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The Wednesday Wizard #2
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 2: Chapters 5 to 8
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Chapter 5: Denzil in Trouble
1. What was it that Denzil saw that had eaten the woman? (the women did not get eaten she got into a car. ) √ Tee hee.
2. What was the ‘two skinny wheels held together by think pipes’ that the man rode? (The man
rode a bike √
3. What would happen to Denzil if he was to lose the locket and Noah’s beard? (If Denzil lost Noah’s Beard, then he could not get back to his home. √
4. What did Denzil do so that he would get inside the house? (Denzil got inside the house by tuning into a rat √
5. Why did Denzil call Sam’s house the ‘manor hall’? (Denzil thought the house was a manor because it is big and the food was good. √
6. At the house across the street there is a jet black cat with blazing yellow eyes and a very old woman who is hard of hearing called Mrs Utherwise. Who do you thing she really is? (I think that
Mrs Utherwise is really Mother Wyse. √
7. What make Theresa so angry that she messed up Sam’s tree house?
(Theresa was angry because she thort that sam had been in her room agen. √
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Chapter 6: Suspicions
1. Why can’t Travis see anything at Mrs Utherwise’s house? 
(Travis can’t see anything at the house across the street because Mrs
Utherrwise wants denzil and sam to see her. √
3. How does Sam feel about Travis?
(Sam feels happy about Travis because he makes her laugh) √
4. In what ways is Travis different from their dad?
(Travis is strong but in a gentle kind of way but his dad is always
yelling and getting excited 100%) Are you a bit like that? √
5. Explain why the MacAllister family were always arguing.
(The MacAllister family were always arguing because
Mr Mac Allister was fired √
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Chapter 7: Denzil’s Bath
1. Why doesn’t Denzil want to have a bath?
(Denzil does not want a bath because it is boiling √
2. What did we learn about Travis in this chapter?
(We have learned that Travis is not scared of Denzil. √
3. How does Denzil escape being seen by Mrs MacAllister?
(Denzil is not seen by Mrs MacAllister because he turns into a budgie √
4. Why is Sam worried when Travis tells Mrs MacAllister about Denzil?
(Sam is worried that because she will take him to the police. √
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Chapter 8: Things Are Serious For Denzil
Read pages 92 and 93
1. What sort of person do you think Theresa’ boyfriend is? (Adam is a criminal √ Interesting thinking.
2. Why doesn’t Mr MacAllister like Adam? (Mr MacAllister does not like Adam because of his tattoos and beard √
3. What has been stolen from Denzil? Why is this important? has been stolen from Denzil.
This is important because the medallion it means he can’t get back. √
4. Why does Denzil yell at Theresa? (Denzil yells at Theresa because she called him a thief √
5. What are two reasons that Adam wanted to help Denzil? (Adam wants to help Denzil because he tincks that denzil is nice and Adam can help denzil because he is good a math
6. List these people and write a word to show what kind of person they are: Denzil, Adam, Sam, Travis, Theresa, Mr MacAllister, Mrs Utherwise)
(Denzil is strange
Sam is ….Bossy
Travis is ….helpful
Adam is ….smart
Theresa is ….mean
Mr MacAllister is ….angry
Mrs Utherwise is ….goofy.Mysteios
7. Why did Mr MacAllister go red in the face? (Mr MacAllister went red I the face when he found out that Adam is a good man.
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EXTRA FOR EXPERTS
Find out what life was like in England around the year 1281 (The Middle Ages)
Find out about housing, work, the feudal system, entertainment, bear baiting …. you know, anything that YOU find interesting
Then you can either tell other people about it, record the coolest
information in your book, act out a beheading with a friend ….
well you get the idea …. you have worked so well that you need a
little greusome detail in your life
The ‘HORRIBLE HISTORIES’ books might
be a good place to start.
WOW
The Wednesday Wizard # 4
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 4: Chapters 13 to Author’s Note
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Chapter 13: Denzil Faces the Dragon
1. How has the relationship between Sam and Theresa changed? Why?
(Sam and Theresa are now friend because they said sorry.) √
2. Read to the bottom of page 130. Predict: What has happened to make Denzil and Travis so
late? Explain in at least 20 words and give reasons.
(Denzil and Travis are late because Denzil and Travis were not both there Travis was only there Travis had lost Denzil and he was worried about Denzil. I understand.
3. Why did Denzil disappear?
(Denzil disappeared because he was frightened by the siren. √
4. Sam works out what the dragon is. What is it? What are the 3 clues she uses to work this out?
(Sam works out that the dragon is really a train because it has one blazing eye, it can roar and rail like long claws.) √
5. Why doesn’t Denzil run from the dragon?
(Denzil doesn’t run from the dragon because he is frozen √
6. How is Denzil saved from the ‘dragon’?
(Denzil is saved from the ‘dragon’ when Travis pull him out of the rail √
7. Read to the end of the chapter. What did Denzil say that made everyone laugh? Why was this
funny for everyone?
(Everyone laughed when Denzil said wait till I tell old battybird all those roaring beasts that live in caves all those dragons the knights fight they all trains wow. This is funny because what he is saying. √
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Chapter 14: The Witch’s Secret
1. What has changed about the way that Denzil thinks about Sam? Why has there been this change?
(This is how Denzil now thinks about Sam: she is a friend to him This has changed because of if she had not known that the dragon was a train then he would have died √
2. How do the family feel about Denzil leaving? Why?
(The family feel sad about Denzil leaving because they feel like he was part of the family √
3. Sam now sees that the house across the street is empty and that the ‘For Sale’ sign is back where it was before. What does this mean?
