THE ELEPHANT MAN

BY
TIM VICARY

Prepared by:
Nurlina Oon binti Abdullah
SISC+ Bahasa Inggeris (Menengah)
PPD Petaling Perdana
SET INDUCTION

• Jigsaw Puzzle
• Movie clip – Listen and pick out your favourite
quotes

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 Life is full of
surprises
..you may find him
an unresisting target
for your ridicule
Mister…why is your
head so big, Mister?
Discover the beauty
in the beast
I am not an
animal…I am a This hospital does
human being not accept
incurables
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CHAPTER ONE: THE CREATURE IN THE SHOP

 Characters – Dr Frederick Trevers

Joseph Merrick
Simon Silcock
 Setting – The streets of London, the shop
 Plot
 SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
- Role play
- Drawing the Elephant Man

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CHAPTER TWO: THE CARD
 Incidents – Discuss from the perspective of the feelings of
Joseph Merrick
Heavily disguised – Why?
Difficulty getting into the cab
The spectacle of being teased and laughed at
At the hospital, being examined by Dr Treves

 Setting – The streets of London, the shop

 SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
- Role play
- Matching adjectives to characters

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CHAPTER THREE: A LETTER TO ‘THE TIMES’
 What happened to Joseph Merrick?
 Why was he taken to the hospital?
 Why couldn’t he stay at the hospital?

 The Letter
Read and find the information in it

 SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
- HOTS – what other ways can the
students help people like Merrick?
- What is their opinion of abandoning
a child?
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CHAPTER FOUR: MERRICK’S FIRST HOME
 Describe Merrick’s first home.
 Merrick was patient and understanding.
Explain.
 He did not want to stay at the hospital.
He wanted to stay at :
The lighthouse – why?
A home for the blind – why?

 SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
- How can a person show kindness
to others?
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CHAPTER FIVE: AN IMPORTANT VISITOR
 Who visited Merrick at the beginning
of the chapter? How did he feel?
Why did Dr Treves want him to meet
women?

* SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
- Discuss the importance of a smile.
- Reading the dialogue
- Discuss the loneliness Merrick
was feeling and how the kindness
people are showing helps

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CHAPTER SIX: OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL
 Merrick wanted to go to the theatre.
 Who helped him? How?

• Merrick also wanted to stay in

the country. What did he do there?
* SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
From Chapter 6, describe Merrick’s
character. Provide evidence
to explain it.

* Write a reply to Merrick.

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CHAPTER SEVEN: THE LAST LETTER
 April 1890, Merrick died
 What happened?
 Why did he lie on his back to sleep?

* SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
- Do you think Merrick died a happy man? Why?
- Suggest other ways the fund be used.
- If you were to change the ending, how would
it be.
- What lesson did you learn from this story?

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SOME SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES