Teaching Values through Fairy Tales Series: Self Esteem by Teacher Superstore

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Teachers’ Notes

Values

This book includes four delightful fairy tales which all promote the value of selfesteem. Through the inclusion of a variety of engaging activities, children are encouraged to enjoy and appreciate each story and recognise how one value can be presented to the reader in many different ways. As there are many different aspects of self-esteem no attempt is made in this book to include them all.

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To illustrate the value of self-esteem the following four stories have been chosen: • “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” to teach students about the dreadful consequences of having a poor self-image.

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• “The Farmer, His Son and Their Donkey” to emphasise to students that having a high self-esteem means having confidence in yourself. • “The Ugly Duckling” to teach children why people have low self-esteem and how important it is to help people gain a sense of self-worth. The activities in this book are intended to reinforce the value of selfesteem. It is important that students are able to recognise values in texts and the ways that values are promoted throughout their school life.

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• “The Emperor’s New Clothes” to teach children that having low self-esteem can make you very vulnerable.

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The Emperor’s New Clothes

The second story, “The Emperor’s New Clothes” is also about a person who looks for constant validation. The Emperor’s need for the approval of his subjects and his fear of them rejecting him as a competent leader makes him a prime target for a pair of swindlers who easily manage to deceive him and, except for one small boy, everyone else in the town. This story highlights how having low selfesteem can make you very vulnerable.

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The first story, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” is about a beautiful queen who seeks validation on a daily basis from her magic mirror because her self-esteem is so low. She looks to her mirror for approval and to increase her sense of self-worth. It is because her selfesteem is so low that the queen is unable to celebrate Snow White’s beauty and this makes her envious. Her low self-esteem, which makes her envious, has disastrous consequences.

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The Stories

Teachers’ Notes The Farmer, His Son and Their Donkey

“The Ugly Duckling” is the final story chosen to illustrate self-esteem. Because he is different, the ugly duckling is the target of unrelenting bullying almost from the moment he is born. As a result he feels alone and rejected everywhere he goes. Even when he is accepted, his poor self-esteem leads him to run away. It is only when he sees his reflection and realizes that he has turned into a beautiful swan that his feelings of self-worth soar. This story highlights how a low self-esteem is created.

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The third story, “The Farmer, His Son and Their Donkey” highlights the importance of trusting your own judgments rather than being swayed by everybody else’s opinions. The farmer is overly worried about what other people think of him and he soon discovers that doubting his own actions has unfortunate consequences. This story emphasises that having high self-esteem means trusting and having confidence in yourself.

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Questions for Class Discussions

• What does the queen in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” rely upon her mirror for? • Is the queen happy about Snow White’s beauty? • Why does the queen feel threatened by Snow White? • Does Snow White want to be the most beautiful woman in the land?

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• Why were the swindlers in “The Emperor’s New Clothes” able to deceive the Emperor so easily? • What was the Emperor frightened of? • Who is the only person with high self-esteem in “The Emperor’s New Clothes”?

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• Why did the farmer in “The Farmer, His Son and Their Donkey” listen to so many opinions? • What was the result of the farmer lacking the confidence to make his own decisions? • What did the farmer learn from the events that occurred on the way to the market? • Do you think the farmer will make the same mistake again?

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• In the story “The Ugly Duckling” how did the other animals treat the ugly duckling? Why did they behave in this way? • Was their behaviour towards the ugly duckling fair? • How did their treatment of the ugly duckling make him feel? • How did the mother try to help the situation? • What impact does bullying have on a person’s self-esteem?

Curriculum Links NSW

Talking and Listening - Stages 1 and 2

Text and Context - Standards 1 and 2

Reading - Stages 1 and 2

Language - Standards 1 and 2

Writing - Stages 1 and 2

Strategies - Standards 1 and 2

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Essential Leaning Achievements: 8, 9, 10 and 11 - Early and Later Childhood

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Adapted by Ron Newton

and knocked. When there was no answer, Snow White timidly entered. Inside the cottage Snow White found a table with seven chairs and on the table there were seven bowls and seven cups. There was also a fire with a pot of stew ready to eat. Snow White took a quick taste of the stew then ventured to a stairway in the middle of the cottage and entered a bedroom where she found seven little beds. Feeling drowsy after her ordeal in the forest, Snow White lay down on one of the beds and soon fell fast asleep.

