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The document provides reading activities and questions about chapters 1-7 of the story "The Elephant Man" by David Lynch. It includes questions about plot details, characters, events and the students' predictions. The activities help assess the student's comprehension and encourage critical thinking. Summarizing: The passage summarizes reading assignments and activities for chapters 1-7 of the novel "The Elephant Man", which explore the life of Joseph Merrick and his relationship with Dr. Treves.

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The document provides reading activities and questions about chapters 1-7 of the story "The Elephant Man" by David Lynch. It includes questions about plot details, characters, events and the students' predictions. The activities help assess the student's comprehension and encourage critical thinking. Summarizing: The passage summarizes reading assignments and activities for chapters 1-7 of the novel "The Elephant Man", which explore the life of Joseph Merrick and his relationship with Dr. Treves.

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THE ELEPHANT MAN

NAME: Quiguango Christian


CLASS: LA13
ACTIVITIES
BEFORE READING
READ THE STORY INTRODUCTION ON THE 'FIRST PAGE OF THE
BOOK, AND THE BACK COVER. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW NOW
ABOUT THEELEPHANT MAN?
TICK ONE BOX FOR EACH SENTENCE.
YES NO
1 People laugh at him.
2 He is very old.
3 His mother loves him.
4 People put him in a cage, like an animal.
5 Children like him.
6 A doctor wants to study him.
7 His name is Joseph Merrick.

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE STORY? CAN YOU GUESS?


TICKONE BOX FOR EACH SENTENCE.
YES NO PERHAPS
l The doctor helps the Elephant Man.
2 The Elephant Man kills somebody.
3 The Elephant Man lives to be a very old man.
4 The Elephant Man finds a home.
5 The Elephant Man finds a wife.
6 The Elephant Man makes some friends.
7 Somebody kills the Elephant Man.
ACTIVITIES
WHILE READING

HOMEWORK: LISTEN AND READ THE CHAPTER 1 AND 2 OF "THE


ELEPHANT MAN" BOOK AND COMPLETE THE ACTIVITIES ON PAGE 45.
SAVE THE READING ACTIVITIES IN A WORD DOCUMENT UNTIL THE
TEACHER ASK YOU TO SEND IT.

1. Read Chapters 1 and 2, and answer these questions.

 What did Dr Treves see in the window of the shop?


He saw a picture, a horrible, ugly picture

 Who did Dr Treves give twelve pence to?


He gave twelve pence a Simon Silcock

 How did Dr 'l'reves feel when he saw the Elephant Man?


At first he felt interested, then he felt angry, then he felt with afraid

 Why couldn’t the Elephant Man walk well?


Because, He had his legs were very big and fat

 How did Dr Trevcs and Merrick get to the hospital?


They got to the hospital in a cab

 What did Dr Treves give Merrick?


He gave his a card with his name
2. Dr Treves wrote about Merrick in a little book. Use these words to complete
his sentences. (Use each word once.) Then draw a picture of the Elephant
Man.

bag, big, enormous, fingers, hair, man’s, nose, skin, tooth

 1 His head is very big, and it looks like an enormous bag with a lot of books in
it.

 2 There is not much hair on his head, and the skin on his face cannot move

 3 An enormous red tooth comes out of his mouth, under his nose.

 4 The right arm is enormous, and the right hand is like a man’s foot, but the
fingers of the left hand are long and beautiful.

READ THE CHAPTERS 3 AND 4 IF "THE ELEPHANT MAN" BOOK AND


COMPLETE THE READING ACTIVITIES. CONTINUE SAVING IT IN A
WORD DOCUMENT.

1. Read Chapters 3 and 4. Choose the best question-word for these questions,
and then answer them.
Why / Who / What
 1. WHY did the police bring Merrick to the hospital?
because he had Dr. Treves's card

 2. WHO did Mr Carr Gomm write to The Times newspaper?


In order to help the Elephant Man

 3. WHAT did the readers of The Times do?


They gave money
 4. WHO did Merrick have a picture of?
He had a picture of his mother

 5. WHAT did the nurse do when she saw Merrick?


She got scared and ran haha

 6. WHY did Merrick want to live in a lighthouse?


because people did not see a lighthouse

2. When the police found Merrick (in Chapter 3), they asked him some
questions. Complete their conversation. (Use as many words as you like.)

POLICE: Now, Mr Merrick. Where do you live, sir?


MERRICK: I don’t have a house
POLICE: Do you have any money, sir?
MERRICK: No, I don’t.
POLICE: Why not? What happened to your money?
MERRICK: Someone took my money
POLICE: You can’t stay in prison. Where do you want to go now?
MERRICK: To the London Hospital.
POLICE: Why? Do you know somebody there?
MERRICK: Yes, I know Dr. Treves, here, look at his card
POLICE: Ah, I see. All right, sir. Let’s go and see him now.
HOMEWORK: READ THE NEXT 2 CHAPTERS OF "THE ELEPHANT
MAN" BOOK AND COMPLETE THE READING EXERCISES.

1. Before you read chapters 5, 6, and 7, think about merrick’s life. is it going
to be different now? some of these things are going to happen. can you guess
which?

He never goes out. He visits a lighthouse.


He reads a lot. He goes to a theatre.
His mother visits him. A nurse wants to marry him.
The Queen visits him. He is very happy.
He makes new friends. He gets very ill.

