CHALLENGING WORDS

miserable
sneered
jeered
wretched
sulking

SUMMARY

Edmund discovers the wardrobe and meets the White Witch. She asks him to go back home and bring his brothers and sisters to Narnia.

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(1) / Do the others believe Lucy’s story? Explain.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Why do you think that they don’t believe her.
(2) / Do you think that Edmund will bring his brothers and sister to see the witch?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Would you bring them?
(3) / Why did Edmund go into the wardrobe?
(Answer) / He followed Lucy and wanted to prove that Lucy was lying.
(Follow Up) / Do you think that he is being very nice to Lucy?
(4) / Who did Edmund meet?
(Answer) / The white witch
(Follow Up) / Have you ever heard of a white witch?
(5) / Describe the white witch
(Answer) / Very tall, covered in white fur, held a golden wand, wore a golden crown, face is white with a red mouth, cold and stern.
(Follow Up) / Would you be scared of the white witch?
(6) / What does the white witch call herself?
(Answer) / Queen of Narnia.
(Follow Up) / Would you like to be a queen?
(7) / What was the white witch riding on?
(Answer) / A sled
(Follow Up) / Do you like to ride sleds?
(8) / Do you think that the white witch is a nice person?
(Answer) / Answers will vary.
(Follow Up) / Why or why not?
(9) / What does “sulking” mean?
(Answer) / Crying, very upset
(Follow Up) / Have you ever been upset and cried a lot?
(10) / Summarize the chapter.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
Activities
1. / Draw a picture of the White Witch.
2. / Write about a time that you played in the snow.
3. / Pretend that you are Edmund. Rewrite the story so that you meet someone else.
Introductions
1. / Discuss previous chapters.

Book Title: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe—Chapter 3

Author: C.S. Lewis / Illustrator: Pauline Baynes
ISBN: 0-06-023481-4 / # of Text Pages: 189 AR: 5.8 LEX:
Building Oral Vocabulary
24 / amazement / 27 / scattered / 30 / unpleasant
Prediction Questions
24 / Do you think the others will believe Lucy?
28 / What will happen next?
31 / Who do you think that Edmund will meet?

This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.