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Transcript

summon, grandiose, realm, concern, confiscated, peasants, perpetrators, bellowed, capacity, berate, percent, flexiblebriefly, rare, previous, justice retains, upset, incentives, unrest legislation, majority, biased, standard

Vocabulary

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Teacher Tips
Problem and Solutions
Past Tense Mixture

Review

Task

Grammar

Reading

Level 8 Unit 4 Lesson 7

Ruthless Rulers

What do you think is the best type of government?

Interview

Can you make a pun about blocks?

Very Punny

What are the two opinions in the listening passage?

Listening

Grammar

work

Imperfect Past

rule
When I was younger, I would write every day.
Before I got married, I would read every night.

Days of Yore

I told you not to . . .

Insist

But I did listen to you!
was seeing
was used to
used to

Insist

told
didn't
saw
see
walked
talk
used to
used to tell
wasn't
didn't
told
did walk
walked
talk
talked
saw
saw
see
  1. When I was young, I play with Katie every day in the park.
  2. Katie, I just her yesterday.
  3. Did you to her?
  4. No, I just past her.
  5. She didn't me.
  6. I you that you shouldn't talk to her!
  7. I talk to her.

Reading

What would make a king's life difficult?

Prereading

His father never used to have time for boating or picnics in the park. So now there would be no time for him to have fun, either. Today he woke up and it was his first day as king! “I must be a strong king,” he muttered as he got up to get dressed.
summon
Arthur woke up and lay in the bright sun streaming through his gigantic window, thinking about a peaceful day on the lake. He would summon his friend, Peter to go out on the boat with him and they would - He sat up suddenly and gripped the bed. He wasn't a prince anymore.

Poor King Arthur

grandiose
It was the chair where his father would sit every time he had an important decision to make. It was much bigger and more luxurious than the small chair Arthur used to sit in as a prince.
Shortly after a full, delicious breakfast, Arthur met with his advisors in the throne room. He perched on his new throne and thought about how big and grandiose it was. A solid marble seat that glistened blue and green from the light of the fire.

Poor King Arthur

realm
Arthur frowned while he debated what to do. “If we don’t have any money from taxes, the kingdom won’t be able to do anything. Send a collector into the region and put any farmer who can’t pay into jail. Then charge them double taxes for next year.”
“Your majesty,” the top advisor said. “There is still a severe food shortage in the south part of the realm. The crops were terrible this year, due to drought, and there have been many fires. The people that work on the farms haven’t made any profits this year, and won’t be able to pay any taxes.

Poor King Arthur

concern
“Only because you are male. I’m older and I’ve been paying attention to how our father ruled for many years. He was always lenient in years with bad crops.” Arthur stared at his older sister and wondered if she was right. In the end he said, “I have to be a strong King.”
“Do you really think that is a good idea?” A tall, regal looking woman with sharp, intelligent eyes had entered the room. “How is being in jail going to help people get money to pay taxes?” “Well, that’s not really your concern, sister. I am the King now, not you.”

Poor King Arthur

to stop the revolutions."
“I told you that I am the King, so I get to make the decisions.”
so that they don’t starve.”
so they have begun to eat the meat that belongs to the lords.”
confiscate
There are also revolutions in the north part of the realm,” the advisor continued. “They aren’t happy that your father confiscated their grain for the royal bakeries. He was going to travel there to discuss the situation but - "I don’t need to travel there,” Arthur said firmly. “Any grain grown in the realm belongs to the royal family and those peasants know that. Send a troop of soldiers up there Anyone who continues to fight should be put in jail.”

Poor King Arthur

peasants
to stop the revolutions."
“I told you that I am the King, so I get to make the decisions.”
so that they don’t starve.”
so they have begun to eat the meat that belongs to the lords.”
“You’re going to need to build another jail, brother,” Adelle said. “You can’t stop a revolution by throwing people in jail. All you are going to do is make people angrier than they already were. Father used to travel around the kingdom all the time, to make sure that he could hear the opinions of the peasants.” Arthur looked at his sister again, “I think you should listen to your sister,” the advisor said softly. “Or at least think for longer than a second before you make these decisions.

Poor King Arthur

How would you describe Arthur?
How would you describe Adelle?

Characters

Vocabulary

realm
concern
grandiose
summon

Matching

worry
the area in the kingdom
large and elegant
ask someone to come to you

Make a Sentence

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  • black
  • 35
  • gauche
  • avec
  • 1000
  • 1
  • summon
  • grandiose
  • realm
  • concern
  • confiscated
  • peasants
  • perpetrator
  • bellowed
  • capacity
  • berate
  • percent
  • flexible
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Matching

justice
previous
rare
briefly
not common
the one before
done in a short amount of time
related to the law

Tic Tac Toe

unrest
justice
standard
previous
legislation
rare
upset
retains
briefly

Practice

Problems and Solutions

What are possible solutions?
Who?What?When?Where?Why?Other people involved
Solutions
Problem
Present the first draft of your essay. Listen to the feedback from your teacher and prepare a final draft for the next lesson.

Extension

Exit Interview

Why do we need to think about problems the government may have to solve?
Goodbye!

Thank You!