: What do you think that the word territory means? & 26: (after reading) what do you think will happen next? : How do you think Cindy Ellen felt when her fairy godmother turns her rags into a wonderful dress? & 17: Is this what you thought Cindy Ellen would do and why? (After reading) : Have you ever heard anyone in your family say “ oopsy daisy” and what does it mean? : What is a rodeo? What do they do there?

: Can you tell me what you think will happen to Cindy Ellen? What do you think she will do at the rodeo? : What do you think is going to happen? What does the word gizzard mean? What do you think that meant and have you ever did it before? : Cindy Ellen step-mother told her to mend the fences. Ask if someone has read/heard the story before) Ask the students what they think the story is about. Once he found her he took her away from her evil step mother where the lived happily ever after.įocus: Discuss Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western CinderellaĬover: Ask the children if they have ever heard the story. Joe searches the west till he found Cindy Ellen and the foot that fit the spur. But once again at 12 Cindy Ellen had to rush off but, this time she left her diamond spur. Cindy Ellen danced the night away with the rancher’s son Joe. Once the family left the grandmother showed up once again and turned Cindy Ellen’s rags to a wonderful dress and field rats to horses for her carriage and gave her diamond spurs. The next night was the square dance, but once again her step mother would not allow her to go. When the clock turned 12 Cindy Ellen had to rush home before her sisters found her out. Cindy went to the rodeo and showed everyone how good she was, even the rancher sons Joe Prince. Cindy Ellen’s rags turned into a beautiful dress and her old gray horse turned into a strong white stallion. Cindy’s fairy godmother rose her pistol in the air and shot up in the air two times and gold dust when everywhere.

But when everyone left Cindy fairy godmother showed up. Cindy Ellen’s step m other told her that she could not go with them that she had too much to do around the house. One day they get an invitation to a two-day celebration where there is going to be a rodeo and square dance. Her new step mother has two other daughters and they all treat Cindy Ellen very mean and call her names. Her father the rancher marries a mean woman from Mississippi.

Text Talk Resources: The teaching materials related to Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western CinderellaĪ young girl named Cindy Ellen lives on a ranch. Text Talk Lesson: Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella

Cindy Ellen by Susan Lowell