Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Roald Dahl

Chapters 1 & 2

Anticipation Guide

Have you ever had a friend that your family didn’t like?
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Have you ever won something very special?
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Getting Things Straight
Answer these questions in short phrases!!
The passengers in the Elevator:
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________________________ chocolate maker extraordinaire
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________________________ Mr. Bucket’s father and mother
________________________ Mrs. Bucket’s father and mother
Everyone was excited about going to live ___________________________________________.
Grandma Josephine and Grandma Georgina think Mr. Wonka is _____________________, but Charlie tells them
Mr. Wonka is ____________________ and that he _______________ him.
Mr. Wonka insists they must go ______________ before they can go _________________ to get back to the
factory.
Charlie pushes the ___________________ button too late and the elevator goes into ______________ around the
earth.
Everyone floats around because they are ________________, and they are finally out of ______.
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Two days earlier the USA launched ___________________________________.
To run the hotel there is also a ______________________ containing the entire staff for Space Hotel “U.S.A.”
manned by 3 famous astronauts ________________, _________________, and ______________________.
Instead of coming up on the Space Hotel, they see the _______________________.
Ground Control thinks Charlie is a ________________________ in disguise. The ____________ takes over this
national emergency!
Five hundred million people saw the glass box on their _________________________________.

Delving In
Consider these questions carefully. Then answer each question in at least TWO complete sentences!

1. What makes Grandpa Joe say, “We’ve got you out of bed at last”? Why is it funny?

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2. At the top of Grandma Georgina uses the word lixiviated. Using context clues, what do you think
this word means and why?

3. Shanks is surprised to have the President on the radio. Use your notes to determine what kind of
irony this is and explain your answer.

4. Use the sentence starters from your notes to make two predictions about what will happen in the
next two chapters.

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Chapters 3 & 4

Getting Things Straight

Answer these questions in short phrases!!
Mr. Wonka is excited that they are in the middle of _________________________________. In fact, he wants to
go ________________________________ before the Commuter Capsule.
Mr. Wonka gets angry when some of the Bucket’s get scared and claims you never get anywhere if you go about
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Mr. Wonka shows everyone how to move around the elevator using ________________________.

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*The President tells the Chief Spy a knock-knock joke. When you say _____________________,
doesn’t it sound like “caught anyone yet”? This is a ________________.
The Chief Spy thinks Mr. _________________ sent the strange astronauts, but the President calls the Premier of
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Shuckworth interrupts the President to say that the people in the elevator have ______________
_______________________________ and taken __________________________________.

Delving In
Consider these questions carefully. Then answer each question in at least TWO complete sentences!

1. Do you think trying to board the Space Hotel is a good idea? Explain your answer.
2. In Chapter 4 the author, Roald Dahl, describes what is going on in the President’s office. Give
FIVE examples of how Dahl makes fun of President Gilligrass and his advisors.
3. Using the sentence starters from your notes, ask TWO questions about Chapters 3 and 4.

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Chapters 5 & 6

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Getting Things Straight

Answer these questions in short phrases!!

There was no floating in the Space Hotel because of __________________________________.

Miss Tibbs tells the President to summon the _________________________________ to interpret what Mr. Wonka
said.
The Chief Interpreter says the language was _________________________________. The President guesses the
astronauts are ___________________________________.
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The President invites all eight of them _____________________________________________
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Mr. Wonka knows they can’t accept the invitation to the White House because _______________
____________________________________________, and they’ll be arrested.
Suddenly Grandma Josephine was _____________________________________ and ________
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There was something with __________________________ and _________________________ squatting inside the
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Delving In
Consider these questions carefully. Then answer each question in at least TWO complete sentences!

1. Why does Mr. Wonka decide to speak in made up words to the President? Does it work?

2. What does the general keep suggesting to the President? Why?

3. Explain what makes Mr. Wonka say, “You look as much like a man from Mars as a bedbug!

They’d know at once they’d been fooled,”.

4. Using the sentence starters in your notes, make two connections to Chapters 5 and 6.

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Chapters 7 & 8

Getting Things Straight

Answer these questions in short phrases!!

The creature only had _______________________________ there were no _______________

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There were ____________________ open elevator doors with __________________________ in each and
__________________________________ with brilliant red centers.
The creature, which at first looked like an egg, now looked like ___________________________
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When the creatures were finished moving, they spelled “_____________________.”
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Mr. Wonka says the creatures were called ____________________________________. They are from
_______________________________ and are very, very _____________________. Its body is one
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The Knids travel in swarms, land on planets and stars and _______________________________ they find. They
haven’t destroyed earth because of the vast ____________________________.
Mr. Wonka says shooting stars are actually ___________________ trying to _______________
_______________________ and going up in _____________________________.

Delving In
Consider these questions carefully. Then answer each question in at least TWO complete sentences!

1. Why do the Knids tell Wonka and the others to “scram”?

2. Why isn’t Wonka worried about the Knid chasing the elevator?

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3. The end of Chapter 8 is the second time we’ve seen Wonka speak in a poem/song. Why do you
think he does this? What kind of person does this suggest he is? Explain your answer.
4. Using the sentence starters in your notes, make two comments about Chapters 7 and 8.

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Chapters 9 & 10

Getting Things Straight

Answer these questions in short phrases!!

