RUMPELSTILTSKIN PRE-PRODUCTION/ACTIVITY 5a

A Heap of Words
Task A: Complete the sentences below with the correct collective nouns. You may find the answers
from the drama text.

1. In the morning Lisa wakes to find a ..........................

of shining gold instead of the heap of straw.

2. There is a big ......................... of gold in the middle

of the floor.

3. I’ve had people searching the countryside for every last ..........................
of straw.

4. He is so angry that he vanishes in a ......................

of smoke.
RUMPELSTILTSKIN PRE-PRODUCTION/WORKSHEET 5b

A heap of words
Task B: Match the following collective nouns with the correct words. You may use the internet to check for
answers. The first one has been done for you.

A company of ... birds

A class of ... fruit

A gang of ... actors

A flock of … flats

A block of … fish

A bunch of ... bees

A basket of ... pupils

A collection of ... keys

A school of ... ants

A herd of … stamps

A hive of ... robbers

An army of … cattle
What did you learn?
Task:
The following statements are some of the lessons you can learn from the drama.
Discuss with your group members which action in the story could explain each lesson. Write down
the lesson(s) learned in the last column. The first one has been done for you.

 
s Help others sincerely without
expecting returns
We must not be manipulative or
Honour your promises
We must not make promises
we cannot keep.
calculating.

 
Do not be greedy Be rational
We must not take advantage of We must think, speak and
others due to greed. behave rationally at all times.

 
Be kind and fair Be humble
We must not be cruel to people We must not be boastful.
who are weak and helpless.

No Character(s) Action Lesson(s) learnt

1 Lisa Lisa promises Rumpelstiltskin to give  Honour your

him her first-born son. promises
 Be rational

2 Rumpelstiltskin He tells her that he will never work for

nothing

3 King He tells his people to search for the

last wisp of straw in the countryside to
be spun into gold.

4 Lisa’s father and They say that Lisa could spin straw
mother into gold
 5 Lisa’s father He says that Lisa is a wonderful
weaver and baker

6 Rumpelstiltskin Although he knows it will break her

heart, he wants Lisa’s first-born.

7 King He shuts Lisa up in a tower alone for

three days

He tells her that it is alright if she is

8 Lisa’s father
unable to keep to her promise
because she will be far away from
Rumpelstiltskin

9 King Each day he threatens to cut off her

head if she is unable to spin the straw
into gold

10 Rumpelstiltskin He only helps people in distress if he

can get something in return

B6 DT1 E1 Able to write a story by including a moral value

Based on the drama ‘Rumplestiltskin’ that you have learnt, write about a moral lesson that you have learnt
from the story. Give evidence from the drama to support your answer.

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Tenses with Rumpelstiltskin

A. With close reference to the text, fill in the blanks with verbs in the Present Tense forms. Then
rearrange the sentences in the correct sequence of the text by writing the numbers in the
box given.

1. A year later, the King and Lisa (a) ________a baby son. One day when Lisa and her
parents are playing with the baby in the nursery, Rumpelstiltskin (b) __________. He
reminds them of the promise and wants to take the baby boy away.

2. The king takes Lisa to his palace and (c) ________her in a room high in a tower with
a spinning wheel and a big heap of straw. That night a strange little man with a long
pointed nose (d) _________ through the window. He laughs when Lisa tells him why
she is crying.

3. With help from her parents, Lisa (e) ___________able to give his correct name as
Rumpelstiltskin on the last day.

4. Rumpeltiltskin then spins all the straw in the tower into gold. The King is happy and
marries Lisa as promised. Her parents (f) __________with her in the palace.

5. He offers to help if she gives him the necklace she is wearing. Lisa (g) ________it to
him and goes to sleep.

6. Lisa offers him as much gold as he wants but Rumpelstiltskin (h) _________ gold.
However, he makes a deal with Lisa.

7. He even (i) ____________the king to ask Lisa to spin straw into gold. The king
(j) ____________that he will find out the truth as he needs gold for his kingdom.

8. When Rumpelstiltskin realises that he has lost the bargain, he stamps so hard on the
floor that his foot goes right through it. He is so angry that he (k) _____________in a
puff of smoke. Lisa thanks her parents.

9. In the morning, Lisa finds a heap of shining gold instead of the straw. The King
comes in and (l) __________that Lisa did it.

10. Lisa stays with her father and mother in a village cottage in a small country. Her
parents think that Lisa is brilliant and are always (m) ___________about her.

11. He tells her that if she could (n) ____________his name within three days, he will not
take the baby. He gives her three guesses each day. Lisa (o) __________to get the name on the
first two days.

12. She him (p) ____________to do it as she is desperate and also because she remembers her
father’s advice.

13. Lisa is too frightened to speak. She (q) _________to go home but the King refuses to let her go. He
wants her to spin straw into gold for another two nights.

14. However, her parents tell her that the problems she faced were caused by their boasting. They tell
her that that they (r) ___________ learnt a lesson and that they will never boast again.
15. He also says that he will cut off Lisa’s head if she is unable to turn straw into gold. Lisa (s)
___________to cry and her mother gets worried.

16. On the second night, Lisa (t) ___________ her ring to Rumpelstiltskin but on the third night she (u)
___________ nothing to give him. Rumpelstiltskin says he will only help Lisa if he gets something in
exchange.

17. On the second day, her parents (v) _____________the strange old man into the woods and find out
his name as he sings and dances.

18. One day, the king stops by their cottage after he (w) ____________apple pie. Lisa’s parents boast
that Lisa can bake the best pies in the world, (x) ______________the most beautiful cloth and spin
the finest thread. Her father tells the king that Lisa is so clever that she can do anything.

19. He then wants Lisa to give her first-born to him when she (y) __________the Queen.

20. Both her parents tell the king that they are (z) _____________ but the King who is stern refuses to
listen.

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B6 DB1 E1 Able to draw conclusions from a variety of texts

Based on the drama ‘Rumplestiltskin’ that you have learnt, write about a character that you dislike in the
story . Give evidence from the drama to support your answer.

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