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Level 5
Suitable for: young learners who have
completed around 250
hours of study in English
Type of English: American
Headwords: 1000
Key words: 20 (see pages 2 and 5 of
this Factsheet)
Key grammar: shall for suggestions, will
for future meaning, zero
conditional, common
phrasal verbs

Jasmine and Aladdin are about to marry and they

are both very happy. Aladdin frees the Genie with
Summary of the story his third wish and the Genie goes off to see the
Jafar, the Sultan’s wicked advisor, wants the magic world.
lamp from the Cave of Wonders. He discovers
that only “a man who is better than he looks” can Background information
enter the cave. Jafar tricks the Sultan and takes his
Aladdin is the 31st movie in the Disney Animated
magic ring. The ring tells him that Aladdin, a poor
Classics series. It was released in 1992.
boy, is good enough to go into the cave and bring
out the lamp. The movie tells a version of Aladdin and the Magic
Lamp from the collection of stories, One Thousand
Aladdin goes into the cave for Jafar, but he gets
and One Nights (often called The Arabian Nights).
shut inside. He rubs the lamp and a genie appears.
This famous collection of stories comes from the
The Genie tells him that he has three wishes
Middle East and South Asia. The stories were
and takes Aladdin out of the cave. Outside the
collected by writers, translators, and scholars over
cave, Aladdin makes his first wish: to be a prince
many centuries. The first European version of the
because only a prince can marry the Sultan’s
collection was published in French between 1704
daughter, Jasmine. (Aladdin met Jasmine in the
and 1717.
market and they had fallen in love with each
other.) His third wish will be to free the Genie from The film won two Academy Awards® for Best
the lamp. But he does not make his third wish yet! Song: A Whole New World and Best Original Score.
Jafar is very angry and uses his snakehead staff to
make the Sultan agree that Jasmine must marry
Jafar and not a prince. Jafar finds Aladdin and
throws him into a river. But Aladdin still has the Did you know … ?
lamp so he makes his second wish: for the Genie to Some other famous stories from One
save him from drowning. Thousand and One Nights include Ali Baba
Jafar’s parrot, Iago, then tricks Aladdin and Jafar and the Forty Thieves and The Voyages of
gets the lamp at last. Jafar is about to marry Sinbad the Sailor.
Jasmine when Aladdin returns and they fight.
Aladdin wins by tricking Jafar into saying he
wishes to be a genie. His wish is granted and he
becomes a prisoner inside the lamp.

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The characters Key words

Aladdin is a poor street boy who falls in love with (see page 5 of this Factsheet for the Key words in
the Sultan’s daughter. context)
The Sultan has a daughter called Jasmine. He
wants her to marry a prince before her next advisor (n) master (n)
birthday. appear (v) order (n, v)
balcony (n) parrot (n)
Jasmine is the Sultan’s daughter. She falls in love
desert (n) prison / prisoner (n)
with Aladdin.
enter (v) rub (v)
Jafar is the Sultan’s advisor. He wants to marry free (v, adj) rule (n)
Jasmine and become the Sultan. guard (n) staff (n)
The Genie lives inside the magic lamp. He can give law (n) treasure (n)
three wishes to the owner of the lamp. lie (v) trust (v)
Abu is Aladdin’s pet monkey. magician (n) truth (n)
Iago is Jafar’s parrot.
Prince Ali is the name Aladdin uses when he is
pretending to be a prince.

Topics and themes Imprisonment Aladdin feels like a prisoner

Geography The story takes place in the Arabian because he is poor. Jasmine feels like a prisoner
desert. What do students know about this part in the palace and she has little control over her
of the world? Which countries have land within life. The Genie is a prisoner because he is trapped
this desert? What is the climate like in a desert? in the lamp. Later, Aladdin is actually sent to jail.
Do students know about other deserts around the Discuss with the students what it must feel like to
world? (See also Activity 3 on pages 3 and 4 of be imprisoned. How do the characters eventually
this Factsheet.) escape their imprisonment?

