WHO LET THE GODS OUT? Maz Evans

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1 • What does the author mean when referring to the body odour Write a conversation ART • Draw what you think as ‘weapons grade’? between a naughty pupil Elliot, Call Me Graham and • What does ‘jubilantly’ mean? Can you do an impression of and a headteacher in the Mr Boil look like. ‘lumbering jubilantly’? style of Elliot and Mr Boil. • Is Elliot often in trouble? How do you know? Use shifts in formality to DRAMA • Use drama to act • Why do you think Mr Boil has no respect for Call Me Graham? make it effective. out the scene in Call Me • Is Elliot a good student? How do you know? Graham’s office. • Where does Elliot go to school? • How old is Elliot?

2 • What does the text mean when it says the farm had been the Write the next part of the ART • Create your own family home for ‘generations’? story, predicting where Mum horrible neighbour in the • What words show that Elliot doesn’t want to speak to Patricia has gone. style of Patricia Porshley- Porshley-Plum? Plum. • Why might Elliot like the walk home so much? • Why does Elliot lie about his mum being ill? • Why does Elliot get so panicked? • Predict where Mum has gone. • What impression do you get of Patricia in this chapter?

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3 • Explain what a zodiac is. From this, what is the ‘Zodiac Write an advertisement for HISTORY• Research and make Council’? a job opening in the Zodiac a fact file about the signs of the • Find words that show that Elysium is a paradise. Council. zodiac. Each group could take • Why might Cyclops be entitled to half-price eye care? a different one. • Why doesn’t the Zodiac Council want to bestow more serious Write a balanced argument responsibilities upon Virgo? about whether you think GEOGRAPHY• Research Stone- • How do you know people don’t want to do the Prisoner Forty- Zodiac should have left or henge, and create a leaflet Two task? not. about the area and its history. • Why does Virgo almost immediately regret her decision to leave? • What stone circle might Virgo be looking for? • What are Virgo’s responsibilities? • What is involved in the Prisoner Forty-Two task?

4 • What does the phrase ‘Mum’s the word’ mean? Write the Really Scary Letter. PHILOSOPHY• Create a mood • Why is the chapter called this? graph for Elliot in this chapter. • What does ‘discern’ mean? • Why does Maz put inverted commas around ‘“borrow” money’? MUSIC• Use musical instru- • Why was Elliot so worried? ments to soundtrack the end • Why is Elliot unsure about whether he’ll ever know about his of the chapter as one of your father? group reads it.

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• Why are there lots of IOUs in the money jar? 4 • Why do you think Elliot doesn’t study? • What is the Really Scary Letter? • Why can Elliot see the stars so well? • Explain what will happen if Elliot doesn’t pay his debts.

• What words show the cow isn’t pleased about Virgo’s 5 presence? Write a diary entry as Elliot, SCIENCE• Create your own • Identify words from Virgo’s vocabulary that might seem strange detailing the events of this mini cowshed. Take a rock to a 12-year-old boy. Identify the meaning of these words. chapter. that will represent Virgo, • What had Virgo landed in? then drop it on to the shed • Why does Virgo get annoyed at the cow? from a height. Use various • How does Elliot realize someone is in the shed? materials to reinforce your • Why does Elliot find it so difficult to communicate with Virgo? shed. Reach a conclusion • Why did Virgo’s clothes nearly make Elliot puke? about the best materials for • Why does Elliot start thinking about how much money he could reinforcement. Think about get for the flask? how to make it a fair test. • Explain how ‘What’s What?’ works. Are there human equivalents?

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6 • Find vocabulary that shows Elliot is tired. How do we know he’s Imagine you were an SCIENCE• Research and create always tired from earlier in the story? Why is this? onlooker who secretly saw a fact file on how long different • How does Elliot feel when Virgo has been under water for a how long Virgo was under mammals can survive under long time? Find vocabulary that backs your answer up. water. Write a letter to a water: humans, dolphins, bea- • What does Virgo think the TV is? newspaper, telling them vers, sloths and seals. • Why doesn’t Elliot want his mum to let anyone in? what you saw. • Why is Elliot going to take Virgo to the police station? • Does Elliot think Prisoner Forty-Two’s imprisonment is fair? • Why can’t Virgo transform into her constellation to prove her

immortality to Elliot? • Name the five categories of immortal. What happens if they lose their Kardia?

