Worksheet Answer Key
Elementary Level
ELEMENTARY LEVEL
1 Student’s
own answer. (Students could use a dictionary—
A Before
Reading
2
2 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The
of the
Sleepy
Hollow
TheLegend
Ghost of
Soldier
Ichabod
The
Ghostand
of Katrina
the Soldier
The Legend
of Rip Van Winkle
and Katrina
Ichabod
The Spirits of the Catskills
Down from the Mountain
The Legend of Rip Van Winkle
The Spirits of the Catskills
Down from the Mountain
B While Reading
3 Student’s own answer.
(a) from left: Rip Van Winkle’s son Rip, Judith, the
baby Rip (Rip’s grandson) and Rip Van Winkle
4 Student’s own answer. Student should have worked out
3
Student’s
answer.
(after 20 years asleep).
that Bromown
Bones
laughed because he knows that he
(b) Student’s own answer. Student’s answer should
was the Headless Horseman. He set out to frighten the
cover
any oflaughed
the detail
of the conversation
schoolmaster
because
Ichabod
was being
4
Student’s
ownaway
answer.
Student
should
have too
worked out that Brom
Bones
because
he knows
between Judith and her father which starts on
persistent in his pursuit of Katrina. Did Katrina ask him
that
he wasIchabod
the Headless
Horseman.
He set out to frighten the page
schoolmaster
because
56 (“Don’taway
cry, little
Rip!” Ichabod
the young
to frighten
away because
the schoolmaster
was
beingtake
tooapersistent
in hisshe
pursuit
Katrina.inDid Katrina ask
him said…)
to frighten
Ichabod away
woman
and concludes
on page 58 at the
wouldn’t
hint and realize
wasn’t of
interested
end of Chapter
4. (“Where
you been
him? Didthe
Brom
act alone because
he was
worried
because
schoolmaster
wouldn’t
take
a hintthat
and realize she wasn’t
interested
in him? have
Did Brom
act for
twenty
years?”).
Katrina’s
father
might
think
the
schoolmaster
was
a
alone because he was worried that Katrina’s father might think the schoolmaster was a good person to
good person to marry and try to force her to do so?
what
Brom
used
as the ‘head’.
her to
doBrom
so? The
marry
and try was
to force
(a) Rip Van
Winkle:
a lazy
farmer
The pumpkin
obviously
what
usedpumpkin
as the was 6obviously
(b) Nicholas Vedder: the owner of the inn in Rip’s village
‘head’.
(c) Rip Van Winkle: Rip’s son
THE LEGEND OF RIP VAN WINKLE
(d) Judith Gardenier: Rip’s daughter, who married John
THE LEGEND OF RIP VAN WINKLE
5
Picture One
Gardenier
5
(e) Rip Van Winkle: Rip’s grandson
Picture 1
(f) Derrick
Van Bummel:
schoolmaster
in Rip’s village
Van Winkle
(senior),the
Wolf,
Judith,
(a) From left: Rip
(g)
Hendrik
Hudson:
in
this
story,
the
man
who gave his
Rip Van Winkle (junior), Rip’s wife.
name to the Hudson River. He died in 1611. The ghost
(b) Student’s own answer. Student’s dialogue
of Hendrik Hudson visits the Catskill Mountains once
should cover
anytwenty
of theyears
detailtoinsee
thehis
quarrel
every
river. He comes with
and
his
wife
which
starts
between Rip
some friends to play a game ofonnine-pins.
page 36 (last paragraph, starting “Our farm is
the worst
country…”)
and concludes
Student’s
own answer.
Students can think about
7 in
(a)the
at the
bottom
of to
page
37 (“I to transport, to
when he leaves
what
might
happen
buildings,
roads, to fashion, to technology in the next
won’t be long.”).
twenty years to help them to plan what kinds of
things they will notice and will want to talk about.
(b)Student’s own answer. Students can interview their
parents or other adults about the kind of changes
which have taken place in the last twenty years to
help them to plan what the stranger will notice
(a) from left: Rip Van Winkle (senior), Wolf, Judith,
and want to talk about.
Rip Van Winkle (junior), Rip’s wife.
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cover any of the detail in the quarrel between 8 Student’s own answer. Attitudes that the conversation
Rip and his wife which starts on page 36 (last
needs to show: It is clear to the reader that Ichabod is
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by Katrina
and the other
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country…”)
and concludes
when
he
even
though
heofdoesn’t
realize
this
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leaves at the bottom of page 37 (“I won’t be
laugh at his clothes, the way he rides, the way he
long.”).
dances, his superstitions about the forest. When
they can, they play tricks on him. For example, Brom
ANSWER KEY ■
1
Picture 2
bi-lingual or monolingual—or a thesaurus to help them.)
Possible answers:
nouns: forest, wood, trees, branches, leaves, ground,
Student’s own answer. (Students could use a dictionary—bi-lingual or monolingual—or a thesaurus to
earth, soil, twigs, path, grass
help
them.)twisted,
Possible
answers:
adjectives:
broken,
gnarled, jagged, spiky, bare,
bent, fallen,
crowded,
brown,
grey, orange,
nouns:
forest,
wood, green,
trees, black,
branches,
leaves,
ground, earth, soil, twigs, rocks, grass.
yellow,
purple,
blue,
red,
white,
cream
adjectives: twisted, broken, gnarled, jagged, spiky, bare, bent, fallen, crowded, brown.
