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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table & Medieval Castles
Criterios de evaluación
- Entrega en tiempo y forma.
- La correcta presentación, expresión y ortografía.
- Respuestas completas y con adecuada elaboración, respetando las consignas.
- Utilización correcta del vocabulario.
- Análisis de documentos (textos, fotografías, gráficos, audiovisuales…)
Subjects: Reading History – Speaking Literature
Skills: Reading comprehension - Writing
Contents: Middle Ages – Castles – King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Medieval Literature)
Before Reading
Historical Context (Revision/Recycling Content) – (Reading History – Lares (1st) – Piñero (2nd))
1- The stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are more than a thousand years old.
What do you know about the history of England around and before this time? Do you know who the
Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans were and when they came to England? Complete the
following text.
____________________ruled Britain between 43AD and
40AD. After this, there were many small kingdoms in
Britain with different leaders. During the next century
after the Romans, ___________________invaded from
Germany and Scandinavia.
_____________________came from Scandinavia and
attacked the coast of Britain for 200 years after this. The
_____________________ invaded Britain from France in
1066.
2- These stories describe the adventures of King Arthur’s
knights and show how a good knight should behave.
What kind of adventures do you think they will have?
What difficult things will they have to do? What will
they wear and carry? What adjectives might describe
a good knight? Write your ideas in the table.
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Things they have to do Things they wear/carry Adjectives to describe a good
knight
save a young woman brave
Look at the picture and read again the material you have been working on (Speaking Literature – Lares)
to be able to complete the table. (“What was ‘Courtly Love’?” / “What did ‘Chivalry’ imply in the Middle
Ages?” / “The Code of Chivalry”)
3- Read the Introduction and answer these questions. (p. V – Speaking Literature Material)
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(a) How did Arthur become King?_____________________________________________________
(b) Where did the Saxons come from?____________________________________________________
(c) When did King Arthur live – perhaps?___________________________________________________
(d) What were people interested in when they wrote these stories?______________________________
(e) Who wrote a book of these stories in 1484?_________________________________________________
4- Read Chapters 1 & 2 and complete the following activity. Who, in Chapters 1 and 2 said...?
(a) You can marry Igraine. _____________________________
(b) Who will be king after me?_________________________
(c) Who brought the stone here?_______________________
(d) Perhaps the new king will come to the fight._______________________
(e) There is a sword in the stone outside the church._________________________
(f) Where did that sword come from?__________________________
(g) I will try to be a good king.____________________________
(h) Arthur is our king!________________________________
(i) When you were born, I took you to Avalon, a magic place.__________________________
(j) I love Guinevere and I want to marry her._______________________________
(k) The names of the Knights of the Round Table will be famous!________________________________
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5- This picture shows an important moment in the story
connected to Arthur’s swords. Write a paragraph
saying what has just happened and what is going
to happen next and explaining the importance of
the sword.
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6- Now imagine you can travel back in time… And you can visit some awesome places in the Middle Ages…
Let’s start!
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[Link] (NatGeo)
Watch the following videos and take down notes!
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7- Complete the following activities.
