HOME LEARNING THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE Subject: ENGLISH YEAR 8 – MRS NORTH Time: 50 minutes. Learning Objective: I can describe an event. I can read and understand the text.

Task 1: CHAPTER 12: PETER’S FIRST BATTLE Watch Peter’s first battle using the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLtNZgWK32A What happens? Can you describe this in your own words?

Task 2: READ THE SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 14: THE TRIUMPTH OVER THE WITCH AND 15: DEEPER MAGIC BEFORE THE DAWN OF TIME No one asks Aslan about the terms of his agreement with the White Witch, but he announces that they must set up camp for the evening in another location: at the Fords of Beruna. While they travel, Aslan tells Peter about the military plan that he has in mind: one battle against the Witch and her followers in the woods, and a second assault on her castle. Aslan then tells Peter that he cannot promise that he will be there to help. Peter is unnerved by Aslan's statement: the lion is clearly preoccupied and sad. That night, Susan and Lucy have trouble sleeping. They have the same horrible feeling that something dreadful is about to happen to Aslan, or that he is about to do something horrible. They begin to wonder whether he is stealing away from the camp at that moment, and go outside to look for him just in time to see the lion leaving the camp. They follow him, and realize that he is making the journey back to the Stone Table. As they cross a clearing, he calls out to them, having been aware all along that they were following him. Susan and Lucy ask him if he is ill, and he answers, "I am sad and lonely." They walk together, and as they approach the Stone Table, Aslan tells them that they must wait where they are, and be sure that they are not seen. A crowd of the Witch's evil supporters is gathered at the table, and they tie Aslan down. The Witch calls him "a fool." They shave his hair, strap a muzzle to his face, and mock him, calling him a cat. To Lucy, however, "the shorn face of Aslan looked...braver, more beautiful, and more patient than ever." The Witch bares her white arms, whets a knife, and declares that after Aslan is gone, nothing will prevent her from going after Edmund, too: "Fool, did you think that by all this you would save the human traitor?" Narnia, she cries out, will be hers forever. Susan and Lucy look away, unable to bear seeing the moment of Aslan's death. Susan and Lucy, who are crying silently as they watch the horrible event. They approach Aslan's limp body: "At any other time they would have trembled with fear; but now the sadness and shame and horror of Aslan's death so filled their minds that they hardly thought of it." They kiss his face and manage to remove the muzzle. The night grows cold, and, after hours and hours, the sky to the East suddenly looks a little lighter. They notice tiny movements in the grass all around them, and realise that little grey field mice are nibbling away at the cords binding Aslan to the Stone Table. The two girls are watching the sun rise out of the sea and listening to the birds singing when they hear a resounding crash behind them. They turn to see that the Stone Table has been broken into two pieces. Aslan's body is nowhere in sight. Susan asks, "Is it more magic?" The girls look around the area...and then they see him. Lucy wonders whether he is a ghost, but he is in fact very real, having returned from the dead. Lucy exclaims, "Oh, you're real, you're real!" Aslan explains to the girls that there is a deeper magic than the one that the Witch knows, one that comes from before the dawn of time. The magic written before the dawn of time dictates that when one gives his life for the life of a traitor, all is forgiven, and the life that has been snuffed out rises again. Aslan rejoices in his renewed strength. The girls scramble onto the lion's back, and he runs through the country, faster than the fastest of racehorses. By mid-day, they arrive at the Witch's home. From a distance it seems like a little toy castle, but as they draw near it seems to frown at them. Aslan tells the children to hold tight, and leaps over the wall into the courtyard, which is filled with statues.

Task 3: COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS 1. What did Peter and Aslan plan after the White Witch left camp? a. They planned traveling arrangements for the children to return home. b. They planned dinner for the entire camp. c. They planned for battle. d. They planned the Witch’s execution once she was captured. 2. Who did Susan and Lucy see when they went outside their tent that night? a. They saw Aslan slowly leaving the camp. b. The White Witch was entering Edmund’s tent. c. Peter was sneaking off to find the Witch himself. d. Edmund was trying to escape. 3. What did Susan and Lucy do when they left their tent? a. They went to the water hole to get a drink. b. They followed Aslan and then walked with him after they were discovered. c. They went to Peter’s tent because they were afraid. d. They went back to see if they could find the wardrobe. 4. How did Aslan feel as he walked towards the Stone Table? a. lonely b. excited c. bored d. angry 5. What happened at the Stone Table? a. The White Witch and her army held a feast before the upcoming battle. b. The White Witch humiliated then killed Aslan. c. Aslan and the White Witch held a peace conference. d. Maugrim recited The Litany Of The Deep Magic. 6. Which is the correct order of events at the Stone Table? a. binding, muzzling, shaving, stabbing b. muzzling, binding, stabbing, shaving c. binding, shaving, , muzzling, stabbing d. shaving, muzzling, stabbing, binding

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