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As long as the mirror kept giving the new queen this answer she was happy, but one day the mirror gave her a new answer, “You are fair and beautiful to see, but Snow White is more beautiful than thee.”

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Once upon a time there was a queen with a beautiful daughter named Snow White. However, one day the queen died and the king married again. The new queen was also beautiful but she was so insecure that each day she consulted a magic mirror to reassure herself that she was the most beautiful woman in the land. Each day she would ask her mirror, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most beautiful of all?” Each day the mirror would reply, “You are the most beautiful of all.”

While she slept the owners of the cottage, seven dwarfs who spent their days in the mountains digging for gold, returned home and were astonished to find Snow White fast asleep on one of their beds. They gazed in wonderment at her beauty and being careful not to wake her, tucked her in and made her snug.

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The queen’s self-esteem was so low that she could not bear anyone to be more beautiful than her. She flew into a violent rage and became so envious of Snow White that she ordered a woodsman to take Snow White into the forest and kill her. But the woodsman was unable to obey the queen and instead he left Snow White alone in the forest at the mercy of the weather and wild beasts. Frightened and hungry, Snow White ran deeper and deeper into the forest.

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In the morning Snow White woke, smiled at the dwarfs and then told them the story of how the queen had sent her into the forest to be killed. The dwarfs were very sad to hear Snow White’s story and they promised to let her live in the cottage with them and to take care of her. In return, Snow White promised to clean the house and to cook their meals while they were out digging for gold.

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that they could continue to gaze at her beauty. Each day they would gather around the coffin and weep for her.

This peaceful life would have continued for Snow White and for the dwarfs had it not been for the queen who continued each day to ask her mirror who the most beautiful woman in the land was. After having ordered Snow White to be killed, the queen expected the mirror to give her good news. Imagine her surprise when the mirror told her, “In the house of seven dwarfs lives Snow White, the most beautiful in all the land.”

Then one day a handsome prince came riding by, saw the coffin and immediately fell in love with Snow White. As he opened the coffin and lifted her in his arms, a piece of apple fell from Snow White’s mouth. She opened her eyes and knew at once that she loved this handsome prince who had saved her life. Soon after, she and the prince were married and the dwarfs often visited them in their castle.

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Furious that the woodsman had betrayed her and that Snow White was still alive, the queen vowed that she would get rid of Snow White once and for all. She prepared a horrible poison and spread it on one side of a delicious looking red apple. Then, disguised as an old woman, she found her way to the cottage in the forest and knocked on the door.

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Each day the dwarfs would go off to dig for gold, but not before warning Snow White not to let anyone into the house.

It was not such a happy ending for the queen. When her mirror told her that Snow White still lived, the queen, whose happiness always depended upon her mirror’s reassurances, choked with rage and died.

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When Snow White came to the door the wicked queen enticed her to try some of the apple by taking a bite herself from the side of the apple which wasn’t poisoned. Immediately Snow White fell lifeless to the ground and the queen fled triumphantly back to her palace.

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When the dwarfs returned home from work and saw Snow White they tried everything they could think of to revive her. When all their attempts failed they placed her in a crystal coffin so 9

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Draw faces to show how the characters feel at different times of the story.

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When the dwarfs find Snow White poisoned.

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The story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs shows how low self-esteem can lead to envy and cruelty. Create acrostics for the words below and illustrate each acrostic with a character from the story.

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Using the words below, fill in the gaps to complete the story about the queen being cruel to Snow White because she is envious of her beauty.

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Complete these sentences to show the result of the queen’s poor self-image. 1. Everyday she asked____________________________________________

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3. Furious that the woodsman had betrayed her, she vowed to___________ ______________________________________________________________ 4. She poisoned_________________________________________________ 5. She disguised herself as_________________________________________

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Find the poison apples! Circle True or False for each statement then colour the apples that are false in red.

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threatened by Snow White’s beauty because she was insecure.