The whole world watched as the eight _____________________________________________ and broke away from
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The President asks Miss Tibbs to sing _____________________________________________.
The Chief Cook tells the President that men from Mars eat ______________________ for lunch.
Shuckworth reports that all _____________________ and 150 _________________________ are
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Suddenly, the loudspeaker in the President’s study ____________________________________

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Shuckworth tells the President that they lost _________________________________ who were
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The Elevator comes back to the Space Hotel, and they see _____________ pouring out ________
_____________________ and swarming __________________________________________.
The Knids were attacking ________________________________________________.
The President tells the Commuter Capsule to make a reentry, but they can’t because ___________
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It is Charlie’s idea to __________________________________________________________.

Delving In
Consider these questions carefully. Then answer each question in at least TWO complete sentences!

1. Miss Tibbs sings her song. Mr. Dahl is poking fun at politicians. Find at least three jokes the
song makes about politicians.
2. Why does the Commuter Capsule lose contact with the President?
3. Charlie and Wonka are eager to rescue the astronauts while Grandma Josephine is afraid. Whose
side are you on and why?
4. Use your sentence starters to make a prediction, ask a question, make a connection, and make a
comment about Chapters 9 and 10.

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Chapters 11 & 12

Getting Things Straight

Answer these questions in short phrases!!

The Elevator sends out a steel rope to ________________ the Commuter Capsule.
The nearest Knid ________________ itself around the Elevator. The Knids were preparing to
__________________ together and tow the Elevator to planet _______________.
Charlie hits the _______________ button for REENTRY, and the Knids become _____________ Knids!
Finally Mr. Wonka tells them to, “Fasten your seatbelts _______________________________,” because they’re
going through the roof of the Chocolate Factory.

The Elevator crashed through the roof of the _______________________________________.

The little ___________________________ were there to greet everyone with a song.
Mr. Wonka suggests that everyone will lend a hand ____________________________________.

Delving In
Consider these questions carefully. Then answer each question in at least TWO complete sentences!

1. Why do the older people keep doubting Mr. Wonka, but Charlie always trusts him? Provide an
example for your answer.
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2. How do you think the astronauts Shuckworth, Shanks, and Showler felt about having their great
capsule towed by the tiny Elevator?

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Chapters 13 & 14

Getting Things Straight

Answer these questions in short phrases!!

In the Inventing Room Mr. Wonka made something that kept changing ______________________ and
_______________________ up in the air. He tested it, and the result was rather __________________.
Test number one hundred and thirty-two was given to an old _________________________ who became
_____________________ younger.
The pill was called ___________________, the great _______________________________!

The pills are too _________________________ for Mr. Wonka to take one himself.
The label warns not to take more _________________________________________________
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The list of ingredients contains many plays on words or ________________. Can you name one?
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Delving In
Consider these questions carefully. Then answer each question in at least TWO complete sentences!

1. Charlie sees Mr. Wonka’s eyes spark and twinkle. He’s seen this before. What does it
foreshadow will happen?
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2. Why do you think Mr. Wonka won’t tell them what happened to the first Oompa-Loompa who
tested Wonka-Vite?

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3. How has the setting changed?
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Chapters 15 & 16

Getting Things Straight

Answer these questions in short phrases!!

The title of Chapter 15 is ___________________________________________________.

Charlie is worried that the Wonka-Vite might hurt his grandparents because he has a flashback to what happened to
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The grandparents _______________________ over the pills.
Grandma Georgina disappears because she was only ______________ years old. Now she is _____________ years
old. She’s waiting in the _________________________________.
The Oompa-Loompas sing a song about a girl named _________________. The lesson in the end is that you should
never ______________________ to medicine from the ___________________ _______________________.

Mr. Wonka and Charlie get back in the ______________________ to go to ________________

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To help the Oompa-Loompas Mr. Wonka tracked down ______________ and ________________ animals and
invented a new mixture, _________________________.

Delving In
Consider these questions carefully. Then answer each question in at least TWO complete sentences!

1. Why do you think Mr. Wonka doesn’t stop the old people from taking too many pills?
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2. Would you have done the same as the grandparents?

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Chapters 17 & 18

Getting Things Straight

Answer these questions in short phrases!!

____________________ live in Minuslad; you’re a goner if ____________________________

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Grandma Georgina is floating lying down because she’s _________________________. Mr. Wonka sprays her
______________ times with the _________________________.

They have to find out how old Grandma Georgina is because in very serious cases ______________
__________________________________________________ when given in small doses.
Grandma remembers sailing on ____________________.
They discover that now she’s ___________________ years old.
She needs _____________________ pills exactly.

Delving In
Consider these questions carefully. Then answer each question in at least TWO complete sentences!

1. When Grandma Georgina takes the Wonka-Vite pills, she gets too young. When they spray her
with Vita-Wonk, she gets too old. Is this ironic? Explain your answer.
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2. How do you predict Mr. Wonka will help Grandma Josephine and Grandpa George who are still
babies?
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Chapters 19 & 20

Getting Things Straight

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Answer these questions in short phrases!!

Grandma Georgina worries the wrong dose will turn her husband into a _____________________.
Charlie geeds the Vita-Wonk to ________________________, and Mr. Wonka feeds it to
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Grandma Georgina is glad George grew up because _____________________________________
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The grandparents still want to stay in the ____________________, thank you very much!
An Oompa-Loompa brings a letter from the __________________________ who has invited all eight of them to
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Because the bed wouldn’t fit in the ________________________, the grandparents jump up so they won’t be left
behind.
Grandpa Joe tells Charlie its been a busy ____________________.

Delving In
Consider these questions carefully. Then answer each question in at least TWO complete sentences!

1. How would you describe Grandma Georgina’s character?

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2. Do you think the plans to go to the department store to get clothes will go smoothly? Explain
your answer.
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