Teacher's Notes: The Little Mermaid
Since students are most likely already familiar with this fairy tale, they are asked to put the story in order. Despite knowing the story, the students will find a good number of new words. The first page has seven paragraphs that must be numbered 1-7 in the bubbles. The next page continues the story and is to be numbered 8-13, and so on.
New Words
except
rule
dying to
beyond
edge
peculiar
ship
mermaid
bottom
surface
insist
rise
awe
gaze
explore
wild
lug
shore
belong
pour (rain)
waves
to rock
determined
meant
stir
mumble
dive
disobey
especially
crash
knock over
unconscious
ankle
toenail
willing
tail
in return for
familiar
mansion
canoe
romantic
add
nasty
permanent
approach
take action
stroll
attract
panic
sunset
sink
splash
believe your eyes
hypnotize
observe
notice
instantly
Worksheet Answers
Story order: 1. Ariel was a beautiful mermaid … 2. Ariel’s father was the king … 3. He never allowed his daughters … 4. Ariel was very unhappy because … 5. One day she broke her father’s rule … 6. When she finally rose to the surface, … 7. Then she saw something very peculiar … 8. Suddenly, clouds covered the sun … 9. An especially powerful wave crashed into the boat … 10. “I have to rescue him!” thought Ariel … 11. The man stirred and mumbled something … 12. “You betrayed me!” her father yelled … 13. Ariel was so angry … 14. The sea witch was willing to transform … 15. “And one more thing,” the sea witch added … 16. Ariel woke up on the shore … 17. She was even happier when she saw … 18. Ariel tried to explain that she was the one … 19. Eric took Ariel to his mansion … 20. The sea witch observed everything … 21. So she decided to take action … 22. Eric was instantly hypnotized … 23. Ariel panicked … 24. The sun sank lower and lower … 25. Suddenly, she heard a splash …
Find synonym and antonym: (S=synonym, A=antonym) 1. willing – S. agreeing to help, A. hesitant; 2. peculiar – S. strange, A. normal; 3. instantly – S. immediately, A. gradually; 4. approach – S. come close, A. go far away; 5. surface – S. top, A. bottom; 6. rise – S. go up, A. sink; 7. awe – S. amazement, A. boredom; 8. disobey – S. break a rule, A. follow orders; 9. panic – S. worry too much, A. be calm; 10. unconscious – S. faint, A. awake; 11. nasty – S. mean, A. nice; 12. permanent – S. forever, A. temporary
Sentences: 1. stroll, 2. splash, 3. insisted, 4. willing, 5. panic, 6. instantly, 7. rule, 8. beyond, 9. nasty, 10. sink, 11. awe, 12. gazed, 13. explore, 14. pour, 15. unconscious, 16. obey, 17. attracted, 18. observe, 19. believe my eyes, 20. rise
Complete the story: 1. surface, 2. disobeyed, 3. rose, 4. peculiar, 5. awe, 6. shore, 7. unconscious, 8. furious, 9. rule, 10. human, 11. permanently, 12. familiar, 13. mansion, 14. nasty, 15. hypnotized, 16. panic, 17. romantic
Match with definition: dying to – really want to do something; beyond – farther, past; peculiar – strange, unusual; surface – top of the water; rise – go up; awe – amazement, surprise; gaze – look at; wild – not tame; lug – pull; stir – move a little; instantly – immediately; pour – rain hard; dive – jump into water headfirst; disobey – break the rules; familiar – something you know or have seen before; mansion – a very big house; canoe – a small boat; romantic – about love; nasty – mean, cruel; approach – to come closer; a stroll – a slow walk; sink – go down in water; observe – to watch without participating; crash – hit against something