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Low self-esteem led the queen to be the villain in the story. Colour the words in the grid that describe the queen. beautiful evil

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A healthy self-image would have led the queen to celebrate Snow White’s beauty. Instead, because of her poor self-image, the queen envied Snow White and sent her with a woodsman to the forest to be killed.

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Colour this picture of Snow White discovering the cottage in the forest and then complete the task below.

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The Emperor’s New Clothes

Adapted by Ron Newton

them another bag of gold in payment. Each day the Emperor wondered how the weavers were progressing but he was frightened to go and check himself in case he could not see the cloth and have to admit to his subjects that he was not fit to do his job. Therefore, he decided to send his Prime Minister who was very intelligent and wise. But the Prime Minister was unable to see any material at all even though he stared closely at the looms. Utterly dismayed, he thought that perhaps he was unfit for his job so he went back to the Emperor and told him of the magnificent work that the weavers were doing. “Magnificent! Superb! Exquisite!” he told the Emperor who was so convinced by his Prime Minister’s good report that he ordered more bags of gold to be sent to the weavers and more material to be ordered.

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One day, two strangers arrived in the city who claimed to be weavers. They said that they could weave the most exquisite cloth. In fact, they claimed that their cloth was so special that is was only visible to those who were fit to do their jobs. To anyone who was a fool, the cloth was completely invisible.

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Once upon a time there was an Emperor who loved new clothes. While other rulers spent their time inspecting their troops and attending meetings, the Emperor liked to show off fancy new clothes, admire himself in his many full-length mirrors and listen to the flattering comments made by his subjects.

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wear clothes woven from the finest cloth imaginable, but he would also be able to tell who in his kingdom were able to do their jobs. He ordered a large amount of the special material and instructed the two strangers to commence work at once.

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Soon afterwards, the Emperor decided to send another trusted official to examine the cloth. But the same thing that had happened to the Prime Minister happened again. This man also could see nothing at all on the looms but frightened that he would be considered unfit for his job, he too praised the material that he couldn’t see.

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By now the Emperor could wait no longer. He had to see the wonderful material for himself! Without further hesitation, the Emperor, followed by

all the people in the court, rushed to the room where the weavers were pretending to weave. He looked closely at the weavers as they wove and carefully examined the looms. But the Emperor could see nothing.

Then all of a sudden, a small boy r o e t s B r pushed his way through the crowd and e o p o cried, “The Emperor hasn’t got any u k clothes on!” Around the crowd some S giggling began and then people started

That night the two strangers pretended to work without ceasing. They cut the air with their scissors, they stitched with needles that had no thread and they removed from the looms material that didn’t exist. Finally, they announced proudly that the Emperor’s suit was finished.

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‘What a fool I must be!’ he thought. ‘But I can’t let everyone know that I’m not fit for my job.’ So the Emperor turned to the whole of his assembled court and, taking a deep breath, exclaimed, “What extraordinary cloth! The designs and colours are brilliant. I cannot wait to wear a suit made of this wonderful material at tomorrow’s parade.”

stepped out proudly at the head of the procession, smiling at the applause of the onlookers. Everyone agreed that the new clothes were the finest that they had ever seen and the clapping and cheering grew louder as the Emperor continued his parade through the streets.

to whisper as everyone knew that the small boy was right. The Emperor knew it too. He also knew that because he wanted his subjects to think that he was fit for his job, he had let himself be deceived by a pair of swindlers from another town. Now he had made a fool of himself but there was nothing he could do about it but bravely continue his walk as though nothing was wrong. With a very red face and his head held high, the Emperor headed the parade back to his palace where he determined never again to be so easily deceived.

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Early the next morning after hastily eating his breakfast, the Emperor hurried off to be dressed by the weavers in the new suit of clothes ready for the procession through the streets of the town. The weavers asked him to remove his clothes and to stand in front of the mirror while they pretended to dress him in his new coat and breeches. “How splendid! How absolutely perfect!” they exclaimed, as the whole court crowded around to see.

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The two weavers when the Emperor agrees to pay them for making him some new clothes.

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Complete the sentences below to show the results of the Emperor’s poor self-esteem.

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Number the boxes below from 1 to 10 to show the order in which these events appear in the story.

