Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

81 Pages·2.718 MB·English

by  Irving Washington.

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Washington Irving
Rip Van Winkle
and The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow
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Washington Irving
Rip Van Winkle
and The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow
Retold by Cheryl Jefferson
Contents
About the Author
5
American Painters and the Catskill Mountains 6
The Thirteen Original Colonies, 1776 8
Rip Van Winlde jff
Van Winkle Family
The
CHAPTER ONE 11
UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT 15
A Strange Afternoon
c h a p te r tw o 17
UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT 20
The Next Morning
chapter three
UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT
The Spirits of the Catskill
CHAPTER FOUR
^ K. Mountains
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UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT 34
T he A merican Revolution 37
SPECIAL FEATURES: KET KET-styie exercises 15, 16, 26, 34
35,36,37
PR O JE C T work using the web 39
Exit Test — Portfolio 40
The Legend
of Sleepy Hollow
The Headless Horseman
c h a p te r one 43
UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT 46
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c h a p te r tw o 47
UUNNDDEERRSSTTAANNDDIINNGG TTHHEE TTEEXXTT 50
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c h a p te r th r e e 52
UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT 55
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The Invitation
CHAPTER FOUR
UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT
R ecipe : C rispy C hocolate C akes
The Ghosts of Sleepy Hollow 66
chapter five
UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT 71
The Night Ride
CHAPTER SIX 73
UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT 77
SPECIAL FEATURES: KET KET-style exercises 46, 56, 63, 77
P R O J E C T work using the web 59
Exit Test - Portfolio 78
KET Cambridge Level One Key English Test.
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A A .
bo u t th e uthor
Name: Washington Irving,
"The Father of American Literature"
Born: In New York City
When: April 3, 1783
First Book:
Knickerbocker’s History of New York (1809)
Most famous stories:
Rip Van Winkle and
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1819)
Travels: England, Italy,
Spain, France
Died: 1859
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m erican a in ter s a n d the
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atskill oun ta ins
The Clove, Catskills (ca. 1827) by Thomas Cole (1801-1848),
New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut.
The story of Rip Van Winkle takes place in the Catskill Mountains,
New York.
These splendid mountains inspire many American painters.
What colors do you see in this painting? ................................................
What season is it? ...............................................................................................
What's the weather like? ............................................................
Circle the adjective(s) that best describe(s) the painting:
ugly mysterious serene beautiful colorful
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An old inn fiom the 1700s,
similar to the one in Rip Van Winkle’s village.
A one-room school like the one where
Ichabod Crane teaches.
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he hirteen
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