(The fact that Sam now sees that the house across the street is empty means Mrs Otherwise has gone √
4. What four clues do we have that Mrs Utherwise and Mother Wyse are the same person?
(We know that Mrs Utherwise and Mother Wyse are the same person because of Sam and Denzil can only see her,
her black cat and blackbird are the same thing, the for sale sign was there and they can not both hear) √ Good detail here, Violet
5. Read to the end of the chapter. Why does Mother Wyse give Denzil a ‘knowing, secret smile’ as
she closes the door?
(Mother Wyse gives Denzil a knowing, secret smile because of his good days. √ Yes - and because she knows where he has been and what he has been doing.
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EXTRA FOR EXPERTS
Ask Mr M for the ‘follow-up activity sheet’
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
wednesday wizard
Front Cover: List all the thing you can see on the front cover. (On the front cover I can see a case of some sort and a boy’s soul stuck in it, a candle.
Prediction: What do you think this story is going to be about?
(I think that this story is going to be about on wednesday the soul comes out and is mean to a boy.
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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? (Denzil thought this would happen if he became a thief he would be caught and get his hands chopped off. √
2. Why do you think that Denzil preferred to be thought of as a burglar than a thief? (Denzil preferred burglar because it sounded more honourable and more daring. √
3. Why was Denzil desperate for food? (Denzil was desperate for food because his master valvasor had been away for several weeks now and Denzil was desperate for some proper food. √
4. The old woman is called Mother Wyse. What does her last name tell the reader about her? (Mother Wyse’s name tells us that she is smart and knows what to do with her bees. √
5. Give reasons that Denzil wanted to get food from Mother Wyse
(Denzil went to Mother Wyse to get food because he was hungry because it was good
6. Who is Valvasor? (Valvasor is a very smart wizard. √
7. Explain why Valvasor had smacked Denzil on the ear when Denzil
called Mother Wyse “Old Battybirds”.
(Valvasor smacked Denzil because the villagers said it so he said it. because she has a black crow
8. How do you think Mother Wyse got to her house so quickly?
(Mother Wyse got to her house so quickly because she made her into a crow. √
9. How did Denzil end up living with ValvasoDenzil was living with Valvasor because a mother put Denizl on the door step. √
10.Why does Denzil have to be careful on Spy Wednesday?
(Denzil has to be careful on Spy Wednesday because there is a dragon √
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Chapter 2: Fast Forward to Wednesday
1. In what way are Denzil and Valvasor different? (Denzil is _messy____ while Valvasor is ___tidy_) √
2. What did Denzil make out of the clay (using magic spell) (Denzil made a small dragon out of clay) √
3. Predict: How do you think this creature will affect the story? (This creature will be a big dragon and be mean. √
4. What makes Denzil think that it is Valvasor who is in trouble? (Denzil thinks that it is Valvasor who is in trouble because he of the dragon X No. Talk with your group to find out.
5. Why is it important to Denzil that Valvasor stays alive? (Denzil wants Valvasor to stay alive because he made food √
6. Why didn’t Denzil go to London? (Denzil did not go to London because he did not know how to. √
7. List some of the ingredients Denzil needed to make the spell. (To make the spell, Denzil
used Noahs beard √
8. Where do you think Denzil has ended up? What makes you think that? (I think that Denzil has ended up in inan zoo because it is dark.
Chapter 3: Meeting Sam
Read pages 30, 31 and up to “Jesus have mercy!” he wailed. “God have mercy! I’m dead, I’m dead” on page 32.
1. List at least 3 things that Denzil thinks are strange? (Denzil thinks that there is an light, the man thinks he is dead and he doesn't know where he is are strange) √
2. What did Denzil put on his head? (Denzil put theresa knickers on his head) √ I wonder why.
3. From the last paragraph, where does Denzil think that he is? (Denzil thinks he is in London √
Keep reading.
4. What does Denzil do to prove to Sam that he is in fact a wizard?
(This is what Denzil does to show Sam that he is a wizard because he makes a chick √
5. What kind of person is Sam? (Sam is 90% curious 10% weird) √ An interesting way of saying this, Violet.
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Chapter 4: Denzil Gets His Orders
1. Who are Travis and Theresa? (Travis is sam's older bro Theresa is her sis √
2. Who does Sam like best, Travis or Theresa? Why? (Sam likes travis best because she thinks theresa was sulky and bad-tempered. √
3. Why is Theresa so mad with Sam? (Theresea is mad at Sam because sam bathed her cat with theresa's hair dryer √
4. Why is Sam so mad at Denzil? (Sam is mad at Denzil because denzil had messed up her tree home √
5. Why does Sam feel so cold and afraid? (Sam feels clod and afraid because denzil could have taken murgatroyd. √ Would you trust Denzil?
6. How was Denzi able to hide from Sam earlier? (Denzil was able to hide from Sam by with a spell √
7. Why does Sam threaten to ‘punch his lights out’? (Sam wants to punch Denzil because he said girl need to clean up √ Would you be mean like this to a boy?
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