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The story takes place in colonial Los Angeles, California and focuses on the adventures of the masked vigilante Zorro as he fights against corruption and helps the poor and weak.

The story is set in colonial Los Angeles, California in the early 19th century when it was a small town.

The main characters are Don Diego Vega/Zorro, Lolita Pulido, Captain Ramon, and Sergeant Gonzales.

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ACTIVITIES
MAKING SENTENCES I

Write the questions for the answers

Where ____________________________________________? This story take place California

What ______________________________________________? The characters speak Spanish

Was ________________________________________________? No, Los Angeles was not a big


city back then, it was a small town

Who ________________________________? Zorro helped the poor and weak

Who _________________? Zorro was Don Diego Vega

Did ____________________________? Yes, Diego have a lot of money

What ___________________________? Don Diego liked music, poetry and quite conversations

Who ____________________________________? Captain Ramon was the commandant of the


soldiers in Los Angeles

Who __________________________? The Pulidos were an old and noble family.

GRAMMAR FOCUS 1: MADE + ADJECTIVE


Write sentences with made + an adjective, using the prompts.

Lolita wouldn't kiss Captain Ramón. Captain Ramón was angry.

Lolita made Captain Ramón angry.

Lolita didn’t want to marry Don Miguel. Don Miguel was sad.

________________________________________________

Zorro saved Lolita from Captain Ramón. Lolita was happy.

________________________________________________

Sergeant Gonzales drank a bottle of bad wine, He was ill.

________________________________________________

Captain Ramón wanted to marry Lolita. Don Diego was jealous.

____________________________________________
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CORRECT THE MISTAKE

Correct the mistake in each sentence.

Don Diego payed for all the drinks.

Don Diego paid for all the drinks

If you open the door, we don't kill you.

______________________________________

If Zorro come here, we will fight him.

______________________________________

Don Diego never hurrys anywhere.

______________________________________

If Ramón hurts Lolita. Zorro kills him.

______________________________________

THE MAN IN THE MASK

Complete the gaps. Use each word in the box once.

beaten watching Zorro reward shadows eyes mean

kind punish cruelly mask body weak anything friend towards

forward clearly fear wide replied ago holes pointed truth

The stranger stood in the dark shadows by the door. His large sombrero was pulled down over
his _________ .He wore a long dark cloak around his_________. The land lord hurried
___________him. Then the strangers stepped _________ into the light. Now everybody could see
him _________. The land lord stopped and cried out in _________. Gonzales' eyes were
_________ with a surprise. The stranger was wearing a black _________ .There were two
_________ in the mask. Through these holes, his bright eyes were _________ everything.

“I´m Señor _________ “said the man. “And I'm here to speak to you”. He _________ at Gonzales.
“What do you _________? “ asked Gonzales. “I know what _________ of man you are. Sergeant
Gonzales,” _________ Zorro. “Four days _________ you stopped a man on the road and beat him
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__________ the man was poor and _________. He hadn't done _________ wrong. I'm
a_________ of that poor man. I've come to__________ you!”

Zorro was telling the _______________. Gonzales had ________________ a man on the road. The
sergeant remembered that. But then he remembered the governor´s _________ too, and he
smiled. “Very well, Señor Zorro” he said. “We will fight.”

WORDS FROM THE STORY.

Find words in the square with the meanings below.


S W O R D H I D E S
The numbers in the brackets show the number of
L M A S K A S R C C
letters in each word.
S C A E A A G I E L
T H I R D S K N N A 1. To take someone to a police station or military
L P E G R C H S E N prison to await charge or trial (6) Arrest.
A S H E I E A U M DT
2. to take prisoner (7) _______
T W T A C O S L I L
3. Opposite of friends (7) _______
W E T N K L N T E O
4. Animal skins (5) _____
C A P T U R E L S R
5. A tavern or place to drink wine (3) ___
I R N J A I L S P D
6. To be rude to someone (6) ______
7. Prison (4) _____
8. The person who runs an inn (8) ________
9. A piece of cloth that hides or protect face (4) ____
10. A soldier with three stripes on his arm (8) ________
11. A long knife for fighting (5) _____
12. An unfair or bad action done to fool someone (5) _____

WORD PATTERN: PLURALS OF WORDS ENDING IN “Y”

Singular Plural
enemy enemies
Story Stories
Play Plays
boy boys
Notice that the plural ending for enemy and story is different from the ending for play and boy.

When there is a vowel (a,e,i,o or u)before the final y , the plural ending is “ys”

When there is a consonant (b,c,d,f,g,etc.) before the final y , the plural ending is “ies”
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Write the plurals of these words.

Singular Plural
Bay
Penny
Diary
Toy

This rule also applies to verbs used for the third person in the Perfect Simple. (Like she plays)

Complete the gasp using the correct form of the verb in the brackets.

1. Fray Felipe has a donkey. It carries (carry) water.


2. Don Diego always _______ (pay) for drinks in the inn.
3. The Governor ________ (worry) about Zorro.
4. Captain Ramón _______ (say) Zorro is a bad man.
5. Don Diego never _______ (Hurry). H egos anywhere slowly.
6. The hide dealer ______ (bury) his animal skins in the sand. He tricks Fray Felipe.
7. When Lolita _________ (marry) Zorro, she will be happy.
8. Don Diego often ______ (stay) with the Franciscan brothers.
9. Don Carlos ______ (deny) helping Zorro.

GRAMMAR FOCUS 2: WHEN/IF + FUTURE TENSE

Write full sentences with when/if + future tense, using the prompts

1. Lolita/ marry Zorro /happy.

When Lolita marries Zorro, she will be happy

2. Lolita/ marry Ramón / unhappy.

If ____________________________________

3. Ramon / catch Zorro / happy.

When ____________________________________

4. Sergeant Gonzales/ kill Zorro / rich

If _________________________________________

5. Zorro / visit Lolita / Captured.

If _________________________________________
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6. Don Carlos and his family / go to prison / frightened.

When _____________________________________

MAKING SENTENCES 2

Put the words in the correct order to make full sentences.

1. He pulled with his horse and Lolita jumped from him.

He jumped from his horse and pulled Lolita with him

2. Gonzales knocked up his horse loudly and rode to the door on it.

__________________________________________

3. I am hide because I sell skins and buy dealer.

__________________________________________

4. Zorro jumped off into the night and rode onto his horse.

__________________________________________

5. The love of Don Diego was interested in women not winning.

__________________________________________

WORDS FROM THE STORY 2

Unjumble the letters to find words from the story, and complete the sentences.

1. drawer

The governor offered a big ___________________ for the capture of Zorro.

2. deserter

Don Carlos was __________ ant taken to jail.

3. recaput

The soldiers tried to kill or ____________ Zorro.

4. seemine

The governor said that the Pulidos were __________ of Spain.

5. estrange

Gonzales held the rank of _____________


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WRITING
Complete the governor´s poster

Wanted Dead or Alive

Reward 10,000 pesos

Name: ___________________________________

Description:
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

Weapons:
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

Crimes:
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
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