The Revenge of the Shadow King Derek Benz

The Revenge of the Shadow King Derek Benz & J. S. Lewis

Derek Benz & J. S. Lewis • Derek Benz • J. S. Lewis

Vocabulary Prologue • Response: –How does the author grab your attention? What happens that makes you want to keep reading? –Identify the figurative language used in the prologue. • sinister

It’s All in the Cards Chapter 1 pp 3 -20 • Response: –Keep a character chart throughout the story. List both physical and personality traits. –What connection do you think there is between Max’s dream and the Slayer Goblin from the Round Table game? Do you think there is a connection between Harley’s dog being attacked and Max’s dream? –Where do you think the Oberon card came from, and what does it foreshadow? –Keep a chart of allusions mentioned in the story. Make a connection between the story and the allusion. Also keep a list of similes and metaphors used throughout the story. Vocabulary • askew • zealous • consumption • eclectic • precocious • voracious • proprietor • menacing • malice • enraptured • depleted • portal

Vocabulary How Max Found a Magic Book Chapter 2 pp 21 -36 • Response: –Is Max happy with his life? What is his main conflict so far in the story? –Do you think there is a connection between Max’s dream and his grandma’s dream about her husband? Explain. –What is the connection between Iver and Max’s grandpa? –Add Logan to your character chart. –What happened to Max at his grandma’s house? –Make connections to other stories. • cherubic • impeccable • cavernous • fervor • acquiescing • rapier • ominous • haphazard • codex • chasm

Secrets Are Meant to Be Shared Chapter 3 pp 37 -49 • Response: –What is the main conflict of the story now? Has it changed since chapter one? –Add any new characters to your character chart. –How are the book and the Round Table game connected? –What does the coming storm symbolize? And what could Sprig be worried about? Vocabulary • reverently • multitude • submission • marshal • steward • warden • grudgingly • conceded • protocol • contentment

Exploration, an Accident, and the Root of All Evil Chapter 4 pp 50 -64 • Response: –Why do you think Logan is training Max? –Iver came to town after Max’s grandfather died to look after Max. Why? –Would you have let the shadow out of the book when Sprig asked? Explain. –What do you think Max’s destiny is? And how is Iver’s warning at the end of the chapter connected to Max’s destiny? Vocabulary • mesmerized • parry • meticulous • interjected • adversary • stoic • ravine • mulling • claustrophobic • rancid • conceded • morbid • codger

Malodorous Putrescence Chapter 5 pp 65 -82 • Response: –What connect do you think the substitute, Ms. Rhiannon Heen, has to the developing plot? –Who do you think played the prank in the courtyard fountain of the school? Why would someone do that? –Add any new characters to your character chart. Vocabulary • malodorous • putrescence • formidable • juggernaut • blustered • rotund • clamored • portly • miscreant • precarious • egregious • effrontery • fissure • fetid • glutinous

Shoe-Eating Trees Chapter 6 pp 83 -100 • Response: –Who do you think the woman in the Shoppe of Antiquities is? What role do you think she will play in the development of the plot, if any? –What happened to Harley after he received the knucklebones from Iver? Why do think Ray was asking about knucklebones? –What is happening to the forest? Who or what do you think is responsible? Vocabulary • destitution • ruthlessly • curtly • begrudging • wary • chagrin • agile • bramble • quarry • glade

Friends Are Friends (Except When They’re Not) Chapter 7 pp 101 -115 • Response: –If you were Max, would you trust Sprig after she had already tricked you once? Remember, she saved your life once also. Explain. –Try to piece together all of the characters in the story. How are the all connected? What role does each character play? Vocabulary • protestations • ominous • discern

Vocabulary Natalia’s Favorite Wish Chapter 8 pp 116 -128 • Response: –How did Iver know when and where to show up in order to rescue the Griffins? –What do you think the Slayer and the Shadow King are trying to accomplish? • consolation • ingenious • resolutely • unfathomable • dissipating • decrepit • obscured

Turtles and Dice and Everything (Not So) Nice Chapter 9 pp 129 -146 • Response: –Add the Knights Templar to your list of allusions. Do some research to discover what this group is known for. Also add Friday the 13 th. –Do you think the Templars and the Codex are connected? Explain. –What role is Ray playing in the development of the plot? Make connections. Vocabulary • quell • erratic • nemesis • tantalizing • accosted • renowned • perused

Vocabulary There’s More than Bats in the Belfry Chapter 10 pp 147 -162 • Response: –What do you think is happening to Ray? –Who is the cloaked woman that Iver is talking to in the alley? • demure • malicious • propriety • exuberant • acrid • harrowing • assailant

