Sn ow W h i t e
C al l io p e T he at r e C omp an y
St u d y G u id e
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Snow White
Welcome to Snow White by Calliope Theatre Company.
Our touring production of Snow White, an original one hour
presentation, has been designed to “Educate, Enlighten &
Entertain!” Our professional actors, playing multiple roles,
will take your students on a magical journey through this
beloved and classic fairy tale.
Calliope Theatre Company’s Snow White is an interactive
performance, as we encourage your students’ participation
and will be asking a number of your students to join us on
stage.
In this study guide, developed by professional educators and English-language teachers,
you will find Pre- and Post-Performance Activities and Discussion Topics, as well as
teacher and student resources. For students who are learning English we have also
included key vocabulary, so that your students will get the most out of our performances.
Calliope Theatre Company welcomes your opinion & suggestions on our performances
and Study Guides, so that we can continue to provide teachers and students with the
finest in-school, educational theatre experience.
This study guide may be reproduced and distributed to students. It can be found on our
website www.calliopetheatrecompany.pt
We love hearing from students and teachers. Please encourage your students
to leave a comment on our Facebook Group Page or write us letters and tell
us what you thought of the show!
Sincerely,
Zoe, Meg and Matthew
Calliope Theatre Company
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Vocabulary and Activities that are highlighted in red are the most important in
ensuring that your students understand and enjoy Snow White. If you only have a limited
amount of time to prepare your students for the show, we suggest you focus on these
Vocabulary Items & Activities.
All of the Activities in our Study Guide may be copied and given to your students. The
Answer Key for all of the Activities is on Page 18.
SNOW WHITE - Synopsis……………………………………….………
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SNOW WHITE – Talk about the story……………………………………
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SING ALONG……………………………..…………………………….
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VOCABULARY ……………………….…………………………………
7&8
VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES……….…………………………………… 9 - 11
COLOURS……………………………………………………..………….. 12
COLOUR THE RAINBOW.……………………………………………….
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WHAT IS A RAINBOW – How to make a rainbow………………………. 14
MAKE A CALENDAR……………………………….……………………. 15
PARTS OF THE BODY……………………………………………………. 16
DON’T TALK TO STRANGERS……………………………….…………. 17
ANSWERS…………………………………………...…………………….
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS…………………………………………………… 19
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CALLIOPE THEATRE COMPANY’S
SNOW WHITE
The beautiful princess, Snow White, lives with her step-mother, the evil Queen Black. Our
story begins with Snow White’s 18th birthday. Everyone in the palace is getting ready for
her birthday party…a pizza party! Prince William arrives and plans to ask Snow White to
marry him.
Every day, the evil Queen Black looks into her Magic Mirror and the Mirror tells her that
she is the fairest woman in the land. But on Snow White’s 18 th birthday, the Mirror tells
Queen Black that since Snow White is now grown-up, that she is the “Fairest in the Land.”
Queen Black becomes very angry and decides that she will take Snow White into the Dark
Forest and abandon her, leaving Snow White in the forest to die.
In the forest, Snow White is all alone, afraid and very cold. But then she meets Big Tall
Tony and she helps him find his glasses with the help of her animal friends. Big Tall Tony
then tells Snow White that she should go to the house of his friend, Sunday, where she will
be warm and dry.
At the house Snow White meets the Seven Dwarves, who are all named after each of the
seven days of the week (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday) and each dwarf is dressed in the seven colours of the rainbow. Snow White is so
happy with her new friends that she decides to live with them.
Queen Black, now certain that Snow White is dead, checks her Magic Mirror to find out
who is the “Fairest in the Land” and is shocked to find out that Snow White is still alive and
living with the Seven Dwarves. Queen Black dresses up as a poor old woman and tricks
Snow White into eating a poisoned apple.
Can Prince William and the Seven Dwarves save Snow White?
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BEFORE THE SHOW
Talk About The Story
1.) Go over a simple version of SNOW WHITE with the children. Ask them to name the
principal characters and describe the characters.
2.) SNOW WHITE is a fairy tale. Ask your students about other fairy tales they know. Talk
about imagination. What is real and what is make-believe?
3.) In our version of SNOW WHITE, Snow White loves to make people happy.
Ask the students how they feel when they make someone happy. Ask the students what
things they do for their friends and family that make them happy.