Literature The story is based on Aladdin and the Love and marriage Jasmine must marry a prince
Magic Lamp from One Thousand and One Nights. before her next birthday, but she wants to marry
Do the students know of any other stories from for love. Discuss with students if people in their
this collection? Do they know any other famous country always marry for love. If they don’t, ask
collections of stories? them how they choose their husband or wife and
who helps them.
Wishes Aladdin and Jafar both ask the Genie to
make their wishes come true. Can the students Trust Jasmine instinctively trusts Aladdin and she
remember the wishes? Which wishes caused is proved correct. The Sultan trusts his advisor,
problems? Were any of the wishes for the Jafar, but Jafar betrays him. Talk with the students
happiness of someone else? (See also Activity 1 on about trust. How can you tell if someone is
page 3 of this Factsheet.) trustworthy? How do you develop trust between
people?
Deceit Aladdin, Jasmine, and Jafar all pretend
to be someone else. Ask the students who these Magic There are many magical elements in the
characters pretend to be and why. Is it acceptable story. Ask the students to tell you as many as they
to pretend to be someone else? If so, in what can remember. Would the students like to have
situations? (See also Activity 2 on page 3 of this magic powers? If so, what would they use magic to
Factsheet.) do?

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Class Activities (After Reading) a You are Aladdin. You wanted to be a prince.
Here are some activities to do with your class Why? What problems came from this? Are
after reading Aladdin. you sorry? Are you happy now?

1. Three wishes b You are Jasmine. One day you left the palace
Materials: the outline of a magic lamp copied and you went to the market. Why? What
three times onto a sheet of paper (one sheet per problems came from this? Are you sorry? Are
student). NB The outline should be large enough to you happy now?
write a wish inside.
• Talk with the students about the wishes the c You are Jafar. The Sultan trusted you, but you
Genie grants in the story. Can they remember did not tell him your true wishes. Why not?
all the wishes? Are you sorry? Are you happy now?
• Write the following headings on the board: My
family, My school, My town / city. • Divide the class into three groups. Give all the
students in each group the same prompt card.
• Explain to the students that they are going to
make three wishes: one about their family, one • In pairs within these groups, students discuss
about their school, and one about their town or the situation and discuss answers to the
city. questions.
• Give some examples, e.g. I want my dad to get a • Take one student from each group to make a
new job. I want my school to have a better library. group of three students with prompts. Form
I want my town to have a new swimming pool. other groups of three in the same way.
• Students discuss their wishes in pairs or • Students pretend to be the character on their
small groups then write them down in their card and talk about their situation. All groups
notebooks. Help them with any unknown should start with Aladdin. Encourage the
vocabulary. students to talk and ask the questions without
relying too much on their cards.
• Give each student a sheet of paper with the
three magic lamp outlines. 3. Desert poster
• The students copy their wishes into the three Materials: a world map; reference books about
separate lamps on the sheet of paper. deserts (or use the internet); large sheets of
construction paper; blank paper; colored pens or
• Display the wishes on the classroom wall.
markers; scissors; glue
2. Character role-play • Remind students that the story takes place in
Materials: printer paper; three different colors of the Arabian Desert.
cardstock; scissors; glue
• Ask the students to tell you some facts they
• Before the session make three sets of prompt already know about deserts.
cards. There should be one card per student.
• Write the names of some of the world’s deserts
Type the prompts below then copy each text
on the board e.g. The Kalahari Desert, The
several times onto one sheet. Cut out the
Sahara Desert, The Gobi Desert, The Mojave
prompts and stick them onto different colored
Desert.
cardstock.

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• Students work in groups of four. Each group • Say, for example: You are in the desert. Suddenly,
chooses a different desert. you see the Cave of Wonders. You can see the
door. Push the door and go inside quietly. It’s
• Tell the groups to find out information about
very dark at first, but then you see some amazing
their desert and make a poster about it. They
things! Wow! Look at all those colors. Everything
should find out: where it is, how big it is, the
is so beautiful …
people, animals and plants that live there, etc.
• Pause for a moment and then tell students to
• The groups do their research using reference
open their eyes.
books and / or the internet. (This could be done
as homework.) • Tell them to write a short text about what they
imagined in the Cave. They can draw pictures to
• The groups make their posters with the
illustrate their texts.
information they have found. They can also
draw or print out pictures to stick to their
posters.
• The groups take turns to present their posters
to the class.

4. Interview with the Genie

• Divide the class into pairs. Tell the students
they are going to act out an interview between
a reporter and the Genie. (The interview takes
place at the end of the story, and is about the
Genie’s role in the story.)
• The students prepare their interviews. They
could write down a complete script or just
some questions (the reporters) and answers
(the Genies).
• Students practice their interviews. Encourage
them to speak without looking at their notes /
the script.
• Ask volunteer pairs to perform their interviews
in front of the class.