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As well as the Emperor, the Prime Minister also has low self-esteem. Using the words below, fill in the spaces to complete the story about the Emperor sending his Prime Minister to check on the work of the two strangers.

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Each _______________ the _______________ wondered how they were

progressing but he was frightened to go and check himself in case he could not see the _______________ and have to admit to his _______________ that he was not fit to do his _______________ . Therefore, he decided to send his ____________________ who was very intelligent and wise. But

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Colour the swindlers who deceived the Emperor with the colours below.

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green purple orange yellow black blue red pink brown

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The dishonest weavers took advantage of people’s low self-esteem. Answer the questions below. 1. The Prime Minister did not want to be seen as unfit for his job so he …

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The Farmer, His Son and Their Donkey

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and an old man in the group called out to them, “What a lazy boy! What are you doing resting on the donkey’s back while your poor old father has to battle on in the sun on foot? You should get down and let your father ride.”

On their way they passed a woman standing by the side of the road. As they approached her, she shouted out to the farmer, “What a hot morning it is! I’m surprised to see you making your son walk in the heat. You should be letting him ride on the donkey. If he faints in the heat it will be your fault.”

Hearing this, the farmer once more stopped to consider the suggestion. After some thought he decided that the old man was correct and even though he was not old or tired he climbed up on the donkey’s back and made his son walk. They then carried on their journey.

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The farmer stopped and thought about this for a moment. He decided that the woman was right. So he made room among the baskets of fruit and vegetables on the donkey’s back and made his son ride on the donkey. They then continued on their way to the market with the farmer’s son riding on the donkey’s back even though the farmer’s son was quite uncomfortable.

As they approached the town they came across a man riding a horse. “What are you doing?” asked the man. “On such a hot day as this you should both be riding on the donkey.”

Once more the farmer stopped to consider this man’s opinion and after thinking about it he decided that the man was right. So even though it was a bit of a squeeze for the two of them to ride on the donkey’s back with all of the fruit and vegetables as well, they travelled on to the town where there were some

they all fell into the river. The farmer and his son managed to frantically swim to shore but the donkey, in his panic, ran away, while the fruit and vegetables were swept away with the current.

As before the farmer patiently stopped to think about what the woman had said and after a few minutes he decided that there was merit in her idea. After cutting a pole and tying the donkey to it, the farmer and his son then carried the donkey upside down on the pole as well as carrying the fruit and vegetables between them.

events of the day, he decided that he was intelligent enough to trust his own judgments in future and that he would not be influenced by everyone’s different opinions again. He now realised that you have to be confident and believe in yourself.

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townspeople on the side of the road. As they approached the townspeople, a woman cried out, “I don’t believe it. What are you doing all crowded on the back of your donkey on such a hot day? Your poor old donkey will die from exhaustion. Instead of the donkey carrying you, you should be carrying the donkey.”

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The Farmer, His Son and Their Donkey  Activity 2  The farmer lacks self-esteem and therefore shows no confidence in his own decisions. Instead, he listens to the opinions of others. Illustrate the story in the boxes.

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The donkey began to break the ropes that tied him to the pole.

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The farmer, his son, their donkey and the fruit and vegetables fell into the river.

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The Farmer, His Son and Their Donkey  Activity 4  Circle True or False for each statement then colour the hats that are false.

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sisters. As the days went by, things got worse. The ducks bit him, the hens pecked at him and even the man who collected eggs from the hen house trod on his feathers.

r o e t s B r e ooself-esteem The ugly duckling’s p u became lower andk lower and finally S he could stand it no longer. He

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Once upon a time a mother duck sat patiently hatching her eggs. Soon she heard one egg crack, then another, and another, until six fluffy yellow ducklings had hatched. Only one egg remained and the mother watched it anxiously. Suddenly this egg also began to crack open but to the mother’s dismay, instead of a pretty baby duckling emerging from the egg, she saw the ugliest duckling that could ever be imagined. Every day this duckling seemed to grow uglier but the mother always defended him. “He may be ugly but he is kind and friendly”, she said.