4.) Tell the students that the show they are going to see is a new version of SNOW WHITE.
Ask them to imagine that they were putting on the play SNOW WHITE. What ideas would
they add to the original story? After the show, ask students what new characters and ideas
were in our version of the story.
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BEFORE THE SHOW - SING ALONG!
During the show, your students will be asked to sing three songs. Below are the words to the songs.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
(To the traditional tune.)
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday, dear Snow White.
Happy Birthday to You!
I CAN SING A RAINBOW
http://www.calliopetheatrecompany.pt/images/Songs/RAINBOW_SONG.mp3
Red and yellow and pink and green
Purple and orange and blue
I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow too.
Listen with your eyes,
Listen with your ears,
and sing everything you see,
I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, sing along with me.
Red and yellow and pink and green,
Purple and orange and blue,
I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow too.
THE NUMBER SONG
http://www.calliopetheatrecompany.pt/images/Songs/NUMBERS_SONG.mp3
Sing one and two
And say “Who are you?”
Sing three and four
Don’t open the door!
Sing five and six,
and watch out for tricks.
Sing seven and eight, nine and ten,
Beware of strange women and men.
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VOCABULARY
The following is a list of some of the vocabulary from the play which teachers may choose to pre-teach
before the performance. The most important words for your students are highlighted in red.
NOUNS
Snow White
a name
a father
mirror(s)
pizza
an adult
a dress maker
colours
a dress
a message
a stranger
dinner
the Dark Forest
animals
Saturday
Wednesday
outside
eye(s)
one
six
The King
a palace
a family
the land
a party
a ring
a hat maker
a box
a hat
an idea
a giant
lunch
a house
a deer
Sunday
Thursday
inside
ears(s)
two
seven
Queen Black
a husband
dwarf
a birthday
friend (s)
a question
poison
an apple
glasses (spectacles)
a problem
a bridge
food
work
a rabbit
Monday
Friday
a song
a door
three
eight
Prince William
a daughter
dwarves
some birthday presents
a woman
a job
some volunteers
tricks
a plan
a surprise
home
bananas
prison
a mouse
Tuesday
days(s)
a rainbow
a knock (at the door)
four
five
nine
ten
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VOCABULARY
VERBS
Can
to have got
to look
to understand
to prepare
to remember
to marry
to help
to come
to arrive
to eat
to hate
to want
to abandon
to live
to cry
to try
to stay
to beware
to visit
to wake up
to smell
to save (someone)
to tell
to live
to have
to go
to see
to like
to need
to think
to sing
to give
to destroy
to watch
to leave
to die
to find
to rain
to work
to knock
to give
to taste
to shout
to choose
to kill someone
to listen
to find
to love
to ask (a question)
to open
to worry
to survive
to cross (a bridge)
to look after
to finish (lunch)
to get help
happy
true
fine
hungry
romantic
dangerous
wet
black
orange
dead
asleep
beautiful
right
ready
cold
near
tall
dry
pink
best
poisoned
loud
ADJECTIVES
new
magic
excited
clear
fantastic
exciting
strong
sorry
green
bad
impossible
quiet
young
fairest
nice
bright
perfect
wonderful
sad
white
purple
alive
old
pretty
correct
quick
alone
here
big
warm
red
blue
poor
sick
special
old
important
dark
ridiculous
angry
small
yellow
good
magnificent
delicious
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ACTIVITY #1 -Vocabulary
Ask students to match the following phrases.
A
1. What is your name?
2. What is her name?
3. What is his name?
4. How old is Snow White?
5. How are you?
6. What have you got?
7. Thank you.
8. Who are you?
9. What time is it?
10.Hello, Snow White.
B
a. Snow White is 18 years old
b. It is 9 o’clock.
c. You are welcome.
d. I am a poor, old woman.
e. Hello, Prince William.
f. I am fine, thanks.
g. His name is Prince William.
h. I have got a present.
i. Her name is Queen Black.
J. My name is Big Tall Tony.
ACTIVITY #2 -Vocabulary
Ask students to re-arrange the letters to find the colours of the rainbow (from the song on
page 6 of this Study Guide.)
DRE = _______________
KNPI = _______________
PPLRUE = _____________
ULBE = _______________
LLEYWO = _______________
ENERG = _________________
RONGEA = _______________
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ACTIVITY #3 -Vocabulary
Ask students to put the days of the week in the correct order.
