Lady eleanor wore a beautiful necklace in her wedding, which belonged to her mother before her. Content questions for ella enchanted by gail carson. Use the entire ella enchanted calendar, or supplement it with your own curriculum ideas. Free ella enchanted worksheets and literature unit for. Ella s father tries to set up a marriage for her with a man who is much older. The plot, the characters, even the tone are very different, but the book s theme and lessons are all there, and in its own way, the film is endearing, enduring, and lots of fun. Ella must obey any order, whether its to hop on one foot for a day and a half, or to chop off her own head. She must obey every order whether it is hopping on one foot for one day or killing herself. Feb 04, 2011 ella enchanted starring anne hathaway, minnie driver, hugh dancy, cary elwes, lucy punch, and vivica a. Reading guide for ella enchanted by gail carson levine.
The first is mandy, who acts as the fairy godmother to ella, and the second is lucinda, the gift giving fairy. Ella enchanted gail carson levine, author, gail carson. Ella enchanted the boyfriend book hd anne hathaway. Ella enchanted is a 2004 american fantasy romantic comedy film directed by tommy ohaver and written by karen mccullah lutz and kirsten smith loosely based on gail carson levines 1997 novel of the same name. This lesson will focus on the characters and summary of ella enchanted. Against a bold backdrop of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers, ella goes on a quest to break the curse forever. Her first published novel was ella enchanted, which was accepted for publication by harpertrophy.
Free ella enchanted study unit worksheets for teachers to print. Goodreads members who liked ella enchanted ella enchan. Middle school novel and grammar units also owns creativity in the classroom. As students read ella enchanted they can complete the other side of the comparing. Ella enchanted projects page 1 ella enchanted blog projects page 2. Ella enchanted trophy newbery kindle edition by levine, gail carson. Gail carsn levine grew up in new york city and has been writing all her life. Anne hathaway hugh dancy cary elwes 2004 a young woman anne hathaway embarks on a journey to break the curse of obedience placed upon her by a. When ella is born, a fairy named lucinda gives her the gift of obedience. Handpicked recommendations to other books that have a similar writing style or theme to ella enchanted. Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous gift from a fairy godmother. A complete literature and grammar unit for grades 48 68. The book was published in 1997, and in 1998, it received a newbery honor.
Ella soon realizes that this gift is little better than a curse, for how can she truly be herself if at any time anyone can order her to hop on one foot, or cut off her hand, or betray her kingdom and shell have to obey. Ella enchanted book unit contains graphic organizers for an interactive notebook and game activities covering vocabulary, comprehension questions, constructive response writing, and. Ella enchanted by gail carson levine overdrive rakuten. Although mandy wont use what she calls big magic, she does give ella a magical book that, through glimpses of other peoples. Ella must obey any orders that are given to her by anyone. Gail levine was working fulltime, and she spent almost four hours a day commuting to and from her job in manhattan. Enjoy these ella enchanted unit samples and teaching ideas for upper elementary teachers. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ella enchanted trophy newbery. I would definitely recommend ella enchanted to anyone who wants a fun and entertaining film. At birth, ella of frell was given the gift of obedience by a fairy. Determine how long your ella enchanted unit will be, then use one of the calendars provided to plan out your entire lesson.
Page 2 unit created by gay miller introduction thank you for purchasing ella enchanted book unit. This beloved newbery honorwinning story celebrates its twentieth anniversary with additional bonus material, and is sure to enchant readers both old and new. The list of things that i love about this book is endless because quite frankly, i think this book is perfect. Use these questions to get more out of the experience of reading ella enchanted by gail carson levine. The pages show ella illustrations of what is happening at home, but appears as an ordinary book when others open it. Ella enchanted book report essaysella enchanted is a fiction newberry honor book written by gail carson levine. About the book ella enchanted by gail carson levine. Ella s and chars letters reveal confident and clever people behind the pens, while the glimpses we get of hatties and olives letters thanks to ella s magical book reveal them to be dull and greedy. Levines other books include fairest, a new york times bestseller, publishers weekly best book, and school lib. The castle in the attic and ella enchanted bundled novel. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. There was enough adventure in the novel with ella s quest and there was enough adventure in the novel with ellas quest and magical creatures to keep the boys interested. In this book, fairies are mostly good and want to help people. Dave at night, an ala notable book and best book for young adults.
A complete literature and grammar unit for grades 48 paperback july 23, 20 by middle school novel units inc author see. Ella enchanted is about a girl named ella who is extremely close with her mother. Ella enchanted trophy newbery kindle edition by levine. Adapted from author gail carson levines awardwinning childrens book of the same name, the miramaxfinanced modern fantasy ella enchanted is directed by tommy ohaver and stars the princess. At last readers get a reasonable explanation for cinderellas meek behavior. The father is an evil man and gives any young child the chills to think how unfair he can be. Author bio gail carson levines first book for children, ella enchanted, was a newbery honor book.
