Cinderella Story

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Short Story Elements

Title:

Author:

Illustrator:

The Characters:

The Setting (time and place):

The Problem or Conflict:

Plot - (Complications) Sequence of Events:

Event #1:

Event #2:

Event #3:

Event #4:

Event #5:

The Conclusion (Resolution):

The Theme (what is the story really about?)

Values Brought Out in the Story:

Original Cinderella Outline

(Give it an Original Title):

(1) Location: Once upon a time (tell the time that your story takes place in)

in (tell the country or place where the story happens):

(2) Character Name: there lived a girl/boy named ________________ (Cinderella).

(3) Family information: She/he lived with

(4) The Problem: (tell how her/his family treated her/him) They always

For example, (Give at least two examples of things that they did to her/him)

Another example is

(5) Magic helpers: One day she/he was helped by (tell how magic or animals helped her solve the problem:

(6) Shoes: (Cinderella) had the most beautiful shoes

(describe the shoes)

They were given to her by _

One day she lost one of her shoes. (Tell how she lost her shoe) _

(7) Someone found her shoe (tell who found it and what they did with it)

(8) Meeting a powerful person: Someone very powerful saw the shoe and wanted to meet (Cinderella). (tell how he/she tried to find Cinderella)

(9) Becoming Rich: Finally, (tell how the powerful person finds Cinderella and marries her or how she/he becomes rich).

(10) Her family: Afterwards, (tell what happened to her family at the end.

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