Thursday
Friday
Monday
Wednesday
Saturday
Sunday
Tuesday
1.) SUNDAY
2.)
3.)
4.)
5.)
6.)
7.)
ACTIVITY #4 -Vocabulary
Ask students to choose words from below to describe the people or places from the play.
young
happy
magic
correct
romantic
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sad
cold
warm
angry
tall
angry
wet
hungry
small
strong
good
dangerous
dry
ugly
pretty
bad
true
beautiful
handsome
1.) Snow White is ________________________________________ .
2.) Queen Black is ___________________________________.
3.) Prince William is ________________________________________.
4.) The Giant is ________________________________________.
5.) Saturday is
________________________________________.
6.) The Mirror is ________________________________________.
7.) The Dark Forest is _______________________________________.
8.) Saturday’s house is _______________________________________.
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ACTIVITY #5 -Comprehension – True or False?
Ask students to look at the sentences and decide if they are true or false. If the answer is
false, ask students to explain why.
1.) Queen Black likes Snow White.
2.) Queen Black hates pizza.
3.) Snow White has got a special present for Prince William.
4.) Snow White has dinner with Prince William.
5.) Big Tall Tony can see very well.
6.) Big Tall Tony likes bananas for his lunch.
7.) Sunday is very small and very happy.
8.) Sunday is a dwarf.
9.) An old woman gives Snow White a poisoned apple.
10.) Prince William saves Snow White.
11.) Prince William wants to marry Queen Black.
12.) Queen Black goes to work at MacDonald’s.
ACTIVITY #6 -Vocabulary
Ask students to complete the sentences with: have got, haven’t got, has got or hasn’t got.
1.) The 3 volunteers _____________ three birthday presents for Snow White.
2.) Prince William __________________ a beautiful ring for Snow White.
3.) The Magic Mirror tells Queen Black, “ I __________________ a plan.”
4.) Snow White _______________________________three animal friends.
5.) Sunday is very sad and he says, “I ____________________ any friends.”
6.) The old woman says, “I ____________ some delicious apples.”
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ACTIVITY #7 – ColoUrs
Ask students to draw a line between the word and the correct colour.
Then ask students to colour the rainbow. (Start with red at the top of the rainbow.)
1.)RED
2.)YELLOW
3.) PINK
4.) GREEN
5.) PURPLE
6.) ORANGE
7.) BLUE
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ACTIVITY #8 – I CAN SING A RAINBOW!
Ask students to colour the rainbow with the colours written below. (Start with red at the top
of the rainbow.)
RED
YELLOW
PINK
PURPLE
ORANGE
GREEN
BLUE
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ACTIVITY #9 – WHAT IS A RAINBOW?!
When the sun is shining and there is rain, you may see a rainbow in the sky!
When sunlight passes through the water drops, the sunlight is bent and splits into the colours
of the rainbow. You can only see a rainbow if the sun is behind you and the rain is in front
of you. Sometimes you may be able to see a second rainbow above the first one.
MAKE A RAINBOW!
INDOORS
1.) Fill a clear glass with water.
2.) Put the glass of water in a window in bright sunlight.
3.) Place a large white piece of paper on the floor in front of the window.
4.) A rainbow will be reflected onto the paper (This will depend on how bright the sunlight
is and you may need to move the jar until the rainbow appears.)
5.) Have students draw lines and colour the rainbow directly onto the reflection.
OUTDOORS
1.) Hold a garden hose and have your back to the sun.
2.) Turn the water on to the hose and create a fine mist (usually the nozzle on the hose can
be adjusted to make a fine spray.
3.) Find the rainbow
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ACTIVITY #9 – MAKE A CALENDaR!
Ask students to make a calendar. In the top box they can draw a picture. In the second box,
ask students to fill in the name of a month. Ask students to fill in the days of the week.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Everyday, ask students to write in one word that describes how they feel.
MONDAY
HAPPY!
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ACTIVITY #10 – LISTEN WITH YOUR EARS!
Ask the students to find the different parts of the body in the puzzle below
ARM
FINGER
EYE
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G
C
D
P
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B
C
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W
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MOUTH
FOOT
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J
F
X
L
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M
W
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F
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W
Z
C
Q
P
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LEG
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HAND
R
D
N
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F
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L
M
G
Q
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C
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J
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ACTIVITY #11 – Don’t TALK TO STRANGERS!