5. The Cave of Wonders

• Ask the students what they think is inside the
Cave of Wonders.
• Write some of the objects the students suggest
on the board.
• Brainstorm some adjectives to describe these
objects e.g. gold, silver, beautiful, heavy, shiny,
sharp, round, long.
• Tell the students to close their eyes, listen and
imagine.

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Key words
advisor �������������������� Jafar was the Sultan’s advisor. (p. 7)

appear �������������������� Suddenly, a genie appeared. (p. 12)

balcony ������������������ Aladdin climbed onto Jasmine’s balcony. (p. 16)

desert �������������������� Jafar sat on his horse in the middle of the Arabian desert. (p. 3)

enter ���������������������� “Only one man can enter,” the Cave said. (p. 4)

free �������������������������� “I’m your princess. Free him!” the girl cried. (p. 9)

guard ���������������������� “Stop, thief!” the guards shouted. (p. 5)

law �������������������������� “She has to marry a prince,” Aladdin said. “It’s the law.” (p.10)

lie ���������������������������� “Oh, no,” Aladdin lied. “I’m a prince.” (p. 16)

magician ���������������� He used his magician’s powers and turned into a snake. (p. 27)

master ������������������� “Master, you have three wishes.” (p. 12)

order ����������������������� “ What’s happening?” the Sultan cried. “I order you … .”

“I give the orders now,” Jafar said. (p. 24)

parrot �������������������� Jafar’s parrot, Iago, was on his shoulder. (p. 4)

prison / prisoner ��� There was an old man in the prison, too. (p. 10)
“I’m a prisoner in the lamp,” the Genie said sadly. (p. 13)

rub ��������������������������� Aladdin rubbed the lamp. (p. 12)

rule �������������������������� “You have rules?” Aladdin laughed. (p. 12)

staff ������������������������� He looked into the eyes of the gold snake on Jafar’s staff. (p. 7)

treasure ����������������� “I only want the lamp. The other treasure is yours.” (p. 3)

trust ����������������������� “Do you trust me?” asked Aladdin. (p. 17)

truth ����������������������� “You are the boy from the market,” she said. “Tell me the truth.” (p. 18)

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While-Reading activities
Activity 1 (pages 3–6)
Circle the right words.
1 Jafar waited on his horse in the forest / desert.
2 Jafar wanted the lamp / treasure.
3 The short man could not enter / leave the cave.
4 Aladdin bought / stole some bread.
5 The Sultan wanted Jasmine to marry / leave before her birthday.
6 Jasmine did not like / loved her life in the palace.

Activity 2 (pages 7–10)

Order the sentences.
1 Jasmine ran to the palace.
2 The guards caught Aladdin.
3 The Sultan gave Jafar his magic ring.
4 The old man said rich men could change laws.
5 Jasmine and Aladdin sat and talked.
6 Aladdin said he loved the princess.

Activity 3 (pages 11–13)

Match. Draw lines.

1 Abu touched the treasure a was really Jafar.

2 When Aladdin tried to leave, b and the Genie appeared.
3 The old man outside c and the Cave became angry.
4 Aladdin rubbed the lamp d and Abu became an elephant!
5 The Genie gave Aladdin new clothes e the Cave door closed.

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Activity 4 (pages 14–18)

Write T (True) or F (False).
1 Jafar wanted to marry Jasmine.
2 The Sultan wanted his advisor to marry his daughter.
3 Aladdin arrived at the palace on his elephant.
4 The Genie wanted Aladdin to tell the truth.
5 Aladdin and Jasmine flew through the clouds on the magic lamp.
6 Aladdin told Jasmine the truth.

Activity 5 (pages 19–22)

Who said it? Write the correct name in each space.

Aladdin the Genie Jafar Jasmine the Sultan

1 “You have to make a wish. ‘Speak to me!’ ”

2 “Oh, father. I’m so happy!”
3 “You are going to marry Jafar.”
4 “Prince Ali went away.”
5 “You tried to kill me.”
6 “This isn’t the end!”
7 “Repeat after me: ‘I’m going to free the Genie!’ ”
8 “I can’t do it without you.”

