The
students meet one day a week after school.
They are a group of fourth
grade girls who are learning to use
technology and their creativity.
The
Plot
The
Persian Cinderella by Shirley Climo tells the story of Settareh,
a beautiful but lonely maiden of long-ago in Persia.
She was neglected by her aunts and cousins,
and tormented by her stepsisters,
Settareh is not allowed to go with them
to the royal New Year's celebration.
Only with the help of a mysterious blue cracked jug
was she able to go. At the festival she met the prince.
Unlike
the Cinderella that we are used to Settareh's troubles
were only just beginning. He stepsisters tried to find out the
magic of the blue jug and with magic of their own they tried to
separate Settareh from her prince.
She did
not have a slipper to leave behind but instead left an ankle bracelet in
a fountain. The sisters stuck pins in her that changed her into a dove.
Read the
story and find out what happens!
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