Tom's Midnight Garden - Chapter 24 and 25 - Worksheet

For students delving into Chapters 24 and 25 of 'Tom's Midnight Garden', a comprehensive worksheet offers a blend of discussion questions and reading activities to enhance their understanding and engagement with the text. The discussion questions encourage students to ponder over significant plot points such as Peter's meeting with Tom at Ely Cathedral, the revelation of time's progression, Tom's motivation to revisit the garden, and Aunt Gwen's worries about Tom. These questions aim to deepen the students' comprehension and analytical skills, prompting them to reflect on the narrative's development and the characters' motivations.

Alongside these thought-provoking queries, the worksheet provides a variety of reading activities that include continuing a timeline of key events, analysing characters like Barty and Hatty, predicting future occurrences, and comparing Hatty's persona as both an adult and a child. Additionally, students are tasked with completing a reading comprehension exercise to further solidify their grasp of the chapters. The worksheet also enhances their grammatical prowess through a 'Grammar Hunt', which focuses on expanded noun phrases, subordinate clauses, hyphens, semi-colons, colons, and commas. A 'Words to Workshop' section introduces vocabulary that challenges students to understand and use new words in context. Writing opportunities such as crafting diary entries, visitor's guides, letters, and even an additional chapter provide a creative outlet for students to express their interpretations and narrative skills. The worksheet is rounded off with cross-curricular links that tie in subjects like Science, Art, Design and Technology, Geography, History, Maths, Computing, and PSHE, offering a holistic educational experience that extends beyond the literature into practical and thematic explorations.