Reading

The elephant man

Tim Vicary

Writing Practice


Can you finish this description of the elephant man using the following words?


eyes, face, bag, interesting, hair, dirty, big


His head was the most thing. It was very, very - like an enormous with a lot of books in it. The head did not have much and there was another bag of brown, skin at the back of it. This skin came down below his neck. I could not see one of his because a lot of skin came down in front of his too.

Write a physical description of the elephant man using complete sentences. Use these words to help you:

The elephant man's right .


The right hand is like a man's .


The fingers on the left hand .


The left arm and the left hand !


The elephant man's face .


His legs are and .


He has a bad .

Look at the drawing of Joseph Merrick and write a physical description using complete sentences. Use any of these words to help you.

face, skin, hair, right hand, legs, enormous, left hand, baggy, dirty, head, big,
fingers, fat, walk, beautiful, hair, bag, fat, left, books

SEND THE DESCRIPTION TO YOUR TEACHER.

Use a digital drawing tool and draw a sketch of the Elephant Man's face. Later you can share it with others and see what they have drawn.

Merrick’s Poem

''Tis true my form is something odd,
But blaming me is blaming God;
Could I create myself anew
I would not fail in pleasing you.

If I could reach from pole to pole
Or grasp the ocean with a span,
I would be measured by the soul;
The mind's the standard of the man.

—poem used by Joseph Merrick to end his letters