Book 5A Chapter 4 Task

Graded Task Sheet

Task — Rewriting the play ‘The New Cinderella’ — Act 1 Scene 1

1 Brainstorm ideas for rewriting Act 1 Scene 1.

Cinderella is a boy.
Cinderella has 2 step-brothers, Chris and
Paul.
Chris and Paul are invited to a pool party.
Fairy Godmother helps Cinderella. She
gives Cinderella beachwear.
2 Rewrite the scene using the ideas above.
Characters:
Cinderella — _______________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________

Act 1 Scene 1

Cinderella is __________________________________. Enter ______________ and ______________

, laughing.
_________ : Goodbye, Cinderella! ______________________________________________________
_________ : Don’t forget to ____________________________________________________________
Exit ______________ and ______________ .
Cinderella : My __________________________________ . Today they’re going to _______________
_______________________________________________________________________
.
Cinderella : In the fairy tale, Cinderella had a fairy godmother. I wish I had one too.
Enter a ___________________________________________________________________________ .
Cinderella : Wow! Are you …
_________ : That’s right. _____________________________________________________________
You can go to ___________________________________________________________ .
Cinderella : Really?
_________ : Of course. ______________________________________________________________

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Task — Rewriting the play ‘The New Cinderella’ — Act 1 Scene 2

1 Brainstorm ideas for rewriting Act 1 Scene 2.

Cinderella sees Zhu and his sister at the

party.
Zhu: the boy with the goggles
Zhu’s sister: the girl with the curly hair, the
girl who is cooking
Cinderella meets ‘Princess’ Peach, the girl
in the red dress, the girl with the lovely
eyes.
‘Princess’ Peach invites Cinderella to dance
with her.

2 Rewrite the scene using the ideas above.

Characters:
Cinderella — _______________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Act 1 Scene 2
Enter Cinderella and ___________________ .
Cinderella : There are lots of people here. ________________________________________________ ?
_________ : That’s _______________ . ___________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Cinderella : _________________________________________________________________________
_________ : _________________________________________________________________________
Cinderella : Oh, I see.
Enter _______________________ . Cinderella looks at _________________ open-mouthed.
Cinderella : Who’s that?
_________ : Who?
Cinderella : The _____________________________________________________________________ .
_________ Hello. Would you __________________________________________________________ ?
Cinderella : _____________________________________
_________ : Have fun, but _____________________________________________________________ .
Exit Cinderella and _____________________________________ .

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Task — Rewriting the play ‘The New Cinderella’ — Act 2 Scene 1

1 Brainstorm ideas for rewriting Act 2 Scene 1.

At the party, Cinderella drops a sandal.

The maid, Flora, and Peach make a
‘Found’ notice.
Peach wants to invite the owner to
dinner.
2 Rewrite the scene using the ideas above.

Characters:
Cinderella — _______________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Act 2 Scene 1
________________ and ________________ are talking about the party last night.
_________ : Morning, ________________ . How was your party last night?
Cinderella : _____________________________________ . I met a ________ ! ___________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________ : What’s ____________________________ ?
Cinderella : I don’t know but ___________________________________________________________ .
_________ : Why don’t we __________________________________ . Then maybe the ____________
________________________________________________________________________ .
Cinderella : _________________________________________________________________________

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Task — Rewriting the play ‘The New Cinderella’ — Act 2 Scene 2

1 Brainstorm ideas for rewriting Act 2 Scene 2.
Chris, Paul and Cinderella try on the
sandal. It only fits Cinderella.
Peach is happy to find the perfect
prince and his name is Wang Zi.
2 Rewrite the scene using the ideas above.
Characters:
Cinderella — ________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
Act 2 Scene 2
Enter ______________ and ______________ . Cinderella is ____________________________________ .

_________ : Hi, _____________ . I saw your _______________________________________________ .

The ____________________ is mine.

_________ : No, It’s mine!

_________ : Let’s see if ________________________________________________________________ .

______________ and ______________ try it on but __________________________________________ .

_________ : (to Cinderella) Why don’t you _________________________________________________ ?

It fits.

_________ : It’s yours! _________________________________________________________________ .

Why didn’t you _____________________________________________________________?

Cinderella : Because __________________________________________________________________ .

_________ : Don’t be silly! ______________________________________________________________ .

Cinderella : _________________________________________________________________________ .

_________ : That’s perfect. _____________________________________________________________ !

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Checklist for Ch 4 Task

Check your writing and tick ().

Checking for ourselves   

 We all participated in brainstorming ideas.
 We used the ideas to rewrite the play.
 Our writing is creative and interesting.
 We spelt all the words correctly (checked
spellings using the textbook or dictionary).
 We used prepositional phrases (e.g. with the
long curly hair, in the dress …) to describe
people.
 We used contracted forms when writing the
dialogue (e.g. I’m, That’s).
 We used the correct punctuation, such as
exclamation marks (!) to show the speaker’s
feelings (e.g. That’s a great idea!).

Now ask another group to check your writing and tick ( ).

Checking by ( ____________________ )   
 Do we understand our classmates’ writing?
 Is our classmates’ writing creative and
interesting?
 Did our classmates spell all the words
correctly?
 Did our classmates use prepositional phrases
correctly to describe people?
 Did our classmates use contracted forms
correctly?
 Did our classmates use the correct
punctuation?

Remember to make changes to your writing before you hand it in.

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