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Magic Mirror Suitable Class Level: Materna – 1st - 2nd Elementary Snow White is the most beautiful woman of the land. She is kind, gentle and loves to play in the forest. She loves nature and caring for animals. Everybody loves Snow White except for the Evil Queen. The Evil Queen is beautiful, but not as beautiful as Snow White. When the Queen finds out that Snow White is the most beautiful woman in all the land instead of her, she gets very angry and jealous. She tries everything she can to kill Snow White. Snow White must escape the Evil Queen at every chance she has. Along the way she will meet seven Dwarves who will help her and become friends with her. The loyal dwarves will do everything they can to protect Snow White from the Evil Queen! Learning areas: Colours, Food, Numbers, Honesty, Body Parts Grammar points: Introductions - Singular/ Plurals 5 It’s a new day so beautiful the sky is so blue the birds come around to sing me a song Even if I’m alone in my heart I know in a day just like this we will finally meet My prince will come My Prince will come Snow White: My name is Snow White. The sun is shining, the birds are singing... AHHHH! That is the Evil Queen! She is horrible and mean! The Evil Queen is coming! I must go! Goodbye! Evil Queen: Here I am! The Queen! I can turn you into a frog! Ha ha ha! I am your Queen, and I am very beautiful! What…Mirror? Mirror!! Magic Mirror: Yes, my Queen? Evil Queen: Stop sleeping! Magic Mirror: Ok, I was sleeping! Please forgive me my Queen! Evil Queen:You silly mirror! I need your magic! Magic Mirror: Oh no! Not again! Evil Queen: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? Magic Mirror: Well, my Queen… Evil Queen: Yes… Magic Mirror: The fairest of them all is… 6 Evil Queen: Yes… Magic Mirror: Snow White! Evil Queen: No! Nooooo! Magic Mirror: Sorry… Evil Queen: I want to be the most beautiful! Call the Huntsman! He will take Snow White into the woods and…Ha Ha Ha!!!! Magic Mirror: Yes, my Queen… Snow White: This forest is scary! I want to go home! Huntsman: Oh no, This is wrong! I can’t do it! Snow White: Do what? Huntsman: Ermm… nothing! Snow White: Is that your knife on the ground? Huntsman: No! Now listen: you are in danger! The Evil Queen is after you! Snow White: Oh no! What can I do? Huntsman: Run, Snow White! Hide! Snow White: Thank you Huntsman! Huntsman: Go! Now! Snow White: I am so tired… good night! Snow White: Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!! Head Dwarf: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! Snow White and Head Dwarf: WHO ARE YOU? Snow White: I am Snow White! Nice to meet you! Head Dwarf: I am Doc, leader of the Dwarves! This is my house! Snow White: I am sorry! I got lost! Head Dwarf: You are welcome here! Snow White: Oh my! This house is a mess! The animals and I can help! Let’s clean this house! 7 Deep into the forest the little birds sing the animals know there’s a house to clean we all love to help when Snow White calls let’s go clean the house of the 7 Dwarves The owl takes a broom and sweeps the floor The rabbit cleans the table with a piece of cloth While the wolf puts the books on the shelf The horse does the laundry, very happy to help We all love to help when Snow White calls we are cleaning the house of the 7 Dwarves learning the sounds of the animals Head Dwarf: Thank you Snow White! And thank you animals of the forest! The house is clean now! Snow White: Thank you! Evil Queen: Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Magic Mirror: Well, my Queen… Evil Queen: Yes? Magic Mirror: The fairest of them all is…Snow White! Evil Queen: What? Impossible! The Huntsman did… Magic Mirror: The Huntsman did not! Evil Queen: Aaaaaaarrrghhh! Snow White is hiding! I can find her with my magic… You know I can do magic? Only the bad kind I change the way I look and play a trick on Snowhite Put a snail in the pot, 2 old eggs left to rot add a spider and some slime, it is transformation time! I am still the Evil Queen - now I look like an old lady Snow White doesn’t know it’s me one bite of my apple and she’ll fall asleep With the apple in my hand in the spooky night I am going to the forest I am going to see Snow White! 