The Worst Witch page 11 Lesson Plan

 Dress up like a witch!  

Read Page 11 1st paragraph 

Mildred and Maud are trying to teach their kittens to ride the broomstick with not much luck. 

Could you do better? 

Here is Midnight in his favorite place, a bag! 

Vocabulary: 

cheating- doing something against the rules 

handlebars - the steering part of a bicycle or motorcycle 

a saddle - the part that you sit on a bicycle 

blushed - the face of a person turns red from embarassment 

Activties 

Mildred needs your help to teach her kitten how to ride the broomstick:

Give her some advice: 

You should ______________ 

Mildred  you need to ______________ 

Your kitten needs to ________________

Agree or disagree: Tell your answer and then tell why you feel that way

Mildred should tell her kitten to hold on with its claws. Agree or Disagree. Why or Why not? 

Riding a broomstick is hard  Agree or Disagree. Why or Why not? 

Word cloud  

Write as many words as you can to describe Mildred! 

Example  short, Mildred is short 

Your Turn: 

Roll the dice: if one of these numbers comes up do this activity with the vocabulary word: 

1 = tell what it means, 2 = use it in a sentence, 3 = give a synonym, 4 = give an antonym, 5 = draw it,

Second part of page 11

Miss Hardbroom is giving instructions

Vocabulary 

clapped -to put your hands together and make noise. 

remind - to tell someone again instructions

potion - a syurp that witches make

literally - exactly as it happened

form-mistress - the head teacher of the grade

nowhere - not anywhere

disappeared - to go away 

Spelling 

Put the correct ending on the words 

Word bank: 

nowhere, disappeared, clapped,  literally, walked,  remind

clap _ _ _ 

literal _ _ 

walk _ _ 

disappear _ _ 

Make sentences: 

 

remind there  I tomorrow  that a  morning  test there potion  is would   you 

  ____________________________________________

wish  that  I   do  wish  wouldn't  she 

  _______________________________________________

 

gulped  kitten  Maud  her  and back  to  hurried 

  ______________________________________________

Reread the whole page and find this infomation: 

Why did Maud say that Mildred was cheating? 

Why won't Miss Hardbroom approve of how Mildred's kitten rides the broomstick? 

What test is going to happen tomorrow? 

Did Miss Hardbroom really leave the yard? 

If there is time in class, you can go play chess and tell the teacher how to play the game and what moves you are doing and why! https://www.chess.com/play/online