Novel Study Sheet 1 Wednesday Wizard

]The Wednesday Wizard #1

Written by Sherryl Jordan

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 When you work:

- Use full sentences in every answer

- Check the story carefully for your answers

- Be ready to explain your answers

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Week 1: Chapters 1 to  4

Front Cover: List all the thing you can see on the front cover. (On the front cover I can see ….)

on the front cover i can see a boy holding a candle and it looks like he’s sneaking something

Prediction: What do you think this story is going to be about?

(I think that this story is going to be about ….)I think this story is going to she isbe about a boy sneaking something on wednesdays, (maybe he sees a wizard or turns into a wizard)

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Chapter 1: The Witch’s Warning

1. What did Denzil think would happen to his powers if he became a thief? his powers would weaken √

2. Why do you think that Denzil preferred to be thought of as a burglar than a thief? because he thought “burglar” sounded more honorable. √

3. Why was Denzil desperate for food? his master had left and there was no food left. √

4. The old woman is called Mother Wyse. What does her last name tell the reader about her? (Mother Wyse’s name tells that mother wyse is wise.  √

5. Give reasons that Denzil wanted to get food from Mother Wyse

(Denzil went to Mother Wyse to get food because there was no honey left in the markets and mother wyses honey was famous √

6. Who is Valvasor? his master √

7. Explain why Valvasor had smacked Denzil on the ear when Denzil

called Mother Wyse “Old Battybirds”.

(Valvasor smacked Denzil because …. It was not respecting mother Wyse) √

8. How do you think Mother Wyse got to her house so quickly?

(Mother Wyse got to her house so quickly because …. Used a spell to go faster.) √

9. How did Denzil end up living with Valvasor?

his mother couldn’t look after him  √

10.Why does Denzil have to be careful on Spy Wednesday?

(Denzil has to be careful on Spy Wednesday because ….He might be trapped in a big town and he might be getting chased by a one-eyed dragon.)  √

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Chapter 2: Fast Forward to Wednesday

1. In what way are Denzil and Valvasor different? (Denzil is _untidy____ while Valvasor is _tidy___)  √

2. What did Denzil make out of the clay (using magic spell) (Denzil made a dragon ____ out of clay)

3. Predict: How do you think this creature will affect the story? (This creature will grow into the big dragon that mother wyse had mentioned.….)    AHA!

4. What makes Denzil think that it is Valvasor who is in trouble? (Denzil thinks that it is Valvasor who is in trouble because Valvasor is the one who is in the big town and he’s the one whose looking for dreadful things not denzil. ….)    √

5. Why is it important to Denzil that Valvasor stays alive? (Denzil wants Valvasor to stay alive because valvasor hadn’t taught denzil all the spells yet and denzil would starve without him.….)    √

6. Why didn’t Denzil go to London? (Denzil did not go to London because …. he thought there were robbers out there and he had never travelled more than a day before.    √

7. List some of the ingredients Denzil needed to make the spell. (To make the spell, Denzil

used ….)  Noah’s beard.    √ See!!! the answer is there!!

8. Where do you think Denzil has ended up?  What makes you think that? (I think that Denzil has ended up in ___ because ….) London town because that is where he wanted to go.    √

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Chapter 3: Meeting Sam

Read pages 20, 21 and up to “Jesus have mercy!” he wailed.  “God have mercy! I’m dead, I’m dead” on page 22.

1. List at least 3 things that Denzil thinks are strange? (Denzil thinks that the noises, the light and the buildings…. are strange)    √

2. What did Denzil put on his head? (Denzil put _under wear___ on his head)    √

3. From the last paragraph, where does Denzil think that he is? (Denzil thinks he is in  heaven….)    √

Keep reading.

4. What does Denzil do to prove to Sam that he is in face a wizard?

(This is what Denzil does to show Sam that he is a wizard grows a chick then turns it into a falcon….)    √

5. What kind of person is Sam? (Sam is smart….)    √

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Chapter 4: Denzil Gets His Orders

1. Who are Travis and Theresa? (Travis is Sam’s brother…. Theresa is Sam’s sister. ….)    √

2. Who does Sam like best, Travis or Theresa? Why? (Sam likes Travis best because it says in the story that sam thought Theresa was over tempered and sulky. ….)    √

3. Why is Theresa so mad with Sam? (Theresa is mad at Sam because Sam had put Theresa’s new lipstick on sam’s cat and let sam’s cat eat most of it (also it was covered in fur.….)    √

4. Why is Sam so mad at Denzil? (Sam is mad at Denzil because denzil had messed up her treehouse ….)    √

5. Why does Sam feel so cold and afraid? (Sam feels cold and afraid because she is freaked out at denzil ….)    √

6. How was Denzi able to hide from Sam earlier? (Denzil was able to hide from Sam by using a spell to turn him into a rat so he could go in the cushion ….)      

7. Why does Sam threaten to ‘punch his lights out’?  (Sam wants to punch Denzil because denzil didn’t want to clean the tree house….)    ____________________________________________________________________________

EXTRA FOR EXPERTS

Reread Denzil’s spell on pages 17 and 18.  

Invent your own list of ingredients

Make up your own spell so that you can travel

to the year 1291

Publish, Illustrate

Present to the class