• Look at the description of the prisoner and discuss these words Rewrite the scene where ART• Draw Thanatos before 7 – ‘remnants’, ‘emaciated’, ‘huddled’, ‘pitiful’ and ‘skeletal’. Thanatos is initially freed, and after the change, using the • When Elliot touches Prisoner Forty-Two, what vocabulary from the perspective of descriptions in the chapter. shows that was the wrong decision? Thanatos. • Is Virgo panicking? How do you know? HISTORY• Research and make

• Does Elliot feel sorry for the prisoner? How do you know? a fact file/poster/presentation • How does Prisoner Forty-Two trick Elliot? about Thanatos.

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• What does Thanatos mean when he says he’s going to ‘really enjoy not killing her’? • What does Virgo do initially when Prisoner Forty-Two starts to transform? • Who is Prisoner Forty-Two? • How does Elliot convince Thanatos to free Virgo? • What impression do you get of Thanatos from this chapter?

• What vocabulary shows Patricia is spoilt? Write a character MUSIC• Write a poem or a song 8 • What does Patricia mean by ‘I hope you kept the receipt’? description for Patricia, about Patricia Porshley-Plum and • Why does Patricia dislike Elliot? making her sound as putrid soundtrack it with some instru- • Why does Patricia take a cake? as you possibly can. ments. • Why does Josie look so dreadful? • How does Patricia figure out that Josie is unwell?

9 • What words show Aries is angry? Write a report from the DRAMA• Use drama to act out the • Find vocabulary that shows that the Council doesn’t respect Zodiac Council about why Zodiac Council meeting. Make it Virgo very much. they have taken Virgo’s as dramatic as you can. • Does Elliot enjoy flying? How do you know? powers. • What is the council’s reaction to hearing that Prisoner Forty- Two is Thanatos?

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• How does Virgo learn more about Thanatos? • Why is the Council so cross with Virgo? • What does the Council believe is the only thing left of Thanatos? • What will happen to Virgo if she uses her powers again?

10 • Why is the chapter called ‘Plain Sailing’? Write a review of Quick Styx HISTORY• Research and make • Why do they need to take public transport? Cabs. a fact file about Charon. • What do you think is Elliot’s initial impression of the boat? Why? • Why does Elliot start to get worried about the time? ART• Create your own other- • Why does Elliot want the Earth Stone? worldly public transport, brand • Who do Virgo and Elliot decide they need to recruit the help of? it and come up with a slogan Why? and business card. • Explain the difference between Elysium public transport and Earth public transport. HISTORY• Make a poster about • Why are all the Chaos Stones the wrong colour? the River Styx. Do some re- search to supplement it.

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Write a review from Tantalus 11 • What vocabulary makes Tartarus look daunting and scary? DRAMA• Come up with voices about his shopping. • Is Thanatos pleased at the housing being built? How do you for these characters: Sisyphus, know? Write a diary entry from Tantalus, Charon and Thanatos. • How does Tantalus feel when his shopping arrives? Sisyphus after the events of Record bits of speech using • How does he feel when he opens it? this chapter. your character voices. • Why does Charon think Tantalus wouldn’t have minded toilet

paper? HISTORY• Research Hypnos • Why does Thanatos make Sisyphus drop the boulder? and use this research to predict • Why does Thanatos doubt that Hypnos will be pleased to see what is coming in the story. him?

Write a newspaper report in 12 • What is a ‘nebulous gloom’? ART• Design a menu for Café the style of the Daily Argus • What are ‘Café Hero’ and ‘iGod’ a pun of? Can you make some Hero. Come up with some pun- about one of the past events more shop name puns based on Gods and heavens etc.? based products for the menu. • Why do you think the two servers got the job? of the book. A good idea • Why doesn’t Hermes go to his dad’s wedding? might be to use the segment • True or false – Hermes is vain. Explain your reasoning. with Sisyphus and his • What were the Asphodel Fields and what are they now? Are boulder, or the part where there similarities? Virgo loses the right to use • What is Hermes’s other job? her immortal powers.

