Hunedoara

Castle
 BEFORE YOU READ…

• 1 Castle • 6 Holiday • 11 sharp

• 2 Christmas • 7 Home • 12 Transylvania
• 3 Count Dracula • 8 medallion
• 4 Draft • 9 network

• 5 Dungeons • 10 Romania
 2.
WORD PART OF SPEECH DEFINITION
a. Castle noun “a large building usually with high, thick walls and towers
that was built in the past to protect against attack.”
(Merriam-Webster Online Learner’s Dictionary
b. Christmas noun a Christian holiday that is celebrated on December 25 in honor of
the birth of Jesus Christ or the period of time that comes before
and after this holiday
c. Count noun a nobleman in some European countries who has a high rank
similar to a British earl
d. Dungeon noun a dark underground prison in a castle
e. Transylvania noun region of Romania
Count
Dracula The main characters are Romania,
makes the going to Romania;
Transylvania.
children Count Dracula makes them
prisoners. prisoners;

Ben solves a riddle

All friends – Ben, Maria, Vlad,

Luana, Vlad’s
return home. parents, Yan, Count
Dracula.
 AFTER YOU READ…
Who is the hero of the story?

Count Dracula
What he looks like… What he does… Evidence in the book (page…)
1. Scary 1. He watches the children 1. Page 6,7
2. Ugly 2. He makes children prisoners 2. Pages 7,9,11
3. Sharp teeth 3. He threatens the boys 3. Pages 6,7,10
4. Dressed in black 4. He gives Bem a riddle to solve 4. Page 10
5. Dangerous 5. He lets the children go home 5. Page 12
6. evil
 AFTER YOU READ…
Who is the hero of the story?

Ben
What he looks like… What he does… Evidence in the book (page…)
1. Blond hair 1. He sends a message to Suri 1. Page 8
2. Blue eyes 2. He asks what the children 2. Page 10
should do
3. Medium height 3. He asks where Luana is 3. Page 10
4. Short straight hair 4. He is afraid of Count Dracula 4. Page 10
5. Thin 5. He solves the riddle and saves 5. Page 11
his friends
This story is about some a._____________ . The children are on their
b._____________ holiday in c. _________________ . They are with Vlad’s d.
_____________ . They visit e. _______________ and Count Dracula makes
the children feel f. ________________. The children ask Suri for g.
_______________but there is no h. ____________. Count Dracula makes
Maria a prisoner behind a i. _______________. Then he hides in the j.
______________ and threatens k.__________________ . They see l.
_______________ in the dungeons. m. _______________saves the day
when he discovers the answer to Count Dracula’s riddle. Count Dracula is
very angry!