Activities on British Myths and Legends

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B r i t i s h M y t h s a n d L e g e n d s

BRITISH MYTHS AND LEGENDS

P L O T S U M M A R I E S

The Pot of Gold

Shaun O’Brian wants to be rich, but he doesn’t like hard work. One day, while he’s

sleeping, a leprechaun cuts some of Shaun’s golden hair and wakes him. The hair

becomes real gold and the leprechaun runs into the forest with it. The next day, Shaun manages to catch the

leprechaun and he takes Shaun to the pot of gold. It’s under a bush. Shaun needs to go home and get his

shovel to dig for the gold. But he can’t leave because he won’t remember where the bush is! The

leprechaun tells Shaun to tie his yellow scarf around the bush to mark it. He promises not to take the scarf.

But when Shaun returns with the shovel, there are yellow scarves on all the bushes! Shaun can’t find the

gold! The clever leprechaun has tricked him.

The Two Boxes

Mrs Spring lives with her two daughters, Megan and Bella. Megan is lazy, but Mrs Spring gives her

everything. She’s cruel to Bella. The family needs money, so Mrs Spring tells Bella to leave home and find a

job for one year. Miranda gives Bella a job on her farm. Bella works hard and is very kind to the animals.

When it is time for Bella to leave, Miranda gives her three difficult things to do. The animals help Bella

and she succeeds. Miranda then tells Bella to choose a box from her cupboard. There are two boxes, onegold and one black. Bella chooses the black box and takes it home. Mrs Spring is angry because Bella

didn’t bring any money, but when Bella opens the box, there are diamonds and jewels inside.

Megan wants jewels too, so she goes to the farm to work. But Megan doesn’t work hard and she’s cruel to

the animals. After a year, Miranda gives Megan the same three difficult things to do but the animals don’t

help her and she can’t do anything. Megan also chooses a box, the gold one, but there’s only a spider

inside! Bella buys a farm with the jewels from the black box. She forgives her mother and sister and invites

them to live with her. The story shows that it’s better to be hard-working and kind than lazy and cruel.

George and the Dragon

One day, George arrives in a town on his white horse. There aren’t any animals or vegetation in the area.

George learns about a ferocious dragon with poisonous breath. It destroyed the vegetation and ate all theanimals. Then it wanted to eat all the people. The King of the country and the dragon decided that the

people must give the dragon one young man or woman to eat every day. Now it is the King’s turn to give

Princess Claire. She goes to the dragon’s cave. When the dragon comes to eat the Princess, George kills it.

He saves the Princess and all the young people.

B A C K G R O U N D

• Leprechauns are imaginary people. They live in Ireland, are very small, honest and always keep

a promise. They trick people and make strange things happen. There are many stories about them .

• St George lived in the 3rd century AD. He travelled to different countries to tell people about

Christianity, and the English made him their patron saint. George and the Dragon is a famous legend

about him.

L I S T O F M A I N C H A R A C T E R S

The Pot of Gold

Shaun O’Brian: ___________________________________________________________

A leprechaun: _____________________________________________________________

The Two Boxes

Bella:_______________________________________________________________________

Megan: __________________________________________________________________

Mrs Spring: ______________________________________________________________

Miranda: ________________________________________________________________

George and the Dragon

George: ___________________________________________________________________

Princess Claire: _____________________________________________________________




BEFORE READING ACTIVITIES.

1. What is a myth or a legend?

2. Why is it important to work hard? Explain your reasons

3. Draw and describe a dragon

4. What is a knight? What characteristics did a knight have?

5. Does money make people happy? Why / Why not?

6. What is a generous person? Give examples of things that generous people do.




7. Find a picture in the book of:

a. a lazy person: page…

b. a hard-working person: page…

c. a brave person : page…

8. Read the first paragraph on page 2. Find four adjectives that describe leprechauns.

9. Look at the picture at the top of page 3. What is the young man dreaming about?

10. Read the first paragraph on page 10. Who are the people in the picture?

11. Look at the picture and speech bubble on page 11. How do we know that the girl is kind?

12. Read the last two paragraphs on page 23. Find a sentence that explains how George

knows that the people are sad.

13. Describe the picture on page 25. What is happening? How do the people feel?




K E Y V O C A B U L A R Y

1. Write the correct number next to each word in the box.

.... farmer’s wife .... bush .... grass .... scarf .... rock .... field .... farm .... bucket

.... river .... cow

2. Write the meaning of the following adjectives. Be ready to act them out in front off the class:

Strong: brave:

Angry: heavy:

Rich: lazy:

Ill: surprised:

3. Write the correct letter next to each sentence.

a. cave b. gold c. fire d. jewels e. lake f. spider g. princess h. pot

i. forest j. horse

..... 1. There were many trees in the . ..... 6. There’s a on the table.

..... 2. The man has got a lot of coins. ..... 7. There were fish in the .

..... 3. came from the dragon’s mouth. ... 8. A dragon lives in the .

..... 4. A is a king’s daughter. ..... 9. The woman made soup in a

.

..... 5. The woman has got beautiful . .....10. The runs very quickly.

6

5

1

10

2

9

3

7 4




I R R E G U L A R V E R B S

Write the infinitive and the meaning of the following verbs:

INFINITIVE:

___________– became (page 4):

___________ – ate (page 24):

___________ – hid (page 29):

___________ – shone (page 17) :

___________ – began (page 3) :

__ _ _ _ _ _ _ – fell (page 32) :

__________ – hit (page 32) :

__________ – spoke (page 28) :

__________ – brought (page 12) :

__________ – found (page 16) :

__________ – left (page 11) :

__________ – stole (page 4) :

___________ – bought (page 22) :

___________ – forgave (page 22) :

___________ – made (page 15) :

___________ – took (page 9) :

___________– caught (page 5) :

___________ – gave (page 12) :

___________ – put (page 4) :

___________ – thought (page 4) :

___________ – came (page 5) :

___________ – went (page 3) :

___________ – ran (page 4) :

___________ – threw (page 18) :

___________– cut (page 5):

___________– had (page 3) :

___________ – said (page 5) :

___________– woke (page 3) :

___________– dug (page 9) :

___________– heard (page 3) :

___________ – saw (page 5) :

____________– wore (page 27):

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