Worksheet
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Washington
Irvingof Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
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The Legends of Sleepy Hollow
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Worksheet Answer Key
Elementary Level
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ELEMENTARY LEVEL
a dictionary—
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Picture Two
Picture 2
aves, ground,
ANSWER KEY ■
ed, spiky, bare,
wn, grey, orange,
(a) From left: Rip Van Winkle’s son Rip, Judith, the baby Rip
(Rip’s grandson) and Rip Van Winkle (after 20 years
asleep).
(b) Student’s own answer. Student’s answer should cover
any of the detail of the conversation between Judith and
her father which starts on page 56 (“Don’t cry, little
Rip!” the young woman said…) and concludes on page
58 at the end of Chapter 4. (“Where have you been for
twenty years?”).
(a) from left: Rip Van Winkle’s son Rip, Judith, the
baby
Rip (Rip’s
grandson)
(a) Rip Van
Winkle:
a lazy
farmerand Rip Van Winkle
(after 20 years asleep).
(b) Nicholas Vedder: the owner of the inn in Rip’s village
(b) Student’s own answer. Student’s answer should
(c) Rip Van
Winkle:
son of the conversation
cover
any ofRip’s
the detail
Judith
and daughter,
her father which
starts onJohn Gardenier
(d) Judithbetween
Gardenier:
Rip’s
who married
page
56
(“Don’t
cry,
little
Rip!”
the
young
(e) Rip Van Winkle: Rip’s grandson
woman said…) and concludes on page 58 at the
(f ) Derrick
Van
schoolmaster
Rip’s
end
of Bummel:
Chapter 4.the
(“Where
have you in
been
for village
(g) Hendrik
Hudson:
in this story, the man who gave his name to the Hudson River. He died in 1611.
twenty
years?”).
The ghost of Hendrik Hudson visits the Catskill Mountains once every twenty years to see his river.
6 (a)
Van Winkle:
a lazy farmer
HeRipcomes
with some
friends to play a game of nine-pins.
(b) Nicholas Vedder: the owner of the inn in Rip’s village
(c) Rip Van Winkle: Rip’s son
(d) Judith Gardenier: Rip’s daughter, who married John
C After Reading
Gardenier
(e) Rip Van Winkle: Rip’s grandson
(f) Derrick Van Bummel: the schoolmaster in Rip’s village
7
(a)(g)
Student’s
own answer.
Students
can who
thinkgave
about
Hendrik Hudson:
in this story,
the man
his what might happen to buildings, to transport, to
name
to
the
Hudson
River.
He
died
in
1611.
The
ghost
roads, to fashion, to technology in the next twenty years to help them to plan what kinds of things
of Hendrik
Hudson
the Catskill
they
will notice
and visits
will want
to talkMountains
about. once
every twenty years to see his river. He comes with
answer.
can interview their parents or other adults about the kind of
(b)some
Student’s
friendsown
to play
a gameStudents
of nine-pins.
changes which have taken place in the last twenty years to help them to plan what the stranger will
owntoanswer.
Students can think about
7notice
(a) Student’s
and want
talk about.
what might happen to buildings, to transport, to
roads, to fashion, to technology in the next
8
Student’s
own
answer.
Attitudes
conversation
needs to show: it is clear to the reader that
twenty
years
to help
them tothat
planthe
what
kinds of
Ichabod
is seen
as ridiculous
other villagers even though he doesn’t realize this
things
they will
notice andby
willKatrina
want toand
talkthe
about.
(b)Student’s
answer.
their the way he dances, his superstitions about the
They own
laugh
at hisStudents
clothes,can
theinterview
way he rides,
himself.
parents or other adults about the kind of changes
forest. When they can, they play tricks on him. For example, Brom teaches his dog to howl when
which have taken place in the last twenty years to
Van Ripper lends him an old and unreliable horse. Ichabod
the what
schoolchildren.
Ichabod
helpsings
themwith
to plan
the strangerHans
will notice
r), Wolf, Judith,
want todifferent
talk about.
fe.
from the rest of the village because he is the schoolmaster and can read and
is an and
‘outsider’,
dialogue should write.
uarrel between 8 Student’s own answer. Attitudes that the conversation
Brom
Bones,
on Itthe
othertohand,
is young
handsome,
brave, a good rider, admired by his friends, a
needs
to show:
is clear
the reader
thatand
Ichabod
is
n page 36 (last
natural
leader,
someone
for a and
young
to find very attractive. He is an ‘insider’, one of the
seen as
ridiculous
by Katrina
thewoman
other villagers
s the worst in
even though he doesn’t realize this himself. They
when he
villagers.
laugh at his clothes, the way he rides, the way he
7 (“I won’t be
dances, his superstitions about the forest. When
theyReaders
can, they play tricks on him. For example, Brom
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different from the rest of the village because he is
the schoolmaster and can read and write.
Brom Bones, on the other hand, is young and
Elementary
Level brave, a good rider, admired by his
handsome,
friends, a natural leader, someone for a young
woman to find very attractive. He is an ‘insider’,
one of the villagers.
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