The Boy in the Dress -- Chapter 9 to (and including) 17

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• Leerjaar 1

The Boy in the Dress

Chapters 9 to (and including) 17

Welcome to the 'The Boy in the Dress' LessonUp!

In this lesson, you will see slides with a different colour:

• Red: A small section of the book
• Green: A question about the book
• Blue: Information slides
• Orange: Other slides

Please answer the open questions in full sentences!

  

Important:

You will get a test about this book. The test will be on the 17th of November.

The questions in this test will be the same kind of questions as you will make in this LessonUp.

Questions with a yellow dot at the bottom are advanced questions. These will not appear in the test!

You will also get a vocabulary question, so study the blue vocabulary slides!

Enjoy!

You have read chapters 9 to 17. Give a summary of these chapters in 10 full sentences.

Vocabulary

Wig - Fake hair

Pen-pal - A friend you write letters with

Nickname - A name people give you other than your                         real name 

Pupil - Student

Loo - Toilet

To scrutinise - To look critically/carefully

To be expelled - To not be allowed to return

Disaster -  A really bad event/happening

Chapter 9

Does Dennis like avocado green? What word(s) in the text gave you the answer?

What does John think of Lisa?

Why do they decide to make Denise French?

Chapter 10

What is the only thing Lisa and Dennis take from Raj's shop?

1. The Italian Vogue
2. A bar of chocolate
3. A bag of crisps
4. A football magazine

Raj says that he can speak French. Can Raj really speak French?

Chapter 11

Page 128

"I had a French pen-pal come to stay once. Hervé was his name. Nice guy. Smelled a bit though. He wouldn't take a shower so in the end we had to hose him down at the end of the garden." He was still chewing. "Hervé came into school with me, are you comin in with Lisa tomorrow? I do hope so. I think French girls are gorgeous."

Mac is talking about his French pen-pal Hervé. Write down in your own words what strange thing Mac did to Hervé and why.
(So do not copy from the book!)

Chapter 12

Who is Miss Bresslaw?
What negative thing do the students say about her?

On page 137, why did Dennis look at Lisa in panic?

Page 139

The bell rang not a moment too soon. It was break-time

"I need to go to the loo," said Dennis, with a sense of urgency.

"I do too," said Lisa. "Let's go together." Lisa took Dennis's hand and they went though the doors of the girls' toilet.

And into another world... 

Why is the girls' bathroom 'another world' for Dennis? Does Dennis like it?

Chapter 13

This chapter starts with a small argument between Lisa and Dennis. What are they arguing about?

What does Lisa do when Miss Windsor asks who Denise is?

1. She says Denise can't talk.
2. She says Denise is from Germany.
3. She says Denise is deaf.
4. Lisa says Denise is actually Dennis

Page 147

Like everyone in the class, and indeed like most people reading this book except for the exceptionally clever or Frenchones, Dennis had absolutely no idea what Miss Windsor was going on about. I don't know either - I had to get a friend who had passed their French GCSE to translate it for me.

Who is the 'I' person in this small text?

1. Miss Windsor
2. Denise/Dennis
3. Lisa
4. The author of the book, David Walliams

Page 152

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Why is Miss Windsor crying?

Chapter 14

How did everyone find out Denise was actually Dennis?

What punishment does Mr Hawtrey give Dennis?

1. Dennis has to stay after class.
2. Dennis cannot come to school anymore.
3. Dennis has to make extra homework.
4. Mr Hawtrey calls the police.

Chapter 15

What does Dad take away from Dennis?

1. His Vogue magazine
2. His book
3. His picture of mom
4. His candy

Dad is very angry with Dennis. How does John behave in this situation?

1. He uses the situation to appear as the 'better son'
2. He sides with Dennis and says Dad is wrong.
3. He sides with Dad and says Dennis has to be punished.
4. He goes to his room to play games.

Why does Lisa want to talk to Dennis?

1. Lisa is still angry and wants to shout at Dennis.
2. She is sorry and wants to make Dennis feel good.
3. She brought a movie to watch.
4. She wants her dress back.

Page 175

"It's ridiculous, isn't it?" Lisa whispered. "I mean, why are girls allowed to wear dresses and boys aren't? It doesn't make any sense!"

"It's OK, Lisa."

"I mean, expelled? It's just not fair. Karl Bates didn't even get expelled for mooning the school inspectors!"

Lisa thinks getting expelled was too harsh, because a boy named Karl Bates didn't even get expelled for...

1. ... hitting the school inspectors.
2. ... screaming at the school inspectors.
3. .... showing his naked butt to the school inspectors.
4. ... making funny faces at the school inspectors.

Chapter 16

What is the worst part about being expelled?

Page 180-181

"No, it's OK," said Dennis. "I don't mind her knowing."

"Knowing what?" asked Darvesh's mum.

"Well," Dennis paused, before continuing in a serious tone. "I went to school wearing an orange sequined dress."

There was silence for a moment.

"Oh, Dennis," she said. "What a terrible thing to do!"

Is Darvesh's mum angry with Dennis?

Chapter 17

Which characters are watching the football finals?

What does the book say about the opposing football team, Maudlin Street?

What does Gareth do when they are losing the match?

This was the last question for these chapters. Do you have any other questions, or words you did not understand?

For next lesson, the 10th of November, finish the book and make the LessonUp. This is the first Friday after the testweek.

Good luck on your testweek and have fun finishing the book!

The End

Well done!