Answers to Questions of Story and Skills Pages
Answers to Questions
Infer- Clothes are the emperors biggest interest in life. It may show that he
is self-centered and only cares about his appearance.
Word Study- Swindlers are untrustworthy. Words that show this are
strangers, “they claimed that they were weavers”, and they can weave the
finest clothes imaginable.
Infer- line 33 three words that describe what I know about the emperor’s
character so far are
Selfish, naive, not sure of himself, full of himself
Predict- The minister will not be able to see anything because there is
nothing to be seen. He will not tell the truth because he does not want to
ruin his reputation of being smart and fit for post.
Identify - Minister asks himself before deciding to lie about seeing the cloth
was “can I be so stupid?” and “Is it possible that I am not fit for my office?”
Infer- The old minister never questions the weavers’ honesty because he
was too busy worrying about himself not being competent or fit for office, or
afraid of looking stupid,
Retell- description of the important events that happen in the story since
the strangers came to town.
The strangers are two swindlers. They tell the king that they can make
clothes that are most amazing and can tell if someone is not fit for office if
they don’t see the cloth the weavers are making. The king sends his men
to see the progress of the clothes, and they both lie and say they see the
clothes the swindlers are making, because they can’t see them, think they
are stupid, so they don’t want others to think that they are.
Predict
He will wear them thinking if he mentions there are no clothes he will look
stupid. No one will tell them because no one wants to look stupid or unfit.
Visualize- Words that show the swindlers are tricking everyone into
believing they are working
Pretend to take clothes from the loom
Snipped the air with big scissors
The motioned sewing with needles.
They held their arms as holding something
The swindlers said, “they make one feel as if one had nothing on at all, but
this is just the beauty of it.”
Clarify- the emperor is actually wearing nothing.
Identify- the child is able to tell the truth that the adults can’t say a child is
innocent and says what they see.
Interpret- I guess it is too late and it was still hard to admit he was stupid
Theme - In order not to ruin someone’s reputation they would lie not to look
stupid.
Skills Pages
Main Characters
The Emperor, The swindlers, the honest minister, the honest official and
the child
Key Experiences.
Emperor loves new clothes and his appearance more than anything else.
Swindlers decide that they will fool the Emperor by pretending to make
clothes for the him, but instead pocketing the materials and money that
they are given from the Emperor.
To make sure they are not discovered claims that their clothing has a
special ability to appear invisible to anyone who is unfit for job and
unintelligent.
The honest minister and honest officials are told to see how the clothes are
coming along.
They both see nothing, because there truly is nothing being made. But due
to that fact about the clothes seeing nothing meant that the person is
incompetant and unfit for their position.
Even the King goes in and experiences the same result.
All three lie, to save face or because they are afraid of showing that they
are stupid.
The King even processes wearing nothing.
A young child says the king is naked because of his innocence and lack of
knowledge about the clothes.
Discover that the minister and honest officials and the King would rather lie
than look unfit for their position and unintelligent.
Theme is due to pride people would rather lie than to look foolish or not fit.
1. The emperor gives swindlers money to make him clothes.
2. Before beginning their task, the swindlers ask for gold and silk for
their looms.
3. The emperor send in the old minister to see how the weavers are
progressing
4. The swindlers ask the old minister to admire the cloth.
5. The honest official assumes he is unfit for his post because he could
not see the cloth.
6. The emperor brings his courtiers and minister to see the cloth.
7. The emperor’s attendants advise him to wear his new clothes in the
procession.
8. The emperor awards the swindlers special honors for their services.
9. The emperor marches under a beautiful canopy
10. The child says the emperor has nothing on.