Percival - Knight of the Round Table
1 Until Percival was seventeen years old, he knew nothing about knights! He lived with his mother
in the quiet forests of Wales. Since he was a little boy, he loved the adventure. He spent a lot of
time following his hobbies hunting, fishing and riding his horse. His mother loved him a lot. She
was always afraid when he was alone in the dark forest because there were some dangerous
animals there. But Percival was never afraid of anything.
2 One day, when he was riding through the forest, he met a group of King Arthur’s knights.
Percival was so impressed by their golden armour that it became his biggest dream to be a knight.
One of the knights invited him to Camelot, King Arthur’s castle!
3 When Percival came home, he told his mother about his wish. His mother started to cry. Then
she told him about his two brothers and his father. They were knights, too and they were killed in
a battle. Percival’s mother missed all of them a lot. So she didn’t want that Percival would die, too.
Percival loved his mother very much, but his wish to become a knight was bigger than that. The
next day he started his journey to Camelot.
4 On his way he met a knight in red armour. The Red Knight showed him a golden cup, which
belonged to King Arthur. “Tell King Arthur that I have stolen his cup. If he wants it back, one of his
knights must fight against me,” said the Red Knight. Percival was very angry when he heard this, so
he hurried to Camelot to tell King Arthur. When he arrived in Camelot, Percival brought the
message to King Arthur.
5 King Arthur offered Percival a deal.
“Bring me back my cup and I will make you a knight of my Round Table”, said King Arthur.
The helpful Percival wanted to become a knight more than anything in the world and so he hurried
back to the Red Knight.
But the Red Knight didn’t want to give back the cup without a fight.
The Red Knight was taller and stronger, but the clever and brave boy threw his knife and killed
him.
The loyal Percival came back to Camelot and King Arthur kept his promise.
So, King Arthur made Percival one of his Knights of the Round Table.
Reading Comprehension
Percival – Knight of the Round Table
Exercise 3: Hot Seat! Prepare two or more questions for each of the three
characters!
Percival - Percival’s mother - King Arthur
6 Min
=> If you need help, just have a look at the examples in the boxes!
=> If you need to look up some words, use the websites www.pons.eu
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You could ask for:
feelings
hopes and dreams
information which is in the text
information which is not given
information about the life of the
character (age, job, where they
live, if they are married, …)
- things you want to know
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 That is how you ask:
- Could
you
tell
us
where/what/when/who/how …?
- Could you explain why you …?
- Have you ever …?
- What happened when/after you …?
- Why did/didn’t you …?
- How did you feel when/after …?
- What
were
you
thinking
when/after …?
- Do you like/hate …?
- If you could choose again, would
you …?
- Do you think you …?
- Do you think that …?
- Are you …?
=> Example: My question is for Percival. Why did you want to become a knight?
=>Your questions:
My question is for Percival:
1) ______________________________________________________________
2) ______________________________________________________________
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My question is for Percival’s mother:
1) ______________________________________________________________
2) ______________________________________________________________
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My question is for King Arthur:
1) ______________________________________________________________
2) ______________________________________________________________
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