Robin Hood 1a) The Story of Robin Hood - IPA …

1 IPAI P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit Hood1a) The Story of Robin HoodRead the Story and fill in the spaces using the words in the box. There is one word extra that you don t need! Then listen to the Story to see if your answers are P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit Hood1b) The Story of Robin HoodRead the Story and fill in the gaps. There is one word extra that you don t need! Now listen to the Story to see if you are correct!IPAI P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit hood Teaching notes Time20 30 minutesLevel MediumSkills Focus Vocabulary, reading, familiarise the students with the Story of Robin hood and the vocabulary used in the the students what they know about the legend of Robin hood .

2 Give the students the worksheet and ask them, individually or in pairs, to fill in the gaps with the correct words from the box above. Then listen to the Story of Robin hood to see if they guessed activityFor students of a higher level, cover the words in the box and get them to guess what the missing words could be. Then listen to see if they are keyBrief history of the legend of Robin HoodThe Story is set in the town of Nottingham, England. Robin hood lived in Sherwood Forest with his gang of merry men, most famously Little John and Friar Tuck. It is set in the time of King John (13th century). Robin hood was famous for stealing from the rich to give money to the poor. His enemy was the Sheriff of Nottingham, who was infamous for making the poor people pay many taxes. Robin hood s love interest was Lady Marion who the sheriff also hood was often depicted wearing green clothes and a red feather in his b) The Story of Robin Hood1.

3 Castle2. bad3. have4. poor5. steals6. girl 7. his8. catch9. clever10. has11. goes12. swordIPAI P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit Hood2) Introducing a friendRead about the Sheriff of Nottingham. Below, draw a picture of yourself and a friend, then write about your P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit hood Teaching notes Time20 30 minutesLevel MediumSkills Focus Speaking, practice the third person singular, using the student s own personal the students to choose a classmate to write about. Using the example of the sheriff, the students should write eight sentences about their friend. When they have finished they should introduce their classmate to the rest of the class. Encourage the students to use different verbs and a mixture of positives and activityFor students of a higher level, the activity should be done orally.

4 Each student should ask their partner questions to discover the answers, and then introduce their partner to the ) Introducing a friendIPAI P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit Hood3) VerbsMatch the verbs on the left to the words on the write sentences using phrases with the characters from the Sheriff counts his money. Robin HoodIPAI P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit hood Teaching notes Time20 minutesLevel DifficultSkills Focus Verb noun collocation. Third person familiarise the students with the verb noun collocations used in the play, count money. Also to use the third person singular, The sheriff counts students should match the verbs in column A with the prepositions and nouns in column B.

5 The students then use these phrases in a sentence involving a character from the play thereby using the third person The Sheriff has a activityFor students of a higher level, ask them to write the verbs in column A in their past simple form, have (had). Then write the sentences below in the past key1. Have (had) a castle (The Sheriff of Nottingham)2. Catch (caught) a criminal (The Sheriff of Nottingham)3. Count (counted) money (The Sheriff of Nottingham)4. Escape (escaped) from prison ( Robin hood )5. Give (gave) to the poor ( Robin hood )6. Live (lived) - in the forest ( Robin hood )7. Look (looked) at a picture (Sheriff, Robin hood )8. Pay (paid) taxes (The poor people)9. See (saw) Lady Marion(The Sheriff / Robin hood )10. Steal (stole) from the rich ( Robin hood )3) VerbsIPAI P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit Hood4a) Robin hood SongsHere are three songs from Robin hood .

6 Listen and sing along!The Sheriff of NottinghamThe Sheriff of NottinghamIs a very bad takes all the gold From the poor and oldBut I take from the bad And give it to the good. I m Robin hood (hey!) I m Robin hood (hey!) Robin hood s SongRobin HoodI live in the wood I take from the bad and I give to the goodRobin HoodI live in the wood I take from the bad and I give to the goodRobin HoodI live in the wood I take from the bad and I give to the goodRobin hood ! Money is my WorldMoney! Oh, Money!Money is my ! It s is my it what would I do?So I want more money. Oh, money! I want more want your money!Money is my world!IPAI P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit Hood4b) Robin hood SongsListen to the song and then fill in the gaps. Check your answers then sing along!Money is my WorldMoney! Oh, Money!Money is my _____.

7 Money! It s is my _____ .OhhhhWithout it what _____ I do?So I want more money. Oh, money! I want more want _____ money!Money is _____ world!IPAI P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit Hood4c) Robin hood SongsAnswer the questions to find the missing words from the song. Then listen to the song. Were you right? Sing along with your Sheriff of NottinghamThe Sheriff of NottinghamIs a very bad _____ He takes all the _____ From the poor and _____But I _____ from the bad And give it to the _____ I m Robin hood (hey!) I m Robin hood (hey!)1. Male - not a woman (3)2. Very expensive metal (4)3. Not young (3)4. The opposite of give (4)5. Not bad (4)IPAI P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit hood Teaching notes Time30 40 minutesLevel Easy/MediumSkills Focus Vocabulary, listening, familiarise the students with the songs of Robin hood and the vocabulary used in them.

8 We find that the show experience is really enhanced by being able to sing along with the songs during the the students to sing along with songs to familiarize themselves with the songs (Song sheet 4A). Use the gap-fills of the song (Song sheets 4B and 4C) for higher level activityGet the students to learn the words for homework. Then on the next class give them the gap-fill (worksheets 4B/4C) and ask them to fill in the missing words. Listen to see if they are a c) Robin hood SongsIPAI P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit Hood5) The Picture Book of Robin HoodCan you draw? Draw the pictures of the P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit Hood5) The Picture Book of Robin hood Teaching notes Time20 30 minutesLevel EasySkills Focus Vocabulary, reading, speaking, and familiarise the students with the Story of Robin hood and the vocabulary used in the the students to imagine what Robin hood , The Sheriff, and Lady Marion look like.

9 Discuss with the groups what they think the characters might look like. Give the students the worksheet and ask them, to draw the pictures that match the scene being described in each activityAsk the students to imagine that they are The Sheriff of Nottingham and design a WANTED poster for Robin hood . Ask them to add some text saying how much the reward money is, what his crimes are and what will happen to him when he is caught. This could work well as a homework P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit Hood6) Who Says That?Read the sentences and match them with the right people. Each person says four P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit hood Teaching notes Time10 20 minutesLevel MediumSkills Focus Vocabulary, reading.

10 Possibly familiarise the students with the the phrases to the characters. The students can work individually or in activitySplit the group into four groups; Robin Hoods, Lady Marions, Sheriffs and Witches. Get them to present the sentences orally in the style of the character who says them (you may want to invent one or two more phrases for each group).Answer keyRobin hood : a, f, h, mSheriff: b, g, j, oLady Marion: c, e, l, nWitch: d, h, k, p6) Who Says That?IPAI P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit Hood7) True or False?Before the show: Do you think the following sentences are true (T) or false (F)? Look at your answers after you see the show. How many did you get right?IPAI P AThis activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production s Robin hood . For more information, visit Hood7) True or False?