Learn English with Charlotte's Web

• ☐ ☐ ☐ creepy [adj] - scary, strange
• ☐ ☐ ☐ scoop up [phv] - pick up
• ☐ ☐ ☐ set forth [exp] - go (on a trip)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ take to the breeze [exp] - follow the wind
• ☐ ☐ ☐ go as we please [exp] - go wherever we want
• ☐ ☐ ☐ salutations [n] - hello
• ☐ ☐ ☐ tremble [v] - shake
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an initial [n] - the first letter in a name
• ☐ ☐ ☐ sensible [adj] - smart, functional, useful
• ☐ ☐ ☐ fancy [adj] - pretty, elaborate, elegant
• ☐ ☐ ☐ dumb [adj] - stupid
• ☐ ☐ ☐ brilliant [adj] - smart
• ☐ ☐ ☐ treasure (something) [v] - love (something)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ pledge [v] - promise

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

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Wilbur	Charlotte

• Wilbur's life was saved by a spider named Charlotte.
• Charlotte died but left her egg sac with Wilbur. It contains over 500 baby spiders.
• Wilbur has been waiting for the eggs to hatch.

1. Wilbur is happy to see the baby spiders.
   True
   False
   
   
2. Wilbur was a friend of the baby spider's mother.
   True
   False
   
   
3. The geese are afraid of the baby spiders.
   True
   False
   
   
4. The baby spiders start to fly away.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Wilbur wants all of the baby spiders to stay.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Wilbur wants to tell the baby spiders about himself.
   True
   False
   
   
7. Five baby spiders decide to stay in the barn.
   True
   False
   
   
8. Wilbur is trembling because he is scared.
   True
   False
   
   
9. Joy was the middle name of Charlotte (their mother).
   True
   False
   
   
10. Wilbur tells the baby spiders that their mother was beautiful, smart, and loyal.
    True
    False
    
    

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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 / watch / careful / as / Charlotte / baby / crawl / out / egg / sac

Wilbur watches carefully as Charlotte's babies crawl out of [their/her/the] egg sac.

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Wilbur / tell / all / other / animal / baby / spider / arrive

Wilbur tells all (of) the other animals (that) the baby spiders have arrived.

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most / baby / spider / fly / away / strand / web

Most of the baby spiders fly away on strands of web.

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Wilbur / sad / because / he / want / tell / baby / spider / mother

Wilbur is sad because he [wanted/wants] to tell the baby spiders about their mother.

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Three / baby / spider / decide / stay / barn

Three of the baby spiders decide to stay in the barn.

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Wilbur / help / baby / spider / choose / name

Wilbur helps the baby spiders (to) choose their names.

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Wilbur / start / tell / three / baby / spider / Charlotte

Wilbur starts to tell the three baby spiders about Charlotte.

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Wilbur / pledge / friendship / Joy / Aranea / Nellie

Wilbur pledges his friendship to Joy, Aranea, and Nellie.

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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 22 - A WARM WIND

One fine sunny morning, after breakfast, Wilbur stood watching his precious sac. He wasn't thinking of anything much. As he stood there, he noticed something move. He stepped closer and stared. A tiny spider crawled from the sac. It was no bigger than a grain of sand, no bigger than the head of a pin.

Its body was grey with a black stripe underneath. Its legs were grey and tan. It looked just like Charlotte.

Wilbur trembled all over when he saw it. The little spider waved at him. Then Wilbur looked more closely. Two more little spiders crawled out and waved. They climbed round and round on the sac, exploring their new world. Then three more little spiders. Then eight. Then ten. Charlotte's children were here at last.

Wilbur's heart pounded. He began to squeal. Then he raced in circles, kicking manure into the air. Then he turned a back flip. Then he planted his front feet and came to a stop in front of Charlotte's children.

"Hello, there!" he said.

The first spider said hello, but its voice was so small Wilbur couldn't hear it.

"I am an old friend of your mother's," said Wilbur. "I'm glad to see you. Are you all right? Is everything all right?"

The little spiders waved their forelegs at him. Wilbur could see by the way they acted that they were glad to see him.

"Is there anything I can get you? Is there anything you need?"

The young spiders just waved. For several days and several nights they crawled here and there, up and down, around and about, waving at Wilbur, trailing tiny draglines behind them, and exploring their home. There were dozens and dozens of them. Wilbur couldn't count them, but he knew that he had a great many new friends. They grew quite rapidly. Soon each was as big as a BB shot. They made tiny webs near the sac.

