The Hodgeheg

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1. Look at page 23, what time of day is it? How do you know?

2. Look at the paragraph one on page 24, how long did Max sleep? 

3. Translate Max's speech into standard English: 'I feel quite wake awide.' 'I feel like walking for a go.' 'I'll say what you do.'

1. What does the author mean by 'rush hour' on page 16? 

2. Translate Max's speech into standard English: 'I got a head on the bump,' 'and then I headed my bang. My ache bads headly'

3. How many adverbs can you find on page 20?

Idiom page 35 'What Max had not bargained for' Definition: Max had an unexpected outcome, an unfavourable one.

Chapter 1 Activity Answer the questions below

2. Find 3 reasons to explain why the hedgehogs like to go to the park? 

3. Pa considers Max's name to be 'noble'. How might he describe the girls names? 

1. What do the words 'scoffed' and 'bloated' mean on page 46? Scoffed Bloated

3. Why did Pa's spines stand on their end on page 48?

2. Find a synonym for the word 'fret' on page 48. 

5. What was Pa feeling guilty about on page 51?

Label the images using the words at the bottom of the page 

Use Comic Life to make an instructional poster about how to cross the road safely. 

Summary of the plot In less than 5 sentences explain what the story is about, without telling the ending!

1. On page 35 what do Max what happened that surprised Max?

3. Why didn't Max catch anything in the park? 

2. What effect does the illustration have on Pages 36 and 37?

1. Why could Max not wait for the next dawn? 

3. On page 74 what is the 'magic wand?'

2. Why was Max unaccustomed to the sunlight?

Biding his time till a moment when no one was about, 

What does the expression 'biding his time' mean? 

Write your own sentence using the expression 'biding my time'

'There's no point crying over spilt milk!'

Something that you say which means you should not get upset about something bad that has happened that you cannot change.

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