Dark Man Free Worksheets

Danger in the Dark

Level: Lower.

Task: Comprehension. Chapter synopsis.

Support: Discuss each chapter of the story in turn. Make a list of useful words suggested by students when recapping the story. Ensure that students can read the words in the Word Bank. After discussion, fill in the blanks on the worksheet. It is not necessary to do the whole sheet at once. It may be more appropriate to complete each chapter synopsis immediately after reading that chapter.

Destiny in the Dark

Level: Higher.

Task: Writing in paragraphs.

Support: Match the beginning and end of each sentence by drawing a line from each beginning to its correct end. (The correct matches are: 1 and D; 2 and C; 3 and A; 4 and E; 5 and B.) The boxes may be cut out and matched if preferred. Once the matching exercise has been completed, ask the students to use the sentences to write a paragraph about the Golden Cup, based on what they have learned in the story. This could first be done orally as a group exercise. If appropriate, encourage students to build more complex sentences by using conjunctions. You may like to discuss what additional words would be useful and write these on the board.

Fear in the Dark

Level: Lower.

Task: Comprehension.

Support: The questions on this sheet relate to the whole story. Discuss the story before starting the writing task. Check that students can read, and understand the meaning of, the words in the Word Bank.

The Dark Glass

Level: Higher.

Task: Write in a different format. Newspaper report.

Support: This activity concerns a newspaper report about the events of the book. Students first need to decide how much the journalist knows about the events of the book, and how they obtained their information. Did they see all the events (were they in the office too?). Or perhaps they interviewed somebody in the street afterwards? The headings on the worksheet for the newspaper report give a considerable degree of freedom as to how much of the story is reported. Recap the story and list the events that occur, then get the students to write the story as the journalist sees it.

The Dark Candle

Level: Lower (or higher – see below)

Task: To match phrases and pictures.

Support: The worksheet consists of four pictures and four short phrases from the text. The task is to match each phrase to its corresponding picture, either by writing the corresponding letter under the matching picture or by writing out the phrase. Some students may be able to carry out the task without additional support. For others, explain the task, then discuss each picture and how it relates to the story as a whole. Ask students to read the captions, providing help if needed. Then encourage them to write the matching letter or phrase under the correct picture. (The correct matches are: 1 and C; 2 and A; 3 and D; 4 and B.)

The Dark Music

Level: Lower.

Task: Cloze exercise. Comprehension.

Support: Students are asked to identify items from the picture and complete the labels. Most of these are straightforward: Dark Man, little boy, stair rail; piano lid, flash of light, keys (or keyboard). ‘Flash of light’ might need some discussion to prompt students to find the correct answer. Referring to the text will make this answer easier to find.

The Dark River

Level: Lower (quick confidence-builder).

Task: To annotate a picture by supplying labels.

Support: The worksheet consists of four pictures and nine words from the text. The task is to match the words to the most appropriate picture and write them in the box underneath. Students may need to refer to the text to carry out this exercise. Alternatively, they could make a ‘best guess’, then look back at the text. Some words (e.g. ‘ghostly’ and ‘glow’) may be appropriate for more than one picture; this could form the basis of a useful discussion. (Best matches are: Picture top left: surface, blows, ghostly. Picture top right: light, glow, girls. Picture bottom left: creatures, ghostly, terrible. Picture bottom right: smiling, glow.)

Fire in the Dark Woods (The Play)

Level: Lower.

Task: Cloze exercise. Comprehension.

Support: The worksheet contains five short sentences, each with a word missing. For each sentence, three possible answers are suggested. The student should write the correct answer in the space provided to complete the sentence. Work through each question in turn with the students. Ensure that they can read each sentence, together with the words provided to complete each sentence. Encourage them to check the text of the play itself before completing the worksheet. Each sentence on the worksheet is taken directly from the play. The character that speaks each sentence is also indicated, and the illustration accompanying the sentence in the reading book is also shown on the worksheet. These cues can all be used to help the students locate the passage in the reading book.

The Dark Trap (The Play)

Level: Lower.

Task: Building vocabulary; to identify opposites of words from the text.

Support: The worksheets contain a list of words taken from the play. Next to each word is a space for students to write in the opposite of that word. The first letter of each opposite is given, together with the number of letters in each word to be written in. Read through the words with the students. Ensure that they understand what is meant by ‘opposite’. The students can then attempt the worksheet. The correct answers are: – powerful, weak – take, give – sad, happy – hide, seek – past, future – lost, found – everything, nothing – come, go – good, bad.

Extension: More able students could create further opposite pairs based on other words in the play.