Beatrix Potter - Language World

1 Beatrix Potter Building Background Beatrix Potter Building Background Drawing Conclusions Look at the pictures. Who might be Beatrix Potter ? What might she Look at the pictures. What conclusion can you draw from them? have done? Answer the questions. Circle the numbers of the correct answers. 1. She was born in London, England. She liked to draw pictures of animals and plants. She liked to write letters. She liked to tell a story about animals. Beatrix drew new pictures for The Tale of Peter Rabbit. 2. 1. What might Beatrix Potter have liked?

2 She was a famous artist. cleaning mess drawing pictures baking cakes fishing and camping She was born in London, England. 2. What might Beatrix Potter have become when she grew up? She loved animals. a cook a writer She liked to draw pictures of a doctor a farmer animals and plants. 3. Write the title of the book that Beatrix Potter wrote. The Tale of Peter Rabbit 2 Four Corners Workbook Beatrix Potter 3. Building Vocabulary Key Words Building Vocabulary High - Frequency Words Complete the word puzzle using the words from the Word Bank.

3 Circle the words that make sense in the sentences. And write the words. Across 1. Beatrix Potter was a famous _____ and writer. 2. She had a dog, a frog, a _____ and two rabbits. 3. She told him a story about a _____ named Peter. Down 1. When she was a girl, Beatrix loved _____. 4. Beatrix liked to write _____ to children. 5. She liked to draw pictures of animals and _____.. l [ Word Bank ]. e t animals . a r t i s t n e loved artist . When she was a girl, Beatrix animals. i r a b b i t (loaded loved). rabbit m p s a l letters She liked (liked lived).

4 To draw pictures of animals and plants.. l i z a r d s n plants When she was older, she continued to draw pictures t (to too). lizard of animals. s 4 Four Corners Workbook Beatrix Potter 5. Comprehension Comprehension Check Comprehension Comprehension Check Read the passage and answer the questions. Write the numbers of the pictures next to the matching sentences below. (1) (2). Beatrix Potter was a famous artist and writer. She was born in 1866 in London, England. When she was a girl, Beatrix loved animals. She liked to draw pictures of animals and plants.

5 (3) (4). 1. What is the passage mainly about? The Tale of Peter Rabbit a boy named Noel animals and plants Beatrix Potter 2. Which is true about Beatrix Potter ? She was born in Paris, France. She liked to draw pictures of houses and buildings. She was a famous artist and writer. 3 This is Beatrix at the age of fifteen with her pet dog, Spot. She loved England. 4 Beatrix drew these pictures of her pets. 3. Write about what Beatrix Potter liked. 1 This is Beatrix with her father and mother. 2. She liked to draw pictures of animals and plants.

6 This is Beatrix at the age of nine. 6 Four Corners Workbook Beatrix Potter 7. Comprehension Comprehension Check Comprehension Comprehension Check Read the passage and answer the questions. Read the passage and answer the questions. Beatrix liked to write letters to children she knew. One day Beatrix Beatrix also _____ to draw wrote to a boy named Noel. She told him a story about a rabbit pictures of her many pets. She had a named Peter. dog, a frog, a lizard and two rabbits. A few years later the _____ became a book. The Tale of Peter When Beatrix was older, she continued Rabbit was the first book Beatrix wrote.

7 To draw pictures of animals. Some of her drawings were used in greeting cards. 1. Which is true about the passage? Beatrix wrote to a boy named Peter. Beatrix liked to draw pictures for a boy named Noel. Beatrix told Peter a story about a rabbit. Beatrix liked to write letters to a rabbit named Peter. 1. What is the main idea of the passage? When Beatrix was older, she stopped writing letters. 2. What word goes in the blank? Beatrix was a famous artist and writer. Peter letter When Beatrix was older, she continued to draw pictures.

8 Story Noel Beatrix was born in London, England. 2. What word goes in the blank? 3. What is the name of the first book that Beatrix wrote? worked liked The Tale of Peter Rabbit used had The Tale of Jemima Puddle - Duck The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin 3. What were some of Beatrix 's drawings used in? The Tale of Noel greeting cards calendar dress story books 8 Four Corners Workbook Beatrix Potter 9. Comprehension Comprehension Check Comprehension Comprehension Check Read and circle the sentences that match the pictures. Read the passage and answer the questions.

9 1. Beatrix drew these pictures of her pets. Beatrix Potter wrote many other books too. Children everywhere loved her stories and This is Noel at the age of five. pictures. _____. 2. This is the letter Beatrix wrote to Noel in 1. What sentence might fit in the blank? 1893. Beatrix Potter still writes many stories. The Tale of Peter Rabbit was the first book Beatrix wrote. This is Beatrix at the age of fifteen. She told Noel a story about a rabbit named Peter. They still love them today. 2. Which is true about the passage? 3. Beatrix drew new pictures for The Tale of Children still love Beatrix and her stories.

10 Peter Rabbit. Children are not interested in Beatrix 's stories any more. Beatrix Potter stopped writing stories when she got older. Beatrix often took her pet rabbit on walks. Beatrix Potter wrote only one book in her life. Read the sentences and put a checkmark ( ) on True or False. 4. This is Beatrix with her father and mother. 1. Beatrix wrote many other books too. True False 2. Beatrix stopped writing books. True False Beatrix drew the pictures on this greeting 3. Children loved her stories. True False card. 4. Children were not interested in her pictures.