the chocolate man
activit y sheet 1
1. Define the meaning of the following words:
a) favourite
a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference
b) pretending
to appear falsely, as to deceive
c) freeze
to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid
to the solid state by loss of heat
d) powers
great or marked ability to do or act; strength; might; force
2. Continue this word ladder using words from the book. Students choice
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H
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L
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3. Use the secret code to find what sentence is hidden! Then find this sentence in the
book and write down the page number you found it on.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
2
9
7
6
16
20
14
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
11
32
5
17
3
19
1
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
13
12
18
8
0
10
15
V
W
X
Y
Z
.
!
4
44
26
21
22
100
55
7, 11, 8, 32, 0
44, 2, 1, 10, 16, 6
10, 13
9, 16
2
0,15,12,16,8,11,16,8,13,100
Chris
wanted
to
be
a
superhero
Found on page:
2
the chocolate man
activit y sheet 2
Synonyms are words that have the same or very similar meaning. For example: Beautiful: lovely,
gorgeous, stunning, striking
Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. For example: Happy: Sad
1. Find synonyms in the story for these words.
Word
Synonym from the book:
Page found:
spectacular
amazing
3
follower
supporter
4
frost
freeze
3
educator
teacher
3
cheerful
happy
4
grumble
complain
4
2. Circle the correct word that the author Michael McManus used in the sentence.
a. Chris was ( 12 , 9 , 10 ) years old.
b. He could also ( harden , freeze , solidify) anything and turn it into chocolate.
c. The whole classroom was brown and their desks, (belongings, property, gear) and computers
became chocolate too.
d. It was Demons v (Brisbane, Hawthorn, Collingwood), so because Chris was a Melbourne
(supporter, follower), he froze the whole (Brisbane, Hawthorn, Collingwood) team!
e. He didn’t complain because he was happy that he got to have (exclusive, special, unique)
chocolate powers for at least a few days.
3. Draw a line to connect the words that have the opposite meaning together.
complain
afternoon
happy
melted
froze
feet
liked
angry
morning
young
hands
drink
old
reject
food
praise
the chocolate man
activit y sheet 3
1. Use the words at the bottom to fill in the gaps:
superhero
acted
Chris wanted to be a ___________________.
He always ___________________
like a superhero by
shoot
hands
morning
pretending to ___________________
chocolate out of his ___________________.
One ___________________
chocolate
Chris woke up and he could really shoot ___________________
blocks out of hands. It was
amazing
anything
___________________!
He could also freeze ___________________
and turn it into chocolate.
chocolate
anything
acted
shoot
amazing
superhero
hands
morning
2. Answer the following questions:
a. How old was Chris?
Chris was 10 years old
b. What part of Chris’ body could he shoot chocolate from?
His hands
His clasroom, students and teachers,
desks, belongings and computers
c. When Chris went to school, what did he freeze?
Collingwood
d. What football team did the Demons play?
e. Who did Chris go to the football with?
His friend Michael
3. True or False:
a. Chris could shoot chocolate from all parts of his body!
True / False
b. Chris’ mother told Chris to behave because he did not have very good manners at the kitchen
table.
True / False
c. Chris’ super power soon helped him to fly over buildings and the tree tops!
d. All the students loved Chris’ superpower.
True / False
True / False
e. The Demons thrashed Collingwood and Chris was very happy.
True / False
4. Find the following words in the book and write down the page you found them on.
Word
Page
Word
Page
freeze
Page 3
favourite
Page 2
complain
Page 4
children
Page 3