The King in the Kitchen

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The King in the Kitchen

• By Margaret E. Slattery

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Genre Play
King
Princess

• Characters

Cook
Guard
1st Kitchen Maid
2nd Kitchen Maid
Duke
Peasant
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Vocabulary

• That man is a peasant
• loner
• worker

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• worker

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• This room looks like a dungeon.
• prison
• basement

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• prison

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• My cousin comes from a noble family.
• grand
• popular

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• a. grand

GRAND!
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• Is that the duke?
• lawyer
• ruler

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• ruler

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• The travelers saw the majesty of the mountains.
• peaks
• beauty

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b. beauty
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• The dog waved its tail furiously.
• easily
• powerfully

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• b. powerfully

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• Daniel ate all his porridge.
• oatmeal
• pudding

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• a. oatmeal

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Comprehension

• Which detail is the best clue that the king was
  probably a harsh and difficult ruler?
• a. He sent the peasant to the dungeon.
• b. He gave the duke glue to eat.

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• a. He sent the peasant to the dungeon.

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• Why did the king think he could make a soup that
  would be better than the cooks soup?
• a. He had a recipe before going to the kitchen.
• b. He believed he could do anything he wanted to.

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

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• Why did the king have a contest?
• He wanted to find the best husband for his
  daughter.
• He wanted someone to identify what he had made.

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

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• What is the most likely reason the king wanted
  his daughter to marry the winner of the contest?
• He believed only someone rich and royal could
  win.
• He wanted his daughter to live happily ever after.

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

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Which of these events from the selection happened
first?

• a. The peasant asked to marry the princess.
• b. The duke tasted the kings soup.

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• b. The duke tasted the kings soup.

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Why did the duke choke on the kings dish?

• It was not good enough to eat.
• It was not finished cooking.

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• a. It was not good enough to eat.

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

1. He entered the kings contest for the princess.
2. He made the king feel proud about the glue.

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

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

1. The duke could not speak.
2. The king began to make more.

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• a. The duke could not speak.

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Which word does this picture help you understand?

1. peasant
2. nonsense
3. dungeon
4. curtsies

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• d. curtsies

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Partner Work

• Turn to your partner and discuss
• How were the peasant and the duke ALIKE in the
  way that they treated the king?

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

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• Discuss with your partner
• What is unusual about where the king will spend
  most of his time in the near future?

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Kings usually do not spend much time in the
kitchen or do their own cooking.
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• Where did MOST of the story take place? Be
  specific.

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• The story took place MOSTLY in the kitchen of the
  kings palace.