Fantasy Literature—Philip Pullman

Period 3 Listening and Vocabulary

Answers for Activity 1 on page 15.

E—D—B—H—C—A—F—G

Answers for Activity 3 on page 15.

1. kingdom, land 2. cottage, palace

3. brave, handsome, wicked

4. put a spell on

5. hunt 6. pool

7. nearby 8. frog

Now make sentences with the words in the box.

brave cottage frog handsome hunt pool kingdom

land nearby palace put a spell on (someone) wicked

Answers:1 The brave King was very handsome.2 The wicked witch put a spell on the prince.3 There was a pool with a cottage nearby. 4 This kingdom has a beautiful palace.5 The king went to hunt on his land.

Answers for Activity 4 on page 16.

1. rule

2. king

3. army

4. take revenge

5. go to war

1. It’s a fantastic book. 2. To invent a fantasy story. 3. While he’s sleeping. 4. Bring the witch half of everything they have. 5. Before leaving his kingdom. 6. Because his father and most of his army are

dead. 7. He decides he’ll have to kill the witch himself. 8. “Oh King, I will tell you how to kill the wicked

witch.”

Answers for Activity 5.

Function

Activity1 Answer the questions.

What tense is used in the listening passage to tell the story?

The present simple tense.

1. about 2. takes place 3. has 4. knows 5. invent 6. try 7. tries 8. sounds

Activity 2 Complete the passage with these words. Put the verbs into the present simple tense.

Everyday English

Choose the correct answer. 1 (a) 2 (b) 3 (b) 4 (a) 5 (a) 6 (b) 7 (b)

1. Go on, I’m listening. 2. Give me a moment, and I’ll finish the work a

s soon as possible. 3. See what I mean? You should have listened to

me carefully. 4. Fortunately, the girl was on time for class. 5. It’s your turn to clean the blackboard. 6. I’m stuck. I think the maths problem is too d

ifficult for me. 7. Look at the time! What’s your excuse for bei

ng late?

Exercise: Make sentences with the expressions in bold type in EVERYDAY ENGLISH.

Homework

1. Read the short books Readers. 2. Preview the CULTURAL

CORNER.

Fantasy Literature—

Philip Pullman

Period 4 Cultural Corner

Task 1: Skimming1. Who is the writer of The Lord of the Rings?

2. Where does the story take place?

3. Who are the characters in the story?Answers:

1. J.R.R. Tolkien.2. The story takes place in a world called Middle Earth.

3. In the story, there are elves, tall beautiful creatures, hobbits, dwarves, wizard Sauron and wizard Gandalf.

Task 2: ScanningRead the passage and answer the questions.

1. In what ways is Middle Earth different from our world?

2. Explain how the Ring is important to the story.

Answers:

1. There are different creatures living there, and wizards who can do magic.2. The Ring can control all of the other rings and give the owner power over the whole of Middle Earth.

Task 3: Post-readingRead the passage once again and complete the chart below.

parts paragraphs

contents

the beginning

the middle

the end

1

2—3

4

Introduction of the book

The fantasy story about the Ring.

What people think of the book

homework

1. Read the passage again.2. Finish the exercises in

WORKBOOK.