Cenerentola Charm Bracelet

Curricular Connections

Visual Arts, Costume Design

Materials

  • The reproducible handout for this activity
  • Scissors
  • Tape or glue
  • Colored pencils/pens
  • Glitter/feathers/other art supplies

Common Core Standards

This activity directly supports the following ELA-Literacy Common Core Strands:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3-4.11
Create and present a poem, narrative, play, art work, or literary review in response to a particular author or theme studied in class.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.7
Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.

Handout

Introduction

In La Cenerentola, Cenerentola gives the Prince an accessory that will help him find her again after she leaves the ball—but in Rossini’s opera, it’s not a glass slipper. It’s a bracelet! In this activity, students will create their own charm bracelets featuring scenes from the opera.

This activity will work best after students have already seen the opera, since it will invite them to review and reflect on what they’ve seen.

Steps

STEP 1. REVIEW AND BRAINSTORM

Invite students to spend a few minutes selecting five favorite scenes from the opera. (The “Opera Review” Reproducible might be useful here, if students filled it out while watching the opera.) Ask them to think about why they enjoyed these scenes and remember what these scenes looked like.

STEP 2. ILLUSTRATE

Distribute the “Cenerentola Charm Bracelet” handout and ask students to draw each of their favorite scenes in the five “charm” circles provided. They can also decorate the wristband.

STEP 3. MAKE THE BRACELET

Distribute the “Cenerentola Charm Bracelet” handout and ask students to draw each of their favorite scenes in the five “charm” circles provided. They can also decorate the wristband.