should have prior knowledge of keyboarding and word processing.
2. Brainstorm about knowledge of fairy tales
3. Create a web about fairy tales
4. Brainstorm about the elements of  a "Cinderella" story
5. Create a graphic organizer in order  to record  the elements of "Cinderella" stories.

Activities:

1. Read orally Walt Disney's version of Cinderella. 
2. Students should listen and record specific elements onto their graphic organizer.
3. Read or watch another version of Cinderella. Students should again listen and record data.
4. Discuss their graphic organizer.  (easy to read, easy to reproduce)
5. Introduce database
6. Create a form for students to sue to create and record the elements or components of a "Cinderella" story.
7. Students will now record data onto the new record sheet for database.
8. Read/view other versions of "Cinderella"
9. Students should continue to reared data daily.
10. In computer lab, discuss the vocabulary of database
11. Show database in ClarisWorks
12. Together set up your fields. (I used these fields: Title, Author, Main Character, Villains, Missing item,  godmother, main event and ending) Be sure to discuss size, color, and fonts.
13. Together record the first story into the database.
14. Show how to make other records.
15. After the computer lab session continue to read/view "Cinderella's" stories and record data.
16. Students can continue to record data with paper & pencil until computer time is available.
17. Once all data has been entered in the database have students sort data.  I sorted according to: ABC order of Title, missing items, and countries.
18. Next we displayed our information in list form and changed elements order in order to locate requested information together.
19. Be sure to save information each time students add information.

Assessment:

• Computer generated database
• Project based: rubric

Observation:  Students knowledge of the database program.
Students records of "Cinderella" stories

Observation:  This lesson has been observed by a computer lab personnel
Note:  This is only one part of my "Cinderella" project.