SHORT STORY: Skin Deep by Vivian Valde Vende 1) Read the following summary of the short story and

complete it with the words from these words: birthmark/well-liked/appreciate/appearances/ Skin Deep is a kind of naive tale about a plain young woman who learns (and teaches) a lesson about judging by a) _____________. Sixteen-year-old Ardda lives by herself in a cottage outside the village. She has the gift of wishesshe can make things happen simply by desiring them. Though she is b) ___________, and often asked for assistance, she feels like a perpetual outcast because of her physical appearance. A large c) ___________ on her face, limp hair, and a lessthan-petite nose do not reflect the beauty of the person she is inside. When Ardda uses her gifts to nurse an ailing prince back to health, will he d) ____________ her for who she is, or will he focus on the superficial? Ardda is easy to relate to, and even though her actions at the end of the story are not, perhaps, a model to follow, arent there a few of us who havent secretly wished at some point in our lives that we could do the same thing to someone who hasnt appreciate us? 2) Look at the underlined words in the summary and write synonyms. Use a dictionary. Plain ___________ Limp ___________ Perpetual ____________ Outcast _____________ Nurse ______________ Easy to relate to ______________ Ailing ______________ 3) Think about these questions. a) b) c) d) e) Is physical appearance important for you? Why? Do you think that judging people for their looks is wrong? Why? Have you ever judged people by physical appearance? Have you ever been judged for your physical appearance? Can you think of a situation in which taking care of you body or your looks in general has made you happy?