ACTIVITIES

After Reading (Page 48)

1. What did Dorothy try to tell Aunt Em about Oz? Write out their
conversation in the correct order and put in the speakers names. Aunt Em
speaks first (number 3).
1.____ Oz? Wheres that? Is it in Kansas?
2.____ A magic country? Are you feeling all right?
3.____ What happened to you, Dorothy? Where were you?
4.____ Magic shoes? But you arent wearing any shoes!
5.____ Im OK, really I am. I made some wonderful new friends in Oz. They
helped me a lot.
6.____ I was in Oz.
7. ____No, its a magic country, a long way from here.
8. ____No, they couldnt come with me. My magic shoes carried me.
9. ____Oh! How strange. Perhaps they fell off.
7. ____Thats nice. Where are your friends now? Did they bring you home?

Answers:
1. Em: What happened to you, Dorothy? Where were you?
2. Dorothy:I was in Oz
3. Em:Oz? Wheres that? Is it in Kansas?
4. Dorothy:No, its a magic country, a long way from here.
5. Em: A magic country? Are you feeling all right?
6. Dorothy: Im OK, really I am. I made some wonderful new friends in Oz.
They helped me a lot.
7. Em: Thats nice. Where are your friends now? Did they bring you home?
8. Dorothy: No, they couldnt come with me. My magic shoes carried me.
9. Em: Magic shoes? But you arent wearing any shoes!
10. Dorothy: Oh! How strange. Perhaps they fell off.

2. Find words from the story to complete the sentences, and then the
crossword (all words go across). Now can you find the eighth word going down?
1. The Monkeys put the Lion in the cellar.
2. The monkeys helped the wearer of the black hat.
3. The friends saw the Wizard when the screen fell over. (page 49)
4. The Wizard could do tricks but not true magic.
5. The Wizard came to Oz in a big balloon.
6. The road to the city was made of yellow bricks.
7. The old man was a good man but a bad wizard.

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C E L L A R
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M O N K E Y S
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S C R E E N
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T R I C K S
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B A L L O O N
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Y E L L O W
7 W I Z A R D

3. Dorothy told Aunt Em about her friends, but when Aunt Em told Uncle
Henry, she got a lot of things wrong. Can you find her mistakes and correct
them?
Dorothy met a scarecrow made of tin. He could eat and drink talk but he
couldnt He had no heart, so he couldnt think. Then she met a man made of
straw. He couldnt see because he went out in the rain. So Dorothy got some
glasses and helped him. But he wasnt happy because he had no brains. Then
she met a lion. He was very brave, and often hurt people. They went to see the
wizard of Oz together. When they came to a very big river, the scarecrow cut
down a tree with his pole and they all walked across it.
Dorothy met a scarecrow made of straw. He could eat and drink talk but he
couldnt He had no brain, so he couldn't think. Then she met a man made of tin.
He couldnt see because he went out in the rain. So Dorothy got some oil and
helped him. But he wasn't happy because he had no heart. Then she met a lion.
He was very cowardly, and often is afraid. They went to see the wizard of Oz
together. When they came to a very big river, the tin man cut down a tree
with his axe and they all walked across it.

(page 50)
4. Here is a new illustration for the story. Find the best place in the story to
put the picture, and answer these questions.
The picture goes on page 28.
1 Who is wearing the magic hat, and why?
Dorothy, because she killed witch
2 Who is coming out of the cellar?
Cowardly Lion
3 What are the Monkeys going to do next?
The monkeys found the Scarecrow's clothes and them putting some new straw
in them.
Now write a caption for the illustration.
Caption: The cowardly lion went out the dark cellar.
(page 51)
5. The Scarecrow, the Tin man and the Lion didnt need the Wizards help.
Why not? Complete these sentences and then answer the question.

1 He thought of cutting down a tree to across the river.
2 He didnt want to go animals, because he felt afraid for them.
3 He was easy falling, but he went across a river.
So who was brave, who was clever, and who had a heart?
The Lion was brave.
The scarecrow was clever.
The Tin Man had a heart.

6. Now say what you think. Answer these questions.
1. Is it better to have brains, to have a heart or to be brave?
Is the better have brain.
2. The wizard said, You didnt need my magic. But youre all happy now, and
thats a good thing. Was he right?
Yes
3. Imagine that you can ask the wizard for help. What are you going to ask
for?
I ask happiness
7. What did you think about people and animals in this story? Choose some
names and complete these sentences. Use as many words as you like.
Dorothy / the wizard of Oz / the Scarecrow / the Lion / the Tin man / the
Magic monkeys / the Witch of the North.

1. I liked the scarecrow because he returned to the alive.
2. I didnt like the lion because was cowardly.
3. I felt sorry for Dorothy when not went in the balloon of the wizard.
4. I was angry with the wizard of Oz because he isnt a wizard.