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Chapters 1-5

A. Answer each question in one or two complete sentences. 1. What concern did Charlie’s family have about the speed of the Glass Elevator as it got set to hit the Factory? 2. Why were Charlie, Mr. Wonka and the other travelers lifted up from the floor and left floating like balloons inside the Elevator? 3. What wild idea did Ground Control at Houston and the President have about the unusual spaceship that was heading toward Space Hotel USA? 4. What were the names of the three American astronauts and what was their job? 5. What was the best advice the President could give the three astronauts regarding the danger that the Glass Elevator seemed to pose? 6. What were some of the worries of the people on the Glass Elevator about Mr. Wonka’s idea? 7. What did Mr. Wonka mean when he said that you’ll never get anywhere if you go about “what-iffing like that”? 8. Explain how the crew in the Elevator stopped floating about and was able to move around inside the Glass Elevator. 9. List the people whom the President telephoned regarding this unknown space capsule which was linked up to the Space Hotel. 10. The President asked his Chief Spy which people he thought might want to blow up the Space Hotel. List the names of those suggested by the Chief Spy, and explain why they were suspected. 11. Find a simile (a figure of speech comparing two unlike things) which illustrates how the Glass Elevator had linked up to the Space Hotel. 12. What additional but important device did Mr. Wonka and his crew find on the Space Hotel that wasn’t on the Glass Elevator? 13. List some grand items Mr. Wonka and the others noticed in the Space Hotel. 14. Why do you think Mr. Wonka didn’t want the Americans to know who they were? 15. What do you think the President meant when he said “We’d be troculated like turkeys, every one of us!” 16. How do we know that the President and his committee had been frightened by Mr. Wonka?

__**Alliteration**__ Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
 * Language and Vocabulary**

Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Skim through the pages of chapters 1 to 5 in Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and locate examples of alliteration. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Alliterations are so fun and easy to do! They may be written in sentence form, or they may take on a poetic pattern. Below is an example of alliteration: Sassy Shayla sold sticky strawberry suckers on Saturday and it snowed. Shayla’s strawberry suckers went soggy. Shayla sobbed and sobbed till Sunday. Now try writing your own alliteration below. 10.


 * __Contractions__**

The process involves

the omission of one or more medial letters or sounds. An apostrophe replaces these omitted letters. In the following activity, write down the two root words from which each contraction was formed. 1. we’ll = 2. can’t = 3. we’re = 4. there’s = 5. they’re = 6. don’t = 7. they’ve = 8. you’ve = 9. that’s = 10. it’s = __**Alphabetical Order**__

Follow the rules of alphabetizing.

passengers, contraption, whooshing, thickwit, scrambled, floating, glimpse, shriek, telescope, disguise, astronaut, bottle-green, chambermaids trifle, eerie, magnificent, fabulous, completely, fantastic, focused, suspended, accustomed, sinister, luxury __**Writing and Creativity**__ 1. Knock-Knock Jokes

Mr. Lancelot R. Gillipass, “the President”, enjoys using humor when he speaks to important people. Try to solve the message in each of his punch lines, below. a) “Courteney one yet?” said the President. b) ”Warren Peace by Leo Tolstoy,” said the President. c) ”Ginger yourself much when you fell off the Great Wall of China?” said the President. 2. ** Activity ** : Using the regular format of the “knock-knock” joke, make your own jokes. Below are

some word ideas which you might use to build your own: a) food: banana, butter, ketchup, lettuce… b) names: Eileen, Gladys, Justin, Sarah, Wanda… c) other: pasteurize, gopher, boo, thunder…

__** Create Your Own Vita-Plus Pill : **__

When Mr. Wonka created his Vita-Wonk pill, he was good enough to state the ingredients, cooking instructions, and what his secret main substance was (chocolate). Now you have the opportunity to make your own pill. This pill will produce a special change in each individual who takes it. Instructions for your new creation: a) N ame the special change that will occur.  b) Ingredients: You must select one item from each of the following categories: fruits, vegetables, birds, trees, and animals. c) State “which” part of each item selected will go into the cauldron. d) List the steps required and the amount of time the process will take before the actual formation of the small round pills. e) Design a bottle which will contain these pills.  f) Create a label to go on the bottle, and make sure to list the dosage instructions.

a. Change which will occur to those who take the pill: b. Selected item from each of the following categories: fruit vegetable bird tree animal c. Draw a cauldron and illustrate and label each part of each item you place in the cauldron. d. Write the steps to be taken and amount of time it takes to complete the process. e. Design and draw your pill bottle. f. List proper dosage instructions for your bottle’s label below.

__**Aid a Gnooly**__ or ** (Gnooly-Aid) ** :

Improve the attitude of a sassy Gnooly by inventing a // Misty Marvel Sandwich //.

1. List the ingredients: 2. Cooking instructions (how to prepare it): 3. Suggested beverage(s) that should accompany the // Misty Marvel Sandwich // : 4. Serving Instructions: 5. Illustration of the // Misty Marvel Sandwich // :