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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.

1) The Story of Cinderella 2) The Story of Cinderella

Easy levelReading, listening and speaking

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1) The Story of Cinderella 2) The Story of Cinderella

Medium levelReading, listening and speaking

Read the story of Cinderella and fill in the spaces using the words in the box. Then listen to the story to see if your answers are correct.

Cinderella lives in a house with her two (1) ,

Barbarella and Annabella. They are lazy, and they make

Cinderella (2) the house. Cinderella is very

(3) , but her sisters are ugly.

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

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.

party sisters fairy three clean pretty day shoe invitation dress prince dancing

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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 skirtA red bucket

Some blue soapA yellow cloth

Some black shoesA red brush

A purple blouseA blue dress

4) Talking About Yourself

Difficult levelReading, listening and speaking

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Here is Cinderella talking about herself. Draw a picture of yourself in the space below and write about yourself.

3. Clothes, colours and cleaning 4) 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.

Easy levelSpeaking and writing

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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.

5) Who is it?

pretty ugly clever handsome good bad friendly bossy nice horrible important silly young old beautiful little big

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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!

6) Cinderella’s invitation

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5Look at Cinderella’s invitation to the Prince’s palace party.

5) Who is it? 6) 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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Match the colours to the object then colour them in.

7) Colours

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

Easy levelListening, speaking and vocabulary

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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!

8) Listening: Annabella and Barbarella

Medium levelListening, speaking and vocabulary

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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.

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9) What’s the time?

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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 .

Difficult levelListening, speaking and vocabulary

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10) 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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9) What’s the time?

Easy levelFun and games

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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

Medium levelFun and games

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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.

11) Wordsearch 12) Game

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!

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13) 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!

Dance with a Prince

One night every yearThere’s a celebration hereThere’s a celebration where You can dance all night long

The colours and the lightMake a special nightMake a magic nightWhere we all sing this song

Orange and yellowpurple and greenThe Prince palace Party’sA sight to be seen!

Golden and silverRed, pink and whiteYou’ll dance with a prince tonight!

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, fourPresto change-oDumbledore!

Easy levelSongs

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Listen to the song and fill in the missing words.

14) Songs – gap-fill

Dance with a Prince

One every year

There’s a celebration here

There’s a celebration where

You can all night long

The and the light

Make a special night

Make a night

Where we all sing this song

Orange and

purple and

The Prince palace Party’s

A sight to be seen!

Golden and silver

Red, and white

You’ll dance with a tonight!

Medium levelSongs

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Listen to the song and fill in the missing words from the list below. Then sing along to the song.

15) Songs – gap-fill

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!

Difficult levelSongs

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15) Songs – gap-fillVerbsbecleandancedodrivefindfitgetgivehavehelpknowlike lookmeetmustneedrememberseetear think

Coloursblackbluegreenorangepink purpleredwhiteyellow

Clothesblousebracloakcrowndresshatknickersshoesskirt

Cleaningbrushbucketclothsoap

Numbers and TimeIt’s… o clockonetwothreefourfive sixseveneightnine ten eleven twelvemidnight (twelve o clock)

Describing Words(Adjectives)awfulbeautifulbigdeafdirtyexcitinghandsomehorriblemessymysteriouspoorpretty richsmallsmellyuglywonderful

Otherappleding dongfairy godmother/fatherhousekitchenmaster of ceremoniesmiraclenobodypalacepartyprincesspumpkinsistersister-in-lawspelltransporttrumpetwish

QuestionsWhat’s your name?What time is it?How…?What…?When…?Where…?Who…?Why…?

16) Basic Vocabulary For Cinderella

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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 to the words.

Red and yellow and pink and greenOrange 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.I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow.

Sing along with me.

Red and yellow and pink and greenOrange and purple and blue.

I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbowSing a rainbow too.

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.

17) 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.

18) Answers

Medium levelOne lesson activity sheet

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2) The story of Cinderella1) sisters2) clean3) pretty4)invitation5) dancing6) fairy7) three8) dress9) party10) shoe11) day12) Prince

11) WordsearchB 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

12) Game1. Crown

2. Invitation

3. Nine

4. Dress

5. Easy

6. Red

7. Eleven

8. Like

9. Look

10. Annabella

14) Songs - Gap-fillOne night every year

There’s a celebration here

There’s a celebration where

You can dance all night long

The colours and the light

Make a special night

Make a magic night

Where we all sing this song

Orange and yellow

purple and green

The Prince palace Party’s

A sight to be seen!

Golden and silver

Red, pink and white

You’ll dance with a prince tonight!

18) Answers

Easy levelSpeaking and writing

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