Lesson 4

Vocabulary

1. Answer the questions.

1. If you go to a boording school, do you stay only in the morning. or all day and all night? I stay all day and all night.

2. If someone is cruel to you, is he/she kind or terrible to you? He/She is terrible to me.

3. Does a beggar ask for directions or for money? A beggar asks for money.

4. If a child behaves well, is he/she good or bad? He/She is good.

5. Does a servant work in a shop or in someone's home? A servant works in someone’s home.

2. Match the descriptions to the people in A Little Princess.

1. Sara's father, c. He was very rich before he died.

2. Sara, a. She works hard and is always kind and polite.

3. Miss Minchin, d. She is the headteacher, but she is cruel.

4. The beggar, b. She is cold and hungry.

Reading

3. Read what the baker said about Sara Crewe and answer the questions.

I think that the girl who came into my baker's shop today was a servant, because she didn't have very new clothes.

The money that she had was enough to buy a few cakes. I often see a beggar in the street where I work.

She usually asks for money, but when the young girl left my shop, she gave her most of her cakes!

I was very surprised. I feel that this servant girl behaved like a princess!

1. Why does the baker think Sara is a servant? She didn’t have very new clothes.

2. How do we know Sara did not have alot of money with her? Because she only had enough money to buy a few cakes.

3. Where does the baker often see the beggar? In the street where she works.

4. What did the baker feel when the girl gave the cakes to the beggar? She was very surprised.

5. Do you think Sara behaved like a princess? Why/Why not? Yes, because she wanted to share what she had.

She was very kind.