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DRAGON, DRAGON By John Gardner Lesson 191


Dragon, dragon


Do you know any dragon stories? Dragons are in films, book and video games… and may of these are set in Medieval times…


Vocabulary

• On the next slide you will see some vocabulary from the story.

• Look at the words and tell me which ones you know, and which ones you think you know


Which words do you know?


What do you think?

This is the first line in the story. ‘There once was a king whose kingdom was plagued by a dragon.’ Look at the sentences on the right. Which one seems the same as the one above.

A.  A long time ago there

were monsters who didn’t like kings.

B.  A dragon was making a lot of trouble for the king and the people of his country.

C.  A dragon made the king and his people sick.


Brave or coward

1.  Someone who is not scared of dangerous and difficult things

2.  Someone who wants to avoid danger and difficult situations

A.  Brave

B.  Cowardly


Fill the gaps. In fairy tales, witches and _______ have ______ powers, and they casts _______ on their enemies. The famous witch in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves had a Book of Spells.

A.  Spells

B.  Wizards

C.  Magic


Match the verb to its definition

1.  To ravage

2.  To misplace

3.  To doubt

A.  To be uncertain or unsure about something

B.  To lose something

C.  To bring heavy destruction on something.


Gapfill The wizard was old, and his mind was ________ by age. He couldn’t remember things very well and he often ________ his Book of Spells. The king _______ he was a good wizard any longer.

A.  misplaced

B.  doubted

C.  ravaged


Which is the correct definition?

To tip… A.  to move so that one

side is higher than another side

B.  to make bigger

C.  to move something along the floor


Match the expressions to the definition

1.  In a fury

2.  In a jiffy

3.  In a bother

A.  To do something immediately

B.  To be very angry

C.  To be annoyed


Cobbler In the story, the cobbler is a wise man with three sons.

What does wise mean?

A.  Someone who is very

intelligent

B.  Someone who has a deep understanding and experience of life

C.  Someone who can do many things at the same time


Gapfill

• Sometimes, if you do something silly and people see you, you might _________ and feel __________ .

A. happy

B. embarrassed

C. blush

D. scream


Test your memory


Pick the correct word A bad king, who treats people badly, is also called a ________ . A.  Maniac

B.  Tyrant

C.  Enemy


What happened

Use these words to say what happens in the story.

wizard, queen, rosebush, to turn into, to cast a spell on


Match the pictures to the words

to beam with pride

to shrug

to sigh

to chuckle

to glance


Can you use these in a sentence?

to beam with pride

to shrug

to sigh to chuckle

to glance


In the story… The cobbler gives advice to his sons. What does this mean?

A.  To give an opinion about how to do something

B.  To tell someone exactly how to do something

C.  To tell someone the rules


In the story… The first son sets out on his ______ . Before he goes, he _________ himself as a _______ .

a quest

peddler

to disguise

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