Worksheet 2
1. Read the fantastic tale.
The Elves and the Shoemaker by Brothers Grimm
was helping him.That night, he didn’t go to bed and could see two little naked elves that sat upon the shoemaker’s bench and set to work at once.The shoemaker was so thankful that he told his wife,“Let’s make each of them a shirt, a coat, and a pair of shoes.” About midnight they came in again and went to their work as usual, but when they saw the clothes lying for them, they were very happy.They put them on and danced as merry as could be, till at last they danced out at the door, and away over the green.The good couple saw them no more, but everything went well with them from that time forward.
Once there was a very poor shoemaker, who only had leather to make one pair of shoes. One night, he cut it out and went to bed planning to work on the shoes the next day. In the morning, to his surprise, the shoes were already made. Soon after, a customer came in and liked the shoes so much that he told the shoemaker he was going to pay a higher price for them.The shoemaker could buy leather to make two more pairs, and it happened again: he cut it out, went to bed, and next morning the work was ready. Soon, buyers came in and paid him well for them. This continued for some time until the shoemaker decided to discover who
2. Work in pairs. Write examples from the tale you read. a. Direct speech: b. Indirect speech: 3. Identify the protagonist and the secondary characters. a. protagonist: b. secondary characters: 4. Explain the plot. a. beginning: b. rising action: c. climax: d. falling action: e. resolution:
5. Discuss with your class what values are shown in this tale.
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