8 Head Dwarf: The Dwarves and I must go to work! Snow White: Where are they? Head Dwarf: Around here… I think… Snow White: How many are there? Head Dwarf: mmmm…. 1,2,3,4,5,6 and me 7!!!!!!! Doc, Happy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Bashful and Dopey! Snow White: What a lovely family! Nice to meet you all! 7 Dwarves: NICE TO MEET YOU SNOW WHITE! Head Dwarf: Dear Snow White, we are off to work! See you soon! Dwarves, let’s go! 7 Dwarves: Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho it’s off to work we go! Evil Queen: Hello, my dear child Snow White: Oh, Hello! What a lovely old lady! Evil Queen: Hi hi hi!!! Thank you dear! You are lovely too! Veeeeeeery beautiful!!! Snow White: You are very kind!! Evil Queen: You look hungry…here, have an apple! Snow White: But, I’m not hungry… Evil Queen: But I picked it myself! It’s perfect and round… red… Snow White: No thank you. I’ve just had some food! Evil Queen: Apples are good for you! Snow White: I don’t like apples…. Evil Queen: EAT IT! Snow White: Okay… I feel… strange…ohhh. Evil Queen: An apple a day keeps the doctor away! Hi hi hi! You silly girl! Now I am the most beautiful! 9 Prince: What is going on here? What a beautiful girl! What is your name? Why are you on the ground? Hello? Hello? Evil Queen: She is the Princess Snow White! Ha ha ha! Who are you? Prince: What did you do to Princess Snow White? Evil Queen: She is going to sleep forever! Ha ha ha! Prince: Evil Queen! I will defeat you! Prince: Be gone, Evil Queen! Be gone!!!! Evil Queen: Nooooooo!!!!!!!!! I am so sorry Prince: Oh no! Poor Snow White! The Evil Queen is defeated, but she can’t wake up! Prince: Hello? Hello? Prince: mmm…. I think she’s sleeping. Let me think… What can I do? … I can give her a kiss!!! Snow White: My Prince! You saved me! Prince: Did I? Yes! I did! Snow White: Now we can be together, and live… Prince and Snow White: Happily ever after!!!! 10 Key Words Learn all the key words and learn how they are used in the show! Queen Evil Princess Queen Evil Princess _____ ____ ________ Dream Clean Apple Dream Clean Apple _____ _____ _____ Old lady Sleep Kiss Old Lady Sleep Kiss ___ ____ _____ ____ 11 Character Introductions Snow White is __________. She loves to ____. She lives with seven _______. The ________ help Snow White to clean. She also likes ______. Animals Beautiful Dwarves Sing Apples The Prince is _____. He _____Snow White. He lives in a ______. His mum and dad are the . _____ and ____. Castle Queen Loves Happy King 12 Character Introductions The Evil Queen _____ Snow White. She has . _____ powers and she wears a _____. The Evil Queen turns into an ___ lady to trick Snow White. She makes Snow White go to _____. Crown Magic Sleep Hates Old The Magic Mirror is the Evil Queen’s ______. He can ____ and he says that Snow White is _________. The Magic Mirror lives on the ____. Talk Wall Beautiful Friend 13 The 7 Dwarves HELP ME! Can you help Snow White learn the names of the 7 Dwarves? SLEEPY SNEEZY GRUMPY DOC DOPEY HAPPY BASHFUL Let’s learn about the 7 dwarves! I am sleepy, I am happy, I I am very always tired smile My name is My name is Bashful I am Doc I am timid clever 14 Sing Along Listen to the song and connect the key words to the correct picture! Deep into the forest the little birds sing the animals know there’s a house to clean we all love to help when Snow White calls let’s go clean the house of the 7 dwarves The owl takes a broom and sweeps the floor The rabbit cleans the table with a piece of cloth While the wolf puts the books on the shelf The Horse does the laundry, very happy to help We all love to help when Snow White calls we are cleaning the house of the 7 Dwarves learning the sounds of the animals 15 Characters There are lots of characters in Snow White! Choose 2 characters and draw a picture of them! My Favourite Character is: _________________ 16 Emotions Match the Emotions Can you match the emotions written below to the correct character? HAPPY GRUMPY SCARED SAD SORRY BASHFUL Cleaning the House 7 Dwarves’ Home Look how dirty this house is! Snow White is happy to clean the house but she can’t remember the names of all the rooms! Listen to the descriptions and help Snow White to find out the names of the rooms.
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