Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legend in English folklore and featured in many films.
This lesson will give you some useful vocabulary as well as grammar exercises themed about the famous thief.
Use of English
Jobs and people
An archer shoots with a bow and arrows.
I have many friends I like and some enemies who hate me.
Friar Tuck is a monk. He used to live in a cloister and pray to god.
Outlaws are thieves who steal things. (Actually they had been outlawed by the Sheriff and fled into the woods.)
The Sheriff and his men are the police.
A thief steals things.
Places
There are many famous places around Nottingham. Can you find them?
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Major Oak - the biggest tree in Sherwood Forest |
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Robin Hood Statue |
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oldest inn in Nottingham |
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Nottingham castle |
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The Caves |
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the gallows |
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Sherwood Forest |
Action verbs
Put in the correct verbs.
Robin took money from the rich and gave it to the poor.
He could shoot an arrow straight into the target.
One day the Sheriff caught Robin but he escaped a day later.
Robin always wore green, but on the market he threw off his hood and everyone recognized him.
A farmer sold his products on the market - the town people bought them all.
Writing
Die Legenden um Robin Hood eignen sich für Aufgaben in den Bereichen creative writing und role play. Die SchülerInnen können auch eigene Texte für kleine Theaterstücke schreiben.
Bekannte und beliebte Szenen
- Bogenschießwettbewerb
- Kutschenüberfall
- Kontrast Reich und Arm
- Verhaftung und Flucht
- Verwechslungsszenen
- Marian zwischen zwei Männern
Figuren rund um Robin Hood
- Maid Marian
- Friar Tuck
- Little John
- Alan-a-Dale