2. Read Chapter 5. Who said or wrote this, and to whom?


 1 ‘A beautiful lady smiled at me and shook my hand!’
This said Merrick, to Dr Treves.

 2 ‘There is a new visitor to see you today.’


This said Dr Treves, to Merrick.

 3 ‘I often read about you in the newspapers.’


This said the Queen, to Merrick.

 4 ‘I’m happy every hour of the day!’


This said Merrick, to the Queen.

 5 ‘I do like Visiting you very much.’


This said the Queen, to Merrick.

 6 ‘It is the best thing in my room, the very best’


This said Merrick, to the Queen.
3. Read Chapters 6 and 7. Here are some untrue sentences about them.
Change them into true sentences.

 1 Merrick often went out of the hospital by himself.


He never went out of the hospital by himself

 2 Merrick thought and played like a man.


He thought and played like a child.

 3 Merrick was very pleased with the bad man in the play.
He was very angry with the bad man in the play.

 4 Merrick did not like staying in the country.


He liked staying in the country.

 5 Met-rick usually slept on his back.


He didn’t usually sleep on his back.

 6 Nobody was sorry when the Elephant Man died.


Everybody was sorry when the Elephant Man died.

ACTIVITIES
AFTER READING
1 CAN YOU FIND THE ELEVEN WORDS FROM THE STORY HIDDEN IN THIS
WORD SEARCH? WORDS GO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, AND FROM TOP TO
BOTTOM.

N V F I S H K W D P

U F L O D O C T O R
R G H D T S D K G L
S D C Y D P E U R F
E V O J F I N G E R
S Q U H K T E L R I
S Z N W R A G Y P E
W V T G G L M T F N
B I R D S H M K Y D
Q E Y J Q U E E N S

NOW USE TEN OF THE WORDS FROM THE WORD SEARCH TO COMPLETE
THIS PASSAGE.

Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, lived in the London Hospital. He was a very ugly man
but most of the nurses liked him. Queen Alexandra was one of his friends. One summer he
stayed in a house in the country. He saw fish in a stream, and talked to birds and a dog. ‘He
was very happy there,’ Doctor Treves said.

2 HERE IS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN DR TRCVES AND THE NEW NURSE


(SEE PAGES 17 AND 18). THE CONVERSATION IS IN THE WRONG ORDER.
WRITE IT OUT IN THE CORRECT ORDER AND PUT IN THE SPEAKERS’ NAMES.
THE NURSE SPEAKS FIRST (NUMBER 2).
1 ‘Yes. I started work this morning.’ (NURSE)9
2 ‘Dr Treves, Dr Treves! Help!’ (NURSE)1
3 ‘I dropped his food on the floor and ran out. I was afraid. Is he very ill?’ (NURSE)7
4 ‘Oh, doctor, there’s a horrible creature in Mr Merrick’s room!’ (NURSE)3
5 ‘What’s the matter, nurse? Why are you screaming?’ (TREVES)2
6 ‘All right, doctor. Thank you.’ (NURSE)11
7 ‘That’s Mr Merrick, nurse! He looks like that. What did you do in the room?’ (T REVES)6
8 ‘It’s got an enormous head with an elephant’s tooth in its mouth, (NURSE)5
and a big horrible arm!’
9 ‘No, Mr Merrick isn’t ill, but he’s very ugly. Now sit down and listen to me, (TREVES)8
nurse. Is this your first day here?’
10 __ ‘What does this horrible creature look like?’
(TREVES)4
11 ‘Well, don’t be afraid of Mr Merrick. He isn’t horrible.
(TREVES)10
He’s a nice, kind man. Now go back in that room, and talk to him. All right?’

3 HERE IS A NEW ILLUSTRATION FOR THE STORY. FIND THE BEST PLACE
IN THE STORY TO PUT THE PICTURE, AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.
The picture goes on page 14
1 Where is the Elephant Man going in this picture?
He is going back to London.

2 Where was he before this?


In Belgium, with Silcock.

3 What happened to him when he arrived?


The police put him in prison.

NOW WRITE A CAPTION FOR THE ILLUSTRATION.


CAPTION:
THE LONELY STRANGER

4 HERE IS A NEWSPAPER STORY ABOUT THE ELEPHANT MAN. USE THE


LINKING WORDS BELOW TO COMPLETE THE STORY. (USE SOME OF THE
WORDS MORE THAN ONCE.)
BUT / AND / BECAUSE / SO / WHEN

Last night Joseph Merrick, the famous ‘Elephant Man’, died. Merrick did not have an
easy life. His mother gave him to a man called Silcock, and Silcock took him from town
to town, to make money. When Silcock left him in Belgium, Merrick came back to Eng-
land. He was not ill, but he could not work, so the London Hospital gave him a home.
There, people were kind to him for the first time in his life, and he had many friends.
‘He had a very ugly body,’ said his friend Dr Treves, ‘but we all liked him because he
was a good, kind man.’

5 THE ELEPHANT MAN IS A TRUE STORY. WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES


DO YOU AGREE (A) OR DISAGREE (D) WITH? CAN YOU SAY WHY?

1 It is a very sad story.


2 It is a sad story, but a happy one too.
3 Joseph Merrick’s mother was a bad woman, because she gave her son to Silcock.
4 Very ugly people, like Joseph Merrick, can never have a happy life.
5 Doctors and hospitals can do wonderful things now, so people like Joseph Merrick don’t have
unhappy lives.

AGREE (A): 1,2,3,5


DISAGREE (D): 4

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