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2 - SYNOPSIS & TEACHER S NOTES SYNOPSIS The evil Sheriff of Nottingham is up to his usual tricks; taking money from the poor and generally being a baddy. The Sheriff gets richer and richer and the poor people get poorer and poorer, until one day Robin Hood and his Merry Men decide to stop him. The Sheriff wants to get rid of them and marry Maid Marion, so he organizes a competition to capture Robin Hood and get a kiss from Maid Marion. Will he get away with it? Main characters and setting WORKSHEET 1 FLASHCARDS Use the flashcards and the information in WORKSHEET 1 to introduce the setting and the main characters in the play. Robin Hood is the hero who takes money from the rich and gives it to the poor. The Sheriff of Nottingham is the greedy tax collector who wants to get richer and richer. Maid Marion is the lady whom both Robin Hood and The Sheriff are in love with. The Merry Men are Robin Hood s friends. The most important ones are Friar Tuck (the chubby one) and Little John, who is not little at all. Tell them the story of Robin Hood is a legend. You can also teach useful vocabulary with the flashcards: Robin Hood: hero, clever The Sheriff of Nottingham: money, rich, evil, greedy Maid Marion: brave, daring The Merry Men: loyal, brotherly You can also use them to do an exercise on physical description and, with Cicle Superior, on comparative sentences. Reviewing characters and setting WORKSHEET 2 Tell students to have a look at WORKSHEET 2 and write down everything they remember about the setting, the characters and how they are related to one another. TRACK 17 The Sheriff of Nottingham song WORKSHEET 3 Listen to the Sheriff of Nottingham s song and fill in the gaps. See the video section on our Facebook for the Karaoke version. Answers: (1) twitch (2) cash (3) gold dust (4) coin (5) yen (6) pounds (7) rubies (8) tax (9) heartless (10) rupees (11) dinar (12) cheque Vocabulary related to currencies around the world WORKSHEET 4 Tell students to match the different currencies on the left with the country flags on the right. Write the names in the space provided. Answers: 1d: Pounds-Great Britain 6f: Pesos-Mexico 2g: Yen-Japan 7c:Dinar- Algeria 3a: Dollars the USA 8e: Yuan-China 4i: Euros Italy 9h: Franc-Switzerland 5b:Rupees-India

3 - SYNOPSIS & TEACHER S NOTES Present Continuous. What are the Merry Men doing? WORKSHEET 5 (ONLY CICLE MITJÀ) Ask students to have a look at WORKSHEET 5 and write sentences about what the Merry Men are doing. Answers: 1-Little John is sleeping 2- Friar Tuck is eating 3-Robin Hood and Maid Marion are kissing 4- The Sheriff of Nottingham is counting money. Medieval Games WORKSHEET 6 Ask your students to have a look at WORKSHEET 6. Explain that in the Middle Ages entertainment varied according to status but included feasts, banquets, jousts, tournaments, fairs and sports. Students read the descriptions and write the names in the boxes: Answers: Jousting, archery matches, jesters/jugglers, fair Prepositions of place WORKSHEET 7 (Cicle MItjà) Ask your students to draw the arrows according to the key. PAST SIMPLE WORKSHEET 8 (Cicle Superior) Ask your students to complete the sentences with a suitable past simple verb. These sentences summarize the story of Robin Hood. In case they find the exercise too difficult, write the INFINITIVE of the verbs on the board. Answers: LIVED, WAS, LOVED, DIDN T LIKE, WANTED, WON, TOOK, ESCAPED, MADE, FELL, RODE, DISAPPEARED, TOLD.

4 WORKSHEET 1 The Legend of Robin Hood is set in the 13th century in Nottingham, England. Robin Hood was famous for stealing money from the rich and giving it to the poor. He lived in the Sherwood Forest with his followers, the Merry Men. Some of them included Friar Tuck, a real member of the Church and Little John, a friend of Robin s who was actually very tall and strong. The Sheriff of Nottingham was Robin Hood s enemy. He was the tax collector in Nottingham and a greedy man. He was in love with Maid Marion, who came from a rich family. But she was in love with Robin Hood.

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9 WORKSHEET 3 Track 17. Listen and fill in the gaps Rich, I am going to be rich Money, money, money, Makes me (1)! All I want is a little bit of(2), A sprinkle of your(3) A (4) from your stash Give me, give me Give me all you money Money, money Don t you think it s funny? Funny, funny Funny where it goes I m rich! And everybody knows! I don t mind if you pay me in (5) Dollars, (6) or euros, As long as I know when, Diamonds or (7) Silver coins or cents Pay your (8) just how you like At 21 percent!! Chorus If you are poor, I will listen to your pleas I m not so (9), Just pay me in (10) Swiss, Franc or Pesos (11), or a Franc. The only thing I won t accept is A (12) from the bank. Give me, give me Give me all your money Money, money Don t you think it s funny Funny, funny Funny where it goes I m rich! And everybody knows! I m rich! And don t you know- it shows!

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11 WORKSHEET 5 What are they doing? Little John. Friar Tuck Robin and Marion. The Sheriff of Nottingham...

12 WORKSHEET 6 A gathering held at a specific time and place to buy and sell goods They were matches usually arranged months in advance. Archers had to hit the target with their arrows. The closest to the bull s eye, the better. Two knights wore a suit of heavy armor and sat on a horse holding a long weapon. The point was to stab each other. Jesters wore colourful costumes and used lots of humour. They often stayed beside a noble or a king to make them laugh.

13 WORKSHEET 7 Key The BLACK ARROW is in the bull s eye. The RED ARROW is under the target. The BLUE ARROW is next to the target. The GREEN ARROW is above the target. The YELLOW ARROW is in front of the target

14 WORKSHEET 8 Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs Robin Hood STOLE money from the rich and GAVE it to the poor. Robin Hood and his Merry Men The Sheriff of Nottingham The Sheriff of Nottingham him. The Sheriff of Nottingham capture Robin Hood. in the forest. a bad man. Marion, but she to have a competition to Robin Hood him to the castle. Robin Hood the competition and the Sheriff with Marion. Maid Marion, disguised as an old woman, the Sheriff believe there was a pot of gold where the rainbow The Sheriff off on his horse and The people of England lived happily ever after and the story of Robin Hood to future generations.

15 WORKSHEET 9 Track 18. Listen and sing along Robin Hood and his Merry Men Robin Hood and Maid Marion Robin Hood and his Merry Men Stealing from the rich Giving to the poor He s the hero Who could ask for more?