Learn English with Charlotte's Web

• ☐ ☐ ☐ upside down [adv/adj] - with the upper part where the lower part should be
• ☐ ☐ ☐ perk up [phv] - get energy
• ☐ ☐ ☐ figure out [phv] - learn, know, create
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a web [n] - a network of fine threads constructed by a spider
• ☐ ☐ ☐ swing [v] - move from side to side while hanging from a rope or thread
• ☐ ☐ ☐ nothing short of [exp] - 100%, fully
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a miracle [n] - a surprising event that can't be explained by science
• ☐ ☐ ☐ bonafide [adj] - genuine, real

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb,  [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression

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Charlotte	Wilbur	Templeton

• Wilbur has recently found out that he will be killed and eaten at Christmas.
• Charlotte has promised to save Wilbur's life.

1. Charlotte thinks more clearly when she is hanging upside down.
   True
   False
   
   
2. Wilbur is excited about Christmas.
   True
   False
   
   
3. Charlotte is confident that she can save Wilbur's life.
   True
   False
   
   
4. The young man is surprised by what he sees in the barn.
   True
   False
   
   
5. The farmer tries to kill Templeton.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Charlotte wrote "So Me Pig" in her web.
   True
   False
   
   
7. The farmer's wife thinks the web is a miracle.
   True
   False
   
   

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Directions: Choose the word or expression that best completes the sentence.

Instrucciones: Elija la palabra o expresión que mejor complete la oración.

Instrucciones: Escolha a palavra ou expressão que melhor completa a oração.

지시 사항 : 문장을 가장 잘 완성하는 단어나 표현을 선택하십시오.

• Charlotte, what --- is are (are) you doing?
• Thinking. I --- do does (do) my best thinking upside down. Blood --- go goes (goes) to my head and --- perk perks (perks) me up.
• I --- have has (have) been thinking, too, you know, about Christmas.
• Don't worry, Wilbur. We'll figure something out.
• Come on, lke. Come on.
• Not to be too much trouble, but --- have has (have) you figured something out?
• Not yet, but it's like a web. You --- make makes (make) it, you --- wait waits (wait) , and something always --- come comes (comes) .
• Good night, Charlotte.
• Good night, Wilbur.
• And swing...
• Mr. Zuckerman! Okay, you --- have has (have) got to come see this.
• What's a "so me pig"?
• It's "some pig."
• It's a miracle. It's nothing short of a bonafide miracle.
  
  

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Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order. Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.

Instrucciones: Escribe oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de las palabras o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa tiempo presente.

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.

Wilbur / think / Christmas

Wilbur has been thinking about Christmas.

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Charlotte / say / she / do / best / thinking / when / she / upside / down / because / blood / go / head / and / perk / her

Charlotte says (that) she does her best thinking when she is upside down because (the) blood goes to her head and perks her up.

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Charlotte / tell / Wilbur / not / worry

Charlotte tells Wilbur not to worry.

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while / Wilbur / sleep / Charlotte / spin / web

While Wilbur is sleeping, Charlotte spins a web.

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after / one / farmer / see / Charlotte / web / he / run / house / get / Mr. Zuckerman

After one of the farmers sees Charlotte's web, he runs to the house to get Mr. Zuckerman.

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when / Zuckerman / see / web / he / drop / knife / disbelief / almost / kill / Templeton

When Zuckerman sees the web, he drops his knife in disbelief, almost killing Templeton.
When Zuckerman sees the web, he drops his knife in disbelief and almost kills Templeton.

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Charlotte / web / have / English / writing / it

Charlotte's web has English writing in it.

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web / say / Some Pig

The web says Some Pig.

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Mrs. Zuckerman calls it a miracle.

Mrs. Zuckerman / call / it / miracle

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The text below is from the [ original novel ].

1. Which parts of the video are the same as the novel?
2. Which parts of the video are different from the novel?
3. Which parts of the novel are not in the video?

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Chapter 10 - An Explosion

Shadows lengthened. The cool and kindly breath of evening entered through doors and windows. Astride her web, Charlotte sat moodily eating a horsefly and thinking about the future. After a while she bestirred herself.

She descended to the center of the web and there she began to cut some of her lines. She worked slowly but steadily while the other creatures drowsed. None of the others, not even the goose, noticed that she was at work. Deep in his soft bed, Wilbur snoozed. Over in their favorite corner, the goslings whistled a night song.

