Can you tell the story of ‘Saint George and the Dragon’?

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‘Saint George and the Dragon’ by Margaret Hodges

Can you tell the story of ‘Saint George and the Dragon’?

Ancient Wearing a veil Grim Noble Dented Marked with a red cross Heavy Horrible Fair Dressed in a lily-white gown

Match:

Knight

Sword

Shield

Armour

Princess

Dragon

Can you think of any other words suitable to describe the knight, his armour, sword and shield, the princess and the dragon?

Which characters do those expressions refer to?

the Red Crossed Knight, the wrathful beast, the dragonslayer,

the lovely lady

What other characters appear in the book? Can you remember who did this?

was carrying a small bundle of food/lived in a little house by himself/ordered the castle’s gates to be opened/wore wreaths of flowers/came dancing, laughing and singing

1. 2. 3. 4.

What other body features are typical for dragons? Find adjectives to describe them.

pointed, sharp, curved, shiny, glittering

Read the parts about the dragon in the book and complete the table with appropriate descriptions:

Body
Skin
Wings
Tail
Claws
Head
Eyes
Others

Study the examples taken from the book and then use your imagination to invent some new ones:

Dragon like a great hill, ………………………………………,, ……………………

Wings like two sails, ………………………………….. ……………………………..

Roar like a raging sea in the winter, ……………. …………………………..

Shimmer like silver, ……………………………………………………………………

Sparkling like stars, ………………………………………….. ………………………

Guess what colours the following words refer to:

azure crimson onyx ruby mauve emerald raven sapphire scarlet sulphur cobalt coral amber ebony turquoise

Blue

Yellow

Green

Black

Purple

Red

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