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This show is entitled "Bella, Stella, and the Beast". It was inspired from a fairy tale. Guess which:

The Little Mermaid

Cinderella

Little Red Riding Hood

Beauty and the Beast

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In your copybook write today's date and copy the text below:

"Bella, Stella, and the Beast"

This show is entitled "Bella, Stella, and the Beast". It was inspired from "Beauty and the Beast". "Beauty and the Beast", "Cinderella", "The Little Red Riding Hood" and "The Little Mermaid" are fairy tales.

Meet the characters

The Prince

He is selfish and bad-tempered.

Spot the opposites of "selfish" and "bad-tempered":

good-tempered

mature

jealous

poor

coward

generous

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In your copybook write the text below:

The characters

In this show there are seven characters. The Prince is selfish and bad-tempered. selfish generous bad-tempered good tempered

Meet the characters

The witch

She is ugly.

Spot a synonym of "ugly"":

beautiful

hideous

old

young

kind

pretty

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In your copybook write the text below:

The witch is ugly. ugly = hideous

Meet the characters

Helga, the Prince's servant

Spot a synonym of "faithful"":

untrue

disloyal

She is faithful.

treacherous

tired

beautiful

loyal

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In your copybook write the text below:

Helga is faithful. faithful = loyal

Meet the characters

Spot the opposite of "rich":

The merchant

He is rich.

strong

fat

mature

generous

poor

selfish

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In your copybook write the text below:

The merchant is rich. rich poor

Meet the characters

Match with the synonyms:

Bella

strong =

envious

brave =

assured

mature =

immature

confident =

grown

Stella

robust

childish =

courageous

jealous =

In your copybook write the text below:

Bella is brave, strong, mature and confident. On the contrary Stella is immature and envious.

Complete the sentences and write them in your copybook.

The merchant is Bella and Stella's .

Family tree

Stella is Bella's .

Bella and Stella are the merchant's .

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Meet the characters

Tick words that can describe pirates:

Pirates

noble

baddie

honourable

rascal

gentleman

thieves

brute

refined

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In your copybook write the text below:

Pirates are rascals! They are brutes and thieves! They are not noble at all...

PROPS

In this show three actors play eight roles. The spectators can recognize the characters because they use props.

Drag and drop possible props to the character it represents best. Place all the props. Go to "Word Reference" for words you don't know.

a cane

a broom

an apron

a purse

long nails

a crown

a smart jacket

pigtails

a wooden leg

a fake nose with a wart

a big hat

a sword

an eye patch

a ponytail

In your copybook write the text below:

• The Prince will wear a crown and a smart jacket.
• Helga will wear an apron and have a broom to clean the floor.
• The witch will have a cane because she is old, and a fake nose with a wart.
• The merchant will wear a big hat and have a purse for his money.
• Bella will have a ponytail.
• Stella will have long nails because she is vain and pigtails because she is childish.
• The pirates will have wooden legs, eye patches and swords because they are brutes.

the classic story

Reorder the paragraphs of the story:

One day, the merchant got lost in the forest. But he found refuge in an enchanted castle.

Suddenly a beast appeared. The Beast offered to exchange the merchant's daughter against money..

Once upon a time there was a merchant and his daughters in a cottage. The little sister was called Bella.

The day after the merchant picked a rose in the garden as a present for Bella.

the classic story

Reorder the paragraphs of the story:

In the castle she met the horrible beast. But Bella was brave and little by little the Beast became kinder, so Bella stayed.

Back in the cottage Bella decided to go to the enchanted castle to save her father.

Three days later Bella came back: she kept her promise. In fact, Bella and the Beast were in love, so the curse was lifted and the Beast became a Prince again!

Unfortunately, three months later Bella's father fell sick. The Beast said: "Bella, you can visit your father, but you must return in three days, or your father will die."

What is a pantomime?

Which one is a pantomime? Watch and match each extract to its name.

a theatre play

a musical

an opera

a pantomime

Read the definition below :

A pantomime is a British tradition of comedy theatre based on traditional children's stories. It has: - Slapstick: clown style humor with exagerated physical actions. It is very funny! - Music: famous songs with funny lyrics. - Cross-dressing: there is always a "dame", a man dressed up as an extravagant woman. - Contemporary references. - Audience participation

Staging: In a pantomime the good characters enter from stage right (côté jardin) and the bad characters enter from stage left (côté cour). This dates back to medieval times when the right side of the stage symbolised heaven and the left side symbolised hell.

Take the quiz:

A pantomime is based on school programmes.

The bad characters enter from stage right.

You will hear famous songs in a pantomime.

True or false?

A dame is a woman.

A pantomime must be serious.

The audience must be very quiet.

What will you do during the show?

The audience is encouraged to participate by booing the baddies, singing and clapping along to the songs or shouting out to the actors at key moments. The audience is part of the fun! Some audience members are sometimes invited up on stage to help out the characters. So, come prepared!

What are they doing?

Rubbish, rubbish, It's a load of rubbish

Look! She's behind you!

She is shouting out to the actors.

He is booing the crab.

Booo! You're horrible!

They are clapping along.

She is singing along.

A PIRATE'S lIFE !

Sing along!

It’s a pirate’s life for me,ho we sail the seven seas,with a yo he ho and a yarh-e-arh,it’s a pirate’s life for me! There is booty to be looted, there is booty to be found,there are vessels to be boarded,there are vessels to be drowned.We don’t take no lawman’s orderscos our life’s ruled by the sea,It’s a pirate’s life for me It’s a pirate’s life for meho we sail the seven seaswith a yo he ho and a yarh-e-arh,It’s a pirate’s life for me

Adventure calls? Come sail with us.I’m Captain! Frank! He’s Hank.We’re family, our blood runs thick,so, if you dare to double cross meOh, we wouldn’t do thatI’ll make you walk the plank! It’s a pirate’s life for meho we sail the seven seaswith a yo he ho and a yarh-e-arh!It’s a pirate’s life for meIt’s a pirate’s life for me!