Movie: The Lorax (by Dr.

Seuss) : Worksheet for children a) Match the sentences to the pictures

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1- He lives in a polluted city, and one day he visits the Once-ler to learn the story of the destruction of all the Truffula trees. 2- One day he arrives in a beautiful sunny valley, full of happy fauna living in a forest of Truffula trees. 3- He cuts down the Truffula trees to get material for the creation of his product Thneeds.

Ted

The Once-ler

4- He is the guardian of the forest and speaks for the trees. 5- She wants to see a real tree. 6- He warns the Once-ler of the consequences of cutting down the trees. 7- He ignores the Lorax and invites his family to come and work in his factory. 8- The sky gets dark and polluted and they have to move to a different habitat, with clean air and water. 9- If he grows a new forest of Truffula trees, all the creatures will come back to the forest. 10- He makes his business selling bottles of air to the people in the city. 11- They help Ted to plant the Truffula seed in the city.

Audrey

The Lorax

Mum and Grandma

Lorax friends Draw your favourite character from the story

Questions for debate: What was the land of the Lorax like before the Once-ler arrived? Did it seem like someplace you'd like to live? What parts of your own environment would you be sad to see go? What kind of person is the Once-ler? Why won't he listen to the Lorax? The Lorax says to the Once-ler, "You are crazy with greed." Why does the Lorax say that? Do you agree or disagree? Why does the Lorax speak for the trees? Why is it important to speak up for others? Have you ever spoken up for someone else? Has someone else ever spoken up for you? How does the Once-ler's Thneed business hurt the land of the Lorax? What happens to the Swomee-swans, the Brown Bar-ba-loots, and the Humming-fish? How could things have been different if the Once-ler listened to the Lorax? What do you think the boy hearing the story will do with the Truffula seed that the Once-ler tosses to him? What would you do if you were the boy? Do you think the Lorax and his friends will come back if new Truffula Trees grow? Where do you think they have been? The Once-ler says, "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." What does the Once-ler mean? Can one person make a difference? Can you? What are some things you can do to better your own environment? How does the Once-ler feel about what his Thneed business did to the Lorax and friends? Dr. Seuss used bright colors on some pages of the book and dull colors on others. Did you notice this? Why do you think he did that? Why is The Lorax called a cautionary tale?

Online activities Matching: http://www.seussville.com/loraxproject/ Find the letters of the alphabet: http://www.qiqigames.com/play/Dr-Seuss-The-Lorax-games Online games, various: http://www.edenproject.com/visit-us/whats-on/kids-and-families/the-lorax-at-eden/onlinegames-downloads Find the hidden objects: http://www.games2rule.com/play/dr-seuss-the-lorax/5280 Lorax quest: http://www.seussville.com/#/games Click on the hidden stars: http://es.y8.com/games/dr_seuss_the_lorax-hs Spot the difference: http://www.wogames.com/game/the-lorax-spot-the-difference.html

Plot
A young boy living in a polluted town visits a strange reclusive man called the Once-ler "on the far end of town where the Grickle-grass grows... in the Street of the Lifted Lorax", who never appears in full onscreen; only his limbs are shown. The boy pays the Once-ler fifteen cents, a nail, and the shell of a great-great-great grandfather snail to explain why the area is in such a run-down state. The Once-ler explains to the boy (shown in flashback) that he arrived in a beautiful, pristine valley containing happy, playful fauna that spent their days romping around blissfully among "Truffula trees". The Once-ler proceeded to cut down the Truffula trees to gather raw material to knit "Thneeds," a comically versatile invention of his, "which everyone needs". Thneeds can be used as a shirt, a sock, a glove, a hat, a carpet, a pillow, a sheet, or a curtain. By cutting down the tree, however, he summoned the titular Lorax, who was "shortish and oldish and brownish and mossy ... with a voice that was sharpish and bossy", to appear from the stump of a Truffula tree. He "speaks for the trees, for the trees have no tongues" and warned the Once-ler of the consequences of cutting down the truffula trees, but the Once-ler ignored him, instead calling his relatives to come and work in his factory. Soon the once beautiful area became choked with pollution and the Lorax sent away the fauna to find more hospitable habitats. Confronted by the Lorax, the Once-ler declared his intention to keep "biggering" his operations, but at that very moment, they "heard the tree fall. The very last Truffula tree of them all." Without raw materials, his factory shut down; without the factory, his relatives left. Then the Lorax, silently, with one "very sad, sad backward glance", lifted himself by the seat of his pants and flew away through the clouds. The Once-ler lingered on in his crumbling residence, living in seclusion and remorse, while pondering over a message the Lorax left behind: a stone slab etched with the word "Unless". In the present, the Once-ler says that he now realizes that the Lorax means that unless someone cares, the situation will not improve. The Once-ler then gives the boy the last Truffula seed and tells him to plant it, saying that "Truffula Trees are what everyone needs" and hoping that, if the boy grows a whole forest of the trees, "the Lorax, and all of his friends may come back."

Parts of the plant and the tree

Complete the pictures with the names in English, and then add the equivalent in Spanish.

1- bud 2- flower 3- leaf 4- plant pot 5- soil 6- stem 7- seed 8- watering can

9- branches 10- canopy of leaves 11- roots 12- trunk