Then came a quiet morning when Mr. Zuckerman opened a door on the north side. A warm draft of rising air blew softly through the barn cellar. The air smelled of the damp earth, of the spruce woods, of the sweet springtime. The baby spiders felt the warm updraft. One spider climbed to the top of the fence. Then it did something that came as a great surprise to Wilbur. The spider stood on its head, pointed its spinnerets in the air, and let loose a cloud of fine silk. The silk formed a balloon. As Wilbur watched, the spider let go of the fence and rose into the air.

"Good-bye!" it said, as it sailed through the doorway.

"Wait a minute! " screamed Wilbur. "Where do you think you're going?"

But the spider was already out of sight. Then another baby spider crawled to the top of the fence, stood on its head, made a balloon, and sailed away. Then another spider. Then another. The air was soon filled with tiny balloons, each balloon carrying a spider.

Wilbur was frantic. Charlotte's babies were disappearing at a great rate. "Come back, children!" he cried.

"Good-bye!" they called. "Good-bye, good-bye!" At last one little spider took time enough to stop and talk to Wilbur before making its balloon.

"We're leaving here on the warm updraft. This is our moment for setting forth. We are aeronauts and we are going out into the world to make webs for ourselves."

"But where?" asked Wilbur.

"Wherever the wind takes us. High, low. Near, far. East, west. North, south. We take to the breeze, we go as we please."

"Are all of you going?" asked Wilbur. "You can't all go. I would be left alone, with no friends. Your mother wouldn't want that to happen, I'm sure."

The air was now so full of balloonists that the barn cellar looked almost as though a mist had gathered. Balloons by the dozen were rising, circling, and drifting away through the door, sailing off on the gentle wind. Cries of "Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye!" came weakly to Wilbur's ears. He couldn't bear to watch any more. In sorrow he sank to the ground and closed his eyes. This seemed like the end of the world, to be deserted by Charlotte's children. Wilbur cried himself to sleep.

When he woke it was late afternoon. He looked at the egg sac. It was empty. He looked into the air. The balloonists were gone. Then he walked drearily to the doorway, where Charlotte's web used to be. He was standing there, thinking of her, when he heard a small voice.

"Salutations!" it said. "I'm up here."

"So am I," said another tiny voice.

"So am I," said a third voice. "Three of us are staying. We like this place, and we like you."

Wilbur looked up. At the top of the doorway three small webs were being constructed. On each web, working busily was one of Charlotte's daughters.

"Can I take this to mean," asked Wilbur, "that you have definitely decided to live here in the barn cellar, and that I am going to have three friends?"

"You can indeed," said the spiders.

"What are your names, please?" asked Wilbur, trembling with joy.

"I'll tell you my name," replied the first little spider, "if you'll tell me why you are trembling."

"I'm trembling with joy," said Wilbur.

"Then my name is Joy," said the first spider.

"What was my mother's middle initial?" asked the second spider.

"A," said Wilbur.

"Then my name is Aranea," said the spider.

"How about me?" asked the third spider. "Will you just pick out a nice sensible name for me - something not too long, not too fancy, and not too dumb?"

Wilbur thought hard.

"Nellie?" he suggested.

"Fine, I like that very much," said the third spider. "You may call me Nellie." She daintily fastened her orb line to the next spoke of the web.

Wilbur's' heart brimmed with happiness. He felt that he should make a short speech on this very important occasion.

"Joy! Aranea! Nellie!" he began. "Welcome to the barn cellar. You have, chosen a hallowed doorway from which to string your webs. I think it is only fair to tell you that I was devoted to your mother. I owe my very life to her. She was brilliant, beautiful, and loyal to the end. I shall always treasure her memory. To you, her daughters, I pledge my friendship, forever and ever."

"I pledge mine," said Joy.

"I do, too," said Aranea.

"And so do I, said Nellie, who had just managed to catch a small gnat.

It was a happy day for Wilbur. And many more happy, tranquil days followed.

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1. Wilbur says that Charlotte was 1) brilliant   2) beautiful   and 3) loyal to the end. Can you think of an example of each of these qualities from the movie or book?
2. What do you think Wilbur will tell the baby spiders about their mother?
3. If one more baby spider had stayed with Wilbur, what name would you suggest? Why?
4. How long do you think it takes spider eggs to hatch? Do some research (or ask your teacher). Were you close?
5. How do the baby spiders fly away? Can all spiders do this? [ Link ]
6. Why are baby spiders so good at speaking English?