The King in the Kitchen

By Margaret E. Slattery

Genre: Play

Characters:Characters:King Princess

Cook

1st Kitchen Maid

2nd Kitchen Maid

Guard

Peasant Duke

Vocabulary

That man is a That man is a peasant.peasant.

a.a. lonerloner

b.b. workerworker

a.a. workerworker

This room looks like a This room looks like a dungeon.dungeon.

a.a. prisonprison

b.b. basementbasement

a.a. prisonprison

My cousin comes from a My cousin comes from a noblenoble family. family.

a.a. grandgrand

b.b. popularpopular

a. granda. grand

Is that the Is that the duke?duke?

a.a. lawyerlawyer

b.b. rulerruler

a.a. rulerruler

The travelers saw the The travelers saw the majestymajesty of the of the mountains.mountains.

a.a. peakspeaks

b.b. beautybeauty

b. beauty

The dog waved its tail The dog waved its tail furiously.furiously.

a.a. easilyeasily

b.b. powerfullypowerfully

b. powerfullyb. powerfully

Daniel ate all his Daniel ate all his porridge.porridge.

a.a. oatmealoatmeal

b.b. puddingpudding

a. oatmeala. oatmeal

ComprehensionWhich Which detail detail is the best clue is the best clue

that the king was probably a that the king was probably a harsh and difficult ruler?harsh and difficult ruler?

a. a. He sent the peasant to the He sent the peasant to the dungeon.dungeon.

b.b. He gave the duke glue to He gave the duke glue to eat.eat.

a. a. He sent the peasant to the He sent the peasant to the dungeon.dungeon.

Why did the king think he could Why did the king think he could make a soup that would be make a soup that would be better than the cook’s soup?better than the cook’s soup?

a. a. He had a recipe before going He had a recipe before going to the kitchen.to the kitchen.

b.b. He believed he could do He believed he could do anything he wanted to.anything he wanted to.

b.b. He believed he could do He believed he could do anything he wanted to.anything he wanted to.

Why did the king have a Why did the king have a contest?contest?

a.a. He wanted to find the best He wanted to find the best husband for his daughter.husband for his daughter.

b.b. He wanted someone to He wanted someone to identify what he had made.identify what he had made.

b. b. He wanted someone to He wanted someone to identify what he had made.identify what he had made.

What is the most likely reason the What is the most likely reason the king wanted his daughter to king wanted his daughter to marry the winner of the marry the winner of the contest?contest?

a.a. He believed only someone rich He believed only someone rich and royal could win.and royal could win.

b.b. He wanted his daughter to live He wanted his daughter to live happily ever after.happily ever after.

a. a. He believed only someone He believed only someone rich and royal could win.rich and royal could win.

Which of these events from the selection happened first?

a. The peasant asked to a. The peasant asked to marry the princess.marry the princess.

b. The duke tasted the b. The duke tasted the king’s soup.king’s soup.

b. The duke tasted the b. The duke tasted the king’s soup.king’s soup.

Why did the duke choke on the king’s dish?

a.a. It was not good enough It was not good enough to eat.to eat.

b.b. It was not finished It was not finished cooking.cooking.

a. a. It was not good enough It was not good enough to eat.to eat.

How did the peasant show that he was the real genius in this

selection?

a.a. He entered the king’s contest for He entered the king’s contest for the princess.the princess.

b.b. He made the king feel proud about He made the king feel proud about the glue.the glue.

b. He made the king feel proud b. He made the king feel proud about the glue.about the glue.

a. The duke could not speak.b. The king began to make more.

How did the peasant show that he was the real genius in this

selection?

a. The duke could not speak.a. The duke could not speak.

Which word does this picture help you

understand?a.a. peasantpeasant

b.b. nonsensenonsense

c.c. dungeondungeon

d.d. curtsiescurtsies

d. curtsiesd. curtsies

Partner Work

Turn to your partner and Turn to your partner and discuss…discuss…

How were the peasant How were the peasant and the duke ALIKE in and the duke ALIKE in the way that they the way that they treated the king?treated the king?

They both gave the king They both gave the king more praise than he more praise than he probably deserved.probably deserved.

Discuss with your partner…Discuss with your partner…

What is unusual about What is unusual about where the king will spend where the king will spend most of his time in the most of his time in the near future?near future?

Kings usually do not spend much time in the kitchen or do their own cooking.

Where did MOST of the Where did MOST of the story take place? Be story take place? Be specific.specific.

The story took place The story took place MOSTLY in the kitchen of MOSTLY in the kitchen of the king’s palace.the king’s palace.