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This study guide offers a title makeover and in-depth analysis of gillian cross's 'the demon headmaster' series. Students will engage with activities such as character profiling, summarizing, and critical thinking. After reading each chapter, questions and tasks encourage reflection on themes, literary devices, and moral dilemmas.
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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.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: Other books in The Demon Headmaster series include… In Chapter 11 Dinah is caught doing a number of wrong things. Can you predict what Mr Venables has asked Dinah to do? Use the clues in the chapter to help.
In chapter 13 SPLAT make a plan to foil the Headmaster. Outline the details of their plan. What is each member going to do?
After reading the whole book, write a book review about The Demon Headmaster.