TITLE: The Demon Headmaster
AUTHOR: Gillian Cross
INTEREST AGE: 8-12 Years
BOOKBAND: Dark Blue
OUR REVIEW: This popular series now has a
fresh set of modern covers to appeal to a new
generation of readers.
After reading Chapter 1,
write down what you
have learned about
Lloyd, Harvey and Dinah.
Read Chapter 2. When Dinah first meets the boys,
both boys responded very differently towards her.
Find 3 different reactions/responses that the boys
had. Which responses do you think were correct?
Why?
In Chapter 3 Dinah first meets the
Headmaster. Use the text to help you
write a detailed character profile of him.
Read Chapter 4. Write a
summary of Dinah’s first
morning at school.
Can you find a
simile in
chapter 5 to
describe the
Headmaster?
What do you
think is going
on in the
assembly hall?
Read Chapter6. What do you think
is going to happen next to Lloyd,
Harvey and Dinah? Will they all
have the same punishment?
In chapter 7 Dinah, Lloyd and
Harvey are punished by
prefects for throwing
snowballs. Do you think
their punishment is fair? Are
their rights being respected?
Look at the Rights of a Child.
Which rights are the children
being denied in this school?
Discuss.
In Chapter 8 why does Lloyd blame
Dinah for Harvey getting into
trouble? Is he being fair?
Why do you think that the prefects
have given Harvey this punishment?
How did Dinah
react in
Chapter 9
when she
realised how
and why she
had been
hypnotised?
Write a
summary of
her reactions,
behaviour and
thoughts.
Lloyd brings Dinah to the SPLAT meeting but he has conflicting feelings
about this.
Use a mind map to show Lloyd's feelings and emotions during the
meeting and explain why he feels this way.
