It’s the story of Sophie, a 10-year-old orphan girl who lives in an orphanage. It’s now being made into a movie. Just this week, a new trailer was released.
Read the following words and phrases and their definitions.
- orphan - a child whose parents are dead
- orphanage - a home for orphans
- witch - a woman with magic powers
- witching hour - that special time late at night when witches and ghosts turn up and strange things can happen
- bogeymen - a scary man; some parents frighten their children with the bogeyman
- curtain - a piece of cloth that is used to cover the window
First read the assignment. Next watch the trailer. Take notes to help you do the assignment.
- Did you spot the word orphanage? Where was it?
- Listen to Sophie: “It was the witching hour, when the Boogeyman comes out.”
What else happens at the witching hour? - Fill in the missing words:
“The girls say the witching hour arrives ..........................
I think it comes .................................................................” - Name the three things you should NEVER do when the witching hour arrives.
- Where does our story begin?
- Will you go see the movie when it comes out?