Dear Teacher,
Calliope Theatre Company’s version of Snow White is a fun and interactive play, with many
of the traditional characters from the beloved fairy tale. But the story of Snow White can
also be an appropriate opportunity to talk with your students about safety. The story
provides a gentle way to remind children about the dangers of talking to strangers.
Using “The Number Song” you can talk about the discussion questions below.
Sing one and two
And say “Who are you?”
Sing three and four
Don’t open the door!
Sing five and six,
and watch out for tricks.
Sing seven and eight, nine and ten,
Beware of strange women and men.
Discussion questions
1.) What is a stranger? (Many children struggle to understand the concept of a stranger.
Explain that strangers are people we do not know.) Some strangers are nice, some are
not, but because we do not know them we need to know how to keep ourselves safe.
2.) In our story, Snow White becomes scared when she is alone in the Dark Forest. Who
can you talk to when you get scared? Who are your “safe” people?
3.) Snow White hears a strange old woman at the door. Should she open the door? Does
she “watch out for tricks”? What other things might she do? (Hide? Call an adult for
help?)
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ANSWERS
ACTIVITY #1 -Vocabulary
ANSWERS: 1 – j. 2 – i. 3 – g. 4 – a. 5 – f. 6 – h. 7 – c. 8 – d. 9 – b. 10 – e.
ACTIVITY #2 -Vocabulary
ANSWERS: RED YELLOW PINK GREEN PURPLE ORANGE BLUE
ACTIVITY #3 -Vocabulary
ANSWERS: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
ACTIVITY #4 -Vocabulary
POSSIBLE ANSWERS: 1.) young, pretty, beautiful, happy, 18, romantic
2.) bad, dark, beautiful, dangerous
3.)young, handsome, good, romantic, tall, strong
4.) tall, strong, ugly, angry, hungry 5.)small, sad,
6.)magic, true, correct
7.) cold, wet, dangerous
8.) small, warm, dry
ACTIVITY #5 -Comprehension – True or False?
ANSWERS: 1.) False - Queen Black hates Snow White. 2.) True
3.) False - Prince William has got a special present for Snow White. 4.) False
5.) False – He can not see very well without his glasses.
6.) True
7.) False - He is very small but he is very sad.
8.) True 9.) True
10.) True
11.) False - Prince William wants to marry Snow White.
12.) False – Queen Black goes to work at Pizzaland.
ACTIVITY #6 -Vocabulary
ANSWERS: 1.) have got
2.) has got
3.) have got
4.) has got
5.) haven’t got
6.) have got
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About the artists
Zoe Kaye (Snow White) originally from Herefordshire, U.K., received a Distinction
Certificate in her Performing Arts exam for L.A.M.D.A and studied Children’s Theatre
at Herefordshire College of Art and Design where she performed in the Herefordshire
Performing Arts Festival. After performing for over 3 years with Avalon Theatre
Company, Zoe is proud to be a co-founder of Calliope Theatre Company.
Meg Thurin (Queen Black), Originally from the USA, Meg graduated from John Cabot
University with a Bachelor of Arts and received her postgraduate degree from the
Istituto Arte Artiginato e Restauro, Rome, Italy. Since moving to Portugal in 2009, Meg
has participated in various voice-over projects and has performed in a TV sitcom pilot
filmed in Lisbon. Most recently, Meg became the featured voice for iClio's - JiTT
Travel app guides for many major cities in Europe. Meg is a co-founder of Calliope
Theatre Company and looks forward to seeing the teachers and students that she met
during her 5 years with Avalon Theatre Company
Matthew Lloyd (Prince William, Big Tall Tony & Sunday) In his work with The
Ferndown Drama Group, Huntington Drama Group, Chesil Theatre and the Royal
Navy Theatre Association, Matthew has acted in a variety of full-length works
including pantomimes and dramatic plays such as Wind in the Willows (Toad) and
Pygmalion. Matthew has directed such works as The Anniversary and Steel
Magnolias and has served as Stage Manager for a variety of theatre companies.
Matthew has an MBA from Cranfield School of Management. After his 17 years in
the British Royal Navy (including time spent with NATO, Portugal), Matthew
moved permanently to Cascais. Matthew is a co-founder of Calliope Theatre
Company.
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