Chapters 1 & 2
Anticipation Guide
Have you ever had a friend that your family didn’t like?
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Have you ever won something very special?
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Getting Things Straight
Answer these questions in short phrases!!
The passengers in the Elevator:
________________________ our hero
________________________ chocolate maker extraordinaire
________________________ Charlie’s father and mother
________________________ Mr. Bucket’s father and mother
________________________ Mrs. Bucket’s father and mother
Everyone was excited about going to live ___________________________________________.
Grandma Josephine and Grandma Georgina think Mr. Wonka is _____________________, but Charlie tells them Mr. Wonka is ____________________ and that he _______________ him.
Mr. Wonka insists they must go ______________ before they can go _________________ to get back to the factory.
Charlie pushes the ___________________ button too late and the elevator goes into ______________ around the earth.
Everyone floats around because they are ________________, and they are finally out of ______.
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Two days earlier the USA launched ___________________________________.
To run the hotel there is also a ______________________ containing the entire staff for Space Hotel “U.S.A.” manned by 3 famous astronauts ________________, _________________, and ______________________.
Instead of coming up on the Space Hotel, they see the _______________________.
Ground Control thinks Charlie is a ________________________ in disguise. The ____________ takes over this national emergency!
Five hundred million people saw the glass box on their _________________________________.
Delving In
Consider these questions carefully with your team. Then answer each question in at least TWO complete sentences!
1. What makes Grandpa Joe say, “We’ve got you out of bed at last”? Why is it funny?
2. At the top of page 5 Grandma Georgina uses the word lixivated. Using contect clues, what do you think this word means and why?
3. On page 14, Shanks is surprised to have the President on the radio. Use your notes to determine what kind of irony this is and explain your answer.
4. Use the sentence starters from your notes to make two predictions about what will happen in the next two chapters.
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