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13 • What is a ‘grand façade’? Write a newspaper report DANCE & DRAMA• Re-read the • What does it mean to ‘look sharp’? (up to you whether it’s in events of the wedding. • Why does the gnome make angry hand gestures? the style of the Daily Argus) Recreate them using dance, • Why does the bride get stuck? about the events of the thinking about which points • What is Virgo’s reaction to Hermes wanting everyone to change wedding. are suitable for which types of clothes? Why? dancing and drama. • Why is Elliot surprised about Zeus’s appearance? What’s

different to what he imagined? • How does Virgo feel about meeting Zeus? • Why does Zeus summon Pegasus?

• Why do they wear an invisibility helmet?

• Explain the immortal road system.

14 • Why does Elliot let Zeus stay? ART• Imagine you are Elliot. • Why is Virgo relieved that Zeus wants to hug her? Write a diary entry as Virgo, Think about how you would • How does Hermes feel when he finds out his dad cheated? about meeting Zeus for the renovate Home Farm. Draw a • Why is Elliot embarrassed about Home Farm? first time. sketch of the new and improved • Why can’t Zeus give Elliot money to pay for Home Farm? Home Farm and label it.

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15 • What sort of shop does Pythia live in? Why has Maz chosen Summarize the prophecy in HISTORY• Research and create this? ten words or fewer. a fact file about Pythia. • What time could it be? How do you know? • What does Thanatos intend to do to Elliot? Why will this be difficult? • What impression do you get of Pythia?

16 • What did Elliot infer from the cake? Write the events of this MISC• Write a dating profile for • Why does Elliot prioritize finding the Earth Stone over looking chapter from the perspective five of the characters inWho after Josie? of either Colin or Millicent. Let The Gods Out? Think about • Why won’t there be a parcel? what makes these characters • Why doesn’t Virgo understand what’s wrong with Elliot’s mum? appealing. • Does Pegasus seem intelligent to you? Explain your answer. • Why does Elliot ask about healing powers? • How does Aphrodite appease Millicent Tronglebom? • Why do you think Aphrodite’s services are free?

17 • Why doesn’t Zeus let Aphrodite shout at Athene? Write a letter to the DRAMA• In pairs, dramatize • Why does Hephaestus get his hammer out? newspaper from the gang, the differences between Aphro- • Why do they need to get to Hypnos quickly? trying to remain incognito dite and Athene. Don’t use any • Why is the newspaper article bad news for the gang? whilst defusing the situation. dialogue, but the differences should be clear to see.

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• Why are the Gods giggling at Pisces?

• Who do Athene and Aphrodite go to get?

• Where does Hermes find Hypnos? How does he know it’s him? • What new app is Hermes using? What does it do? • Who goes to find Hypnos?

Write an email from Hermes • Why has Hypnos been enjoying life? MISC• Imagine you need to 18 to the gang, telling them • Why is Hypnos now filled with worry? disguise yourself as a house- about what has happened. • What does Hypnos know that Thanatos doesn’t? hold object. Pick the household

• Why does Thanatos need Hypnos? object, design and label your

• Why is Hypnos free from the Sacred Code? disguise. • Why hasn’t Hypnos slept for thousands of years?

Write a school newspaper 19 • Why is Elliot beginning to appreciate living with immortals? MISC• P4C – do you think a report about what happened • Why is Elliot excited about school? wishing pearl would do more with the wishing pearl. • Why is Patricia suspicious? bad or good in this world? • What does Elliot intend to do with the wishing pearl? Write the events of the • Explain why Virgo’s personality might make it difficult for her to MISC• What would you use chapter from the perspective not stand out at regular school. a wishing pearl for? Think of of Mr Boil. three things and explain your

reasons.

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20 • Why is Elliot terrified of Call Me Graham calling his house? Imagine that Athene had SCIENCE• Research and make • Why does Zeus call Boil ‘Wart’? come instead of Aphrodite. a presentation about dementia • Why is everyone laughing when they get in the car? Rewrite the scene to show and the effects of it. • Why is Athene cross? this. • Why is the suspension actually a good thing? • Why did Elliot think his mum was back to normal? How did he feel when he realized she wasn’t?

• What’s Virgo’s plan to avoid the school finding out about Josie? • Who do Zeus and Aphrodite disguise themselves as? How? • How often does the leader of the Zodiac Council change? • What are the rules of the bed?