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decided to run away. But unhappily he found that life outside the barnyard was no better, as even the wild creatures ran away from him. Eventually, the ugly duckling came to a cottage where an old lady lived with her cat and her hen. The old lady brought him into her house and treated him kindly. The ugly duckling started to gain confidence in himself until the cat and the hen tormented him.

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swimming lesson and none of the ducklings swam better than the ugly duckling. “See how beautifully he swims”, said the mother. “He is better than all the others.”

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When the ugly duckling was unable to do either of these things, he felt even worse than before and once again decided to run away. of self-worth, the ugly duckling found a pond to swim in and as he swam, he heard a strange sound in the sky. Looking up, he saw a flock of large birds that he had

never seen before. Their feathers were white and their necks were long and slender. He had never seen any creatures so beautiful and he knew that he loved them more than anything else in the world.

Fortunately, a farmer came by, broke the ice around the ugly duckling and carried him back to his house where he placed him in front of the warm fire. In the days that followed the man’s family tried to make him feel at home, but the ugly duckling thought that the family would eventually torment him, so once again he ran away.

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As the winter turned cold, the ugly duckling kept swimming around and around in the pond to keep himself from being frozen in the icy cold water. But gradually the pond became smaller and smaller until one day, worn out from his struggles, he lay stiff and frozen in the ice.

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head bowed humbly, he suddenly saw his own reflection in the water. He was no longer an ugly duckling but a beautiful swan, just like the magnificent birds that he had once admired in the sky and which now swam before him. The other swans glided towards him, greeted him and stroked his neck while nearby some children on the water’s edge exclaimed, “Look, there’s a new swan an`d he is the most beautiful of all.” As everyone gathered around to admire him, he knew that he had never dreamed of such happiness when he had been the ugly duckling.

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Somehow the ugly duckling managed to survive the winter, and when spring arrived he felt bigger and stronger. Then one day, he saw three large birds swimming towards him. These were the same creatures that he had seen in the sky. They were now floating lightly on the water and even though he knew that they might be cruel to him because he was so ugly, he decided to risk approaching them. As he drew closer to them with his

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The ugly duckling had such low self-esteem because he was bullied. How was he bullied? His sisters and brothers_ __________________________________________

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Do the sums and follow the code to shade in the ugly duckling. Use only lead pencil or fine black pen, with a ruler.

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The ugly duckling was not bullied by everyone. Complete the questions below.

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“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most beautiful of all.”

On the back of the sheet students should draw four of the following: a table, seven chairs, seven bowls, seven cups, a fire, a pot of stew and/or seven beds.

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Cloze: door, wicked, apple, bite, poisoned, fell, fled, palace, returned, tried, revive.

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The Emperor’s New Clothes P21 1. The Emperor liked to show off fancy new clothes.

2. He liked to look at himself in his many full-length mirrors.

2. She commanded a woodsman to take Snow White into the forest and kill her.

3. He liked to listen to the flattering comments made by his subjects.

3. Furious that the woodsman had betrayed her she vowed to get rid of Snow White once and for all.

4. He was easily deceived by two strangers.

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1. Everyday she asked the mirror if she was the most beautiful of all.

5. He wanted his subjects to think that he was doing his job correctly.

6. In a rage she died.

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Cloze: day, Emperor, cloth, subjects, job, Prime Minister, material, looms, work, weavers, report. The Emperor’s New Clothes P24

The swindlers were dishonest because: they claimed to be weavers, they claimed that their cloth was only visible to those who were fit to do their jobs, they took money from the Emperor, they pretended to weave the Emperor clothes.

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The hens pecked at him.

1. Pretended his clothes were beautiful.

The cat and the hen tormented him.

2. Allowed himself to be fooled by the swindlers.

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3. Agreed that the Emperor’s clothes were the finest they had ever seen.

The first picture shows the ugly duckling hatching out of his egg.

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The second picture shows the ugly duckling’s mother defending him.

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The third picture shows the ugly duckling feeling alone and rejected. The fourth picture shows the man who collected the eggs stepping on his feathers.

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The fifth picture shows the swans that swam in the same pond as the ugly duckling. The final picture shows the ugly duckling recognising that he has transformed into a beautiful swan.

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His brothers and sisters were ashamed of him.

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