Story
Once upon a time, there was an Emperor who was
extremely vain. He was always buying new clothes. He had
many trousers and jackets, and lots of shoes. He spent a
lot of money on his clothes.
One day, two scoundrels who wanted to fool him,
introduced themselves as weavers and tailors. They said
they had a beautiful piece of cloth that could only be seen
by wise people, kings and emperors. The emperor agreed
to have a new, magical suit, and they measured him.
The false weavers and tailors made pretend clothes using
make-believe invisible thread. The emperor visited them
in their workshop, but he could not see the cloth;
however, as he wanted to be wise, he said he saw the
beautiful cloth.
A few days later, the emperor put on his new suit. He
could not feel or see the fabric, but he did not want to be
a fool, so he said it was very soft and very colourful. He
paid the tailors handsomely.
The emperor wanted to show his new, magical clothes, so
he paraded for all his people to see him. A little child
pointed to the emperor and said: “Look! The emperor’s
wearing only his underwear.”
The emperor was embarrassed because everyone was
making fun of him. He returned to the castle and put on
some real clothes.
Lesson Plan
The following lesson plan on this story is aimed at very young learners and young learners at beginner level. It can be used on its own or as part of the clothes unit on pages 15 to 20.
Linguistic exponents
- Vocabulary related to the story: king, tailor, scissors,
cloth, items of clothing.
- Colours and numbers.
- I like [the pink jacket].
- He/She is wearing [a crown].
Present the first picture of the story. Let kids count how
many people they see; present the emperor for children to
say what clothes he is wearing and what colour they are (if
they do not know items of clothing yet, you can introduce
them at this point).
Show picture 2 and ask how many people there are and if
the emperor is wearing the same clothes as in picture 1.
Children find the differences. Tell learners that the emperor
likes wearing different clothes every day and that he
spends a lot of money on outfits.
Introduce the tailors. Bring a piece of cloth (or several
pieces) to class and present the word. Let children feel and
smell and say the colours. Tell kids that the tailors in the
story are also weavers who make their own cloth. Ask
children if they can see the cloth in the tailors’ hands,
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