Charlotte tore quite a section out of her web, leaving an open space in the middle. Then she started weaving something to take the place of the threads she had removed. When Templeton got back from the dump, around midnight, the spider was still at work.

Chapter 11 - The Miracle

The next day was foggy. Everything on the farm was dripping wet. The grass looked like a magic carpet. The asparagus patch looked like a silver forest.

On foggy mornings, Charlotte's web was truly a thing of beauty. This morning each thin strand was decorated with dozens of tiny beads of water. The web glistened in the light and made a pattern of loveliness and mystery, like a delicate veil. Even Lurvy, who wasn't particularly interested in beauty, noticed the web when he came with the pig's breakfast. He noted how clearly it showed up and he noted how big and carefully built it was. And then he took another look and he saw something that made him set his pail down. There, in the center of the web, neatly woven in block letters, was a message. It said: SOME PIG!

Lurvy felt weak. He brushed his hand across his eyes and stared harder at Charlotte's web.

"I'm seeing things," he whispered. He dropped to his knees and uttered a short prayer. Then, forgetting all about Wilbur's breakfast, he walked back to the house and called Mr. Zuckerman.

"I think you'd better come down to the pigpen," he said.

"What's the trouble?" asked Mr. Zuckerman. "Anything wrong with the pig?"

"N-not exactly," said Lurvy. "Come and see for yourself."

The two men walked silently down to Wilbur's yard. Lurvy pointed to the spider's web. "Do you see what I see?" he asked.

Zuckerman stared at the writing on the web. Then he murmured the words "Some Pig." Then he looked at Lurvy. Then they both began to tremble. Charlotte, sleepy after her night's exertions, smiled as she watched. Wilbur came and stood directly under the web.

"Some pig!" muttered Lurvy in a low voice.

"Some pig!" whispered Mr. Zuckerman. They stared and stared for a long time at Wilbur. Then they stared at Charlotte.

"You don't suppose that that spider ..." began Mr. Zuckerman - but he shook his head and didn't finish the sentence. Instead, he walked solemnly back up to the house and spoke to his wife. "Edith, something has happened," he said, in a weak voice. He went into the living room and sat down, and Mrs. Zuckerman followed.

"I've got something to tell you, Edith," he said. "You better sit down."

Mrs. Zuckerman sank into a chair. She looked pale and frightened.

"Edith," he said, trying to keep his voice steady, "I think you had best be told that we have a very unusual pig."

A look of complete bewilderment came over Mrs. Zuckerman's face. "Homer Zuckerman, what in the world are you talking about?" she said.

"This is a very serious thing, Edith," he replied. "Our pig is completely out of the ordinary."

"What's unusual about the pig?" asked Mrs. Zuckerman, who was beginning to recover from her scare.

"Well, I don't really know yet," said Mr. Zuckerman. "But we have received a sign, Edith - a mysterious sign. A miracle has happened on this farm. There is a large spider's web in the doorway of the barn cellar, right over the pigpen, and when Lurvy went to feed the pig this morning, he noticed the web because it was foggy, and you know how a spider's web looks very distinct in a fog. And right spang in the middle of the web there were the words 'Some Pig.' The words were woven right into the web. They were actual part of the web, Edith. I know, because I have been down there and seen them. It says, 'Some Pig,' just as clear as clear can be. There can be no mistake about it. A miracle has happened and a sign has occurred here on earth, right on our farm, and we have no ordinary pig."

"Well," said Mrs. Zuckerman, "it seems to me you're a little off. It seems to me we have no ordinary spider."

"Oh, no," said Zuckerman. "It's the pig that's un usual. It says so, right there in the middle of the web."

"Maybe so," said Mrs. Zuckerman. "Just the same, I intend to have a look at that spider."

"It's just a common grey spider," said Zuckerman.

They got up, and together they walked down to Wilbur's yard.

"You see, Edith? It's just a common grey spider."

Wilbur was pleased to receive so much attention. Lurvy was still standing there, and Mr. and Mrs. Zuckerman all three, stood for about an hour, reading the words on the web over and over, and watching Wilbur.

Charlotte was delighted with the way her trick was working.

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1. Why do you think Charlotte wants to help Wilbur?
2. If you saw writing in a spider web, what would you think? How would you explain it? Would you call it a miracle?
3. For Wilbur, Charlotte wrote "Some Pig" in her web. What two (English) words would you want Charlotte to write in her web for you?
   
   
   
   What would your web look like?
4. When and how do you do your best thinking? Does any food help you concentrate or perk you up?