Almost every culture in the world has a Cinderella tale. Did you know that? Each tale brings its unique culture and people into the story, which makes each one fascinating and very informative. I recenlty finished reading The Egyptian Cinderella, which is Egypt's version of Cinderella, and Yeh-Shen, which is China's verson. Yeh-Shen is also said to be the very first written Cinderella story.
To highlight the commonalities and differnces of these two tales I constructed an I POEM for two voices. An I-Poem is constructed using a pre-established format or by creatively comparing two points of view. For this assignment we used a pre-established format to "fill in the blanks" with deatils from the story and research about each story's culture. This poem is told from two different points of view. When differnces occur they speak alone and when similarities occur they speak together. I think I-Poems are a great way to teach students about different cultures and people. When you construct an I-Poem you have to completely immerse yourself in the story.This would be great for students because it would help them focus on each text and think critically about both.
I-Poems can be written about anything! I would love to use I-Poems in my future classroom to do any kind of compare and contrast activity.I think they are extremely beneficial and creative!
check out my I POEM click on the link next to my name, Kerry Smith.
2 comments:
I really like the link you included to the website about Egypt. It is really easy to navigate through and very informative!
Kerry, I would love to know more about the process of writing the I poem for two voices; do you see this type of reader response as being beneficial to children? How/why might you use this in your future classroom? Thanks Kerry :)
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