Teacher: Megan

It is summer time at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy! The Legendary Gladiator takes out his sword, but it is broken. Woo, he remember he has another sword. It is not broken. Next, the gladiator swings the sword around and cuts the beef, and makes a fire to cook the beef. Mmmmmmmm! Now the gladiator is ready to fight. He breaks the other guy's shield and when he does this, it breaks his second sword. He punches the other guy in the face with the beef bone.

The other guy catches the beef bone in his hand. He holds it steady and rips off the last piece of beef from the bone and eats it slowly. The audience says, "boooo". A person in the audience throws a tomato at the fighters. The gladiator hits the tomato with the bone like a baseball player hitting a baseball. The tomato pops and sprays all over the other guy. Everyone in the audience starts to throw tomatoes. The Colosseum looks like a tomato pizza. But he didn't give up. The other guy punched the first gladiator in the face. The gladiator thinks he has lost, but he continues to fight. His sweat is getting dirty. He runs to the guard and steals his sword. Running away from the guard he jumps into the air swinging his sword. The other guy's helmet breaks and he faints. At last, the gladiator finally wins. He gets the medal and he is feeling super happy. 

Discussion questions: 

 

Retell the story. 

 

1. How do you think that David came up with this story?

2. Where do you think the Gladiator got the beef? Please guess!

3. How does the Gladiator fight in the stadium?

4. "The Colosseum looks like a tomato pizza." Can you explain this sentence?

5. Have you ever been to Italy? Do you want to go there?