Activity 6 (pages 23–25)

Write the correct word in each space.

angry cold happily quickly ugly

1 Aladdin heard Jasmine’s voice and ran outside.

2 The parrot flew inside and took the lamp.
3 Jafar smiled his smile and rubbed the lamp.
4 The Genie was still with Aladdin because he did not free him.
5 Aladdin stood on a mountain in his street clothes.

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Activity 7 (pages 26–30)

Check all the right answers.

1 Who were Jafar’s prisoners?

a Jasmine and Aladdin
b Jasmine and the Sultan
c The Sultan and Aladdin

2 Why did Jasmine say “I love you” to Jafar?

a She really loved Jafar.
b She wanted to marry Jafar.
c She wanted Jafar to believe his wish was true.

3 How did Jafar become a snake?

a He made a wish.
b He used his staff.
c He used his magician’s powers.

4 What was Jafar’s fourth wish?

a to become a genie
b to win the fight against Aladdin
c to marry Jasmine

5 Why did Jafar have four wishes?

a He was a magician.
b His third wish did not follow the rules.
c He was stronger than the genie.

6 Who became a prisoner inside the lamp?

a Jafar
b the Genie
c Aladdin

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7 What was the Sultan’s new law?

a Princes could choose their wives.
b Sultans could choose husbands for their daughters.
c Princesses could choose their husbands.

8 What was Aladdin’s third wish?

a to free the Genie
b to be rich
c to marry Jasmine

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After-Reading activities
Activity 1
Match the names to the descriptions. Draw lines.
1 Aladdin a lives in the magic lamp. He wants to be free.
2 Jafar b is Aladdin’s pet monkey. He becomes an elephant in the story.
3 The Sultan c is the Sultan’s advisor. He wants to have power.
4 Jasmine d is a street boy. He wants to be a prince to marry Jasmine.
5 The Genie e is Jafar’s parrot. He is very clever and helps his master.
6 Abu f is a beautiful princess. She wants to marry for love.
7 Iago g is Jasmine’s father. He wants his daughter to marry.

Activity 2
Write the answers in the squares. What word appears?
1 Jafar was Iago’s … .
2 Aladdin made his third wish and … the Genie.
3 The Cave of Wonders was in the Arabian … .
4 Aladdin climbed onto Jasmine’s … .
5 “The people in the palace are the … ,” said Jasmine.
6 “Stop thief!” the … shouted at Aladdin.
7 Jafar used his snakehead staff to give the Sultan … .
8 Aladdin … to Jasmine. “I am really a prince,” he said.

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Activity 3 a
Match the wishes to the people. Draw lines.
✁ ✁
1 “I wish to be a genie.” 3 “I want to be Sultan!”

✁ Aladdin
2 “And with my third wish, you’re free!”
✁
4 “I want to be a prince.”

✁ b
5 “Make me a magician.” ✁
6 “Get us out of this cave!”

✁
7 “I want Princess Jasmine to love me.”
Jafar

Activity 4
Draw your favorite character from the story. Write some sentences.

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Answer Key After-Reading activities

In the back of the Reader Activity 1
1d 2c 3g 4f 5a 6b 7e
Before You Read
1 Students’ own answers to the first question. Activity 2
Answers to second question along the lines of: 1 m a s t e r
There is a blue genie coming out of a magic f r e e d
2
lamp. Aladdin / a boy is standing in a cave
3 d e s e r t
holding the lamp.
4 b a l c o n y
2 a 5 b 4 c 1 d 2 e 3
5 p r i s o n e r s
After You Read g u a r d s
6
1 1 c 2 b 3 c 4 a 5 c
7 o r d e r s
2 Students’ own answers.
8 l i e d
3 Students’ own answers.

In this Factsheet Activity 3

1b 2a 3b 4a 5b 6a 7b
While-Reading activities
Activity 4
Activity 1 Students’ own answers.
1 desert 2 lamp 3 leave 4 stole 5 marry
6 did not like

Activity 2
The correct order is: 3, 5, 2, 1, 6, 4

Activity 3
1c 2e 3a 4b 5d

Activity 4
1T 2F 3T 4T 5F 6F

Activity 5
1 the Genie 2 Jasmine 3 the Sultan 4 Jafar
5 Aladdin 6 Jafar 7 the Genie 8 Aladdin

Activity 6
1 happily 2 quickly 3 ugly 4 angry 5 cold

Activity 7
1b 2c 3c 4a 5b 6a 7c 8a

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