Follow this link for more great products, including english and math products with more subjects being added soon. Ella must obey any order given to her, whether its hopping on one foot for a day or chopping off. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Shaking her head sympathetically at mother, the fairy touched my nose. There are many challenging words found in this book. Ella enchanted teacher guide by novel units novel units on. It is about a girl that has been given the gift of obedience at her birth. Calendars cover one, two, four, and eight week units. The plan was to divide the class into girls and boys. The ella enchanted community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you.
First person central narrator of ella s perspective links to resources and teaching ideas. Start studying content questions for ella enchanted by gail carson levine. Creativity in the classroom our novel and grammar units are aligned to many of the common core standards. Identify additional differences and similarities between ella enchanted and the classic fairy tale cinderella.
Ella enchanted book unit contains lessons aligned to the common core standards for grades 4 6. At her birth, ella of frell receives a foolish fairys giftthe gift of obedience. Now whenever anyone gives ella an order, she must follow it. This document provides higher level, thoughtprovoking comprehension questions for the book, ella enchanted by gail carson levine. Comparing cinderella stories ella enchanted book units. Ella enchanted by gail carson levine, paperback barnes. Ella enchanted is a modernday cinderella fairy tale staring anne hathaway. The paperback of the novel unit for ella enchanted. Apr 25, 1997 ella enchantedis what every great middlegrade novel should be. This comprehensive unit includes vocabulary, comprehension questions, constructive response questions, and lessons on writing informational texts. If you want to experience the real pleasures of ella enchanted, do not expect a faithful recreation of gail carson levines book. Even though lucinda gives people awful gifts, she has good intentions the whole time. The story is a retelling of cinderella featuring various mythical creatures including fairies, elves, ogres, gnomes, and giants. Ella enchanted, by gail levine, tells the story of an ordinary girl struggling under the weight of an extraordinary curse.
Ella enchanted book unit contains graphic organizers for an interactive notebook and game activities covering vocabulary, comprehension questions, constructive response writing, and skill practice. Ella enchanted is 100 minutes straight of trope after endless overdone trope, cgi enhanced castles, juvenile slapstick, vaudevillecaricature that is ignorant of its own campiness, a terribly written screenplay with grating pacing, indecisiveness of which theme and genre mashups theyre going for, but worst of all weirdly uncomfortable sexual innuendo. Fairest, a best book of the year for publishers weekly and school library journal, and a new york times bestseller. In the land of kyrria, ella is born into a noble family. In 2006, levine went on to write fairest, a retelling of the story of snow white, set in the same world as ella enchanted. Starring anne hathaway and hugh dancy, the film plays with the usual fairy tale genre. Ellas father tries to set up a marriage for her with a man who is much older. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Each time ella s book of fairy tales is opened, a different tale appears. This is a great book to use during an interdisciplinary unit on the medieval time period. This study guide consists of approximately 33 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of ella enchanted.
Nov 28, 2016 ella enchanted is a cinderella story with a twist. One of the first books i ever loved, and still love to this day, is ella enchanted. Her first novel, ella enchanted, was a newbery honor book. Fun activities for toddlers book activities enrichment activities indian in the cupboard childrens book awards ella enchanted book club books book clubs book design layout teen book club ideas. Time to bestow some beauty, grace, and intelligence, right. Ella enchanted complete literature and grammar unit tpt. When i originally created this unit, i paired it with the novel the castle in the attic. Ella enchanted ella enchanted trophy newbery scholastic bookfiles.
These questions can be used in both a guided reading setting or as a supplement to a literature circle to get students thinking about what they are reading. Her mother knew about the spell and did not use it to hurt ella. This comprehensive unit includes vocabulary, comprehension questions, constructed response questions, and lessons on writing informational texts to use with your study of the book by gail carson levine. It is a childrens book written by gail carson levine, and it is a retelling of the classic cinderella fairy tale. Included is a vocabulary worksheet that includes vocabulary words and the page numbers where the word is found. Ella enchanted is a newbery honor book written by gail carson levine and published in 1997. Levines other books include ever, a new york times bestseller. Mia thermopolis is pretty sure theres nothing worse than being a fivefootnine, flatchested freshman, who also happens to be flunking algebra. What is special about the fairy tale book that mandy gave to ella. The indian in the cupboard possible when youre done reading, use these questions to talk to your kids about the book and work on some fun activities. Gail carson levines first book for children, ella enchanted, was a newbery honor book. Writing ella enchanted gave levine a chance to explore the missing details in fairy tales that hadnt bothered her as a kid. So levine created the obedience gift, which forces ella to be good.
Apr 09, 2004 the way the fairytale land echoed aspects of home were amusing, with wooden escalators, taxi carriages in a way, i liked it more than shrek, because of the fact that it was less polished and maybe more british. To see the complete list of this book s readalikes. Constructive response course of action book units teacher. Great adventures, obstacles to overcome, engaging characters and a little magic. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Ella is given the gift of obedience by her fairy godmother vivica a. Levine recalls, that day, april 17, 1996, was one of the happiest in my life.
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