21 • Why does Elliot tell Josie he has no plans? Write a weekly diary as DT• Design your own super- • Why is Elliot so desperate for them to get the Earth Stone Patricia, detailing your fence. What could it do to keep quickly? attempts to try and get over people out? How funny can you • Why do Elliot and Virgo realize they need to follow the Gods? the fence. make it? • Who is the winged figure disguised as a rat? • What mistake does Elliot make on the way out? Why is this a mistake?

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22 • Why doesn’t Elliot want Virgo to move? Write the events of this MUSIC• Use music to • What is the pink milk erupting from a child’s mouth? chapter from the perspec- soundtrack the events on the • Who’s in the train driver’s cabin? tive of another passenger. train. • Why do you think Hypnos dissembles into a wasp? • How does Elliot decide to save the train? DRAMA• Use drama to re-enact • How does Pegasus help? the events on the train. • How do the immortals stop the mortals remembering the events

DRAMA• Re-enact the events on the train, but using dance. What’s an appropriate dance to use?

23 • Are immortal punishments barbaric? Write a newspaper report DRAMA• Recreate the fight • Why do you think Aphrodite is chosen to create a distraction? about the fight. scene using drama. • How does Hypnos ‘even the teams’? • Why is Hermes able to snatch the trumpet from Hypnos? Write the scene again from • What does ‘chided’ mean? Try and figure it out in context. the perspective of Hermes. • What hides the Olympians from view? • What is Hypnos disguised as initially? • Why does Hermes stop being able to fight?

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24 • Why does the queen initially ignore Elliot and Virgo? Rewrite these events from ART• Design and create your • What takes Jeffers so long? the perspective of the own super crown for the queen. • Why isn’t Virgo very good at fighting Hypnos? queen. Make it as quintessentially Brit- • Does Hypnos get his trumpet back? ish as you can. • Why does the queen leave the room? Write instructions for • Why is the queen smiling at the end of the chapter? defeating Hypnos in a fight.

Write a diary entry as Jeffers, following these events.

• Who does Pegasus go to get? Write the events of this 25 MATHS• Research the value of • Why would Mr Macgregor’s eyes burst out of his head? chapter from the gold. Consider how much Elliot • Why is Elliot shocked when he gets into the house? perspective of Patricia. might have been able to get, • How does Elliot know that Patricia is lying? based on how much mass you • How does Elliot initially feel when he finds out Patricia has Write what happens to yourself can carry. cleared his debt? What feeling does this turn into? Pegasus next. • How does Maz turn this chapter on its head?

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26 • Do Thanatos and Hypnos like each other? Write a balanced argument HISTORY• Research and create • Why does Hypnos think Thanatos isn’t fun any more? about whether you think a fact file about Hypnos. • Did Thanatos lie about poisoning Elliot? it was the right choice for • What makes Elliot muster some last bits of strength? Elliot to go and see Hypnos • How does Elliot defeat Thanatos? and Thanatos. • How does Elliot feel at the end of this chapter? Why?

27 • Why is Josie so upset when they find her? Write a letter of defence for MISC• P4C question – the • Is Zeus mad at Elliot for going to Thanatos? Virgo, explaining why you Council has very strict rules. • Why is Virgo so mad at Charon? don’t believe she should Should you always stick to a • Why does Virgo use her constellation? Do you think it was the lose her immortality. strict rule? When should you right decision? make an exception? • Virgo tells the Council that their rules suck. What does this tell

you about how her character has changed?

• Explain why the wishing pearl wouldn’t be a good way to get Elliot home.

• Why was the wishing pearl confiscated? Write a ranty diary entry SCIENCE• Research and pres- 28 from the perspective of Boil, • Why did Elliot barely sleep on Wednesday? ent to your peers about why about Elliot. • Were the exams Elliot’s biggest worry? stress and worry can cause a • Why is Virgo struggling with life? lack of sleep. Write a diary entry as Elliot, • Why does Elliot wish Boil a Merry Christmas? the night before his exam.

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DRAMA• Script and record the Write the next part of the 29 • Why is Aphrodite reading the contract over and over again? TV broadcast where Hermes story, predicting who is at • What does Hephaestus mean by ‘negotiating’ with Patricia? pretends to be Patricia. the door. • Why is Josie so upset? • Explain how Elliot and the Olympians saved Home Farm.

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