Vocabulary How Witches Came to Be a Nuisance Chapter 11 pp 163 -174 • Response: –Add Morgan Le. Fay to your list of allusions and do some research. –What do you think Ray is up to now? • outlandish • emblazoned • thrice • catacombs

Of Dark Plots and Something Stolen Chapter 12 pp 175 -184 • Response: –Why do the Grey Griffins keep ignoring Iver’s warnings? What rationale do they use for following Ray into the cornfield? –What happened in the cornfield? Vocabulary • meandering • feasibly • disheveled • burly • undaunted • befriended • encroaching

It Was a Setup Chapter 13 pp 185 -203 • Response: –Describe the developments in the plot. –Is Ms. Heen on the side of good or evil? Have there been any clues that have lead you to your conclusion? Vocabulary • wont • nefarious • preposterous • wretchedness • barren • deplorable • deterrent • barraged

The Game of Life Chapter 14 pp 204 -216 • Response: –Do you believe that Max’s grandmother is involved or not? –Add King Phillip to your list of allusions and do some research. –What do you think the Grey Griffins will do now that they have discovered the Max is a descendant of King Arthur? –What do you think happened to Iver? Vocabulary • vigilant

Presumed Thieves and Bicycles Chapter 15 pp 217 -228 • Response: –What role does Dr. Blackstone play in the developing plot? –Why is this chapter titled “Presumed Thieves and Bicycles”? Vocabulary • pungent • chastised • malcontent • dejected • culvert

Into the Woods Chapter 16 pp 229 -236 • Response: –Do you think Sprig is trustworthy? Explain. –What do you think happened to Ray? Vocabulary • slavering • blunder

A Narrow Escape Chapter 17 pp 237 -250 • Response: –Do you think that Ray can be saved from the evil? –What will the Grey Griffins do now that they have the Codex back in their possession? Vocabulary • diminutive • impenetrable • ethereal • tenacity

Ernie Rolls Up His Sleeves Chapter 18 pp 251 -263 • Response: –Now you know that Morgan Le. Fay and Dr. Blackstone are in cahoots. What do you think the last task is that Morgan was about to ask Dr. Blackstone to perform? –Do you think Ms. Heen is friend or foe? Explain. –Who is the real villain of the story? Explain. Vocabulary • dank • pompous

Vocabulary Unlocking Both Windows and Secrets Chapter 19 pp 264 -277 • Response: –Do you think the field trip to the Chapel of Mist was a coincidence, or do you think that Ms. Heen had wanted to ‘educate’ Max about his destiny? –Max knew about the catacombs, but now there is a jewel involved in the unraveling mystery. Do you think they are connected? –Why do you think the Codex Spiritus is illuminating a blue light, and why has Max not investigated it yet? • enshrouded • archaic • emaciated

Vocabulary The Good News and the Bad Chapter 20 pp 278 -293 • Response: –Do you think that Iver is dead? Explain your thinking. –Why do you think Max didn’t tell his friends about locking the Slayer Goblin back in the book and now the garden faeries? Why hasn’t he tried to figure out what the key is for? • emanating • feral • retribution • lustrous • retorted • dolt

Vocabulary Ancient History Chapter 21 pp 294 -310 • Response: –Now you know the story of Titania’s Jewel and the Codex Spiritus. You can understand why Oberon, the Shadow King, wants both of them, but why does Morgan Le. Fay want them? –Ms. Heen always seems to appear just when the Grey Griffins need help. Once again, do you think she is a friend or a foe? Explain your reasoning. • sanctuary • hewed • covetous • rending • shorn • vestibule • penchant • impishly • preeminence • appease • elusive • nonchalant

Vocabulary Into the Catacombs Chapter 22 pp 311 -338 • Response: –Why would a witch as skilled as Morgan Le. Fay fail at getting to Titania’s Jewel? Or did she get what she came for? –What lessons have the Grey Griffins learned? • haggard • monolithic • arduous • niche • trepidation • portcullis • undeterred • intangible • hewn • indignant • incredulously

One Last Chance Chapter 23 pp 339 -351 • Response: –Predict what will happen once the Grey Griffins step into the painting. Vocabulary • oppressively • constrained • providence • suffice • hindrance

Vocabulary The End – or the Beginning? Chapter 24 pp 352 -369 • Response: –What do you think happened to Sprig and Ray? –Like the title of this chapter suggests, do you think it is the end or the beginning? –Look beyond the hero’s adventure quest. What themes were revealed throughout the story? Which theme do you think is the most important and why? • gale • errant • sadistic • periphery • reveling