Goal: Use TGT (Teams-Games-Tournaments) method to study the content of the book The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chapters 1-6) by C.S. Lewis.

Time: 1 week (5 class sessions)
teaching presentation: 2 days
team study: 2 days
tournament: 1 day
Group Size: whole class
4 students per study team
3 students per tournament team
Materials: (for teaching presentation and team study)
Enough individual copies of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe for each student and teacher.
A dollhouse with a wardrobe inside.
world map
(for tournaments): 8 tables with at least 3 chairs each
one copy of the game sheet and answers for each table
one game score sheet for each table
numbered cards for each table (1 - 30)
Procedures:
Teaching Presentations (days 1 and 2)
objective: The learner will read and discuss chapters 1 - 4 in C.S. Lewis The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. (2 chapters each day)

group size: whole class

materials: individual book copies, a world map, dollhouse, and wardrobe model

instructions: The teacher displays the dollhouse with the wardrobe model inside to provide interest and focus. The class discusses what a wardrobe is and how it might relate to the story. The students also predict what the story might be about based on the title and front cover pictures.

The teacher displays the world map and points out the location of England in comparison with the United States. The story starts out in London, England and the class can discuss what they know about the country. The teacher can ask probing questions about the language spoken and the monarchy to get the students thinking along those lines.

The teacher and students will then begin reading Chapters 1and 2 together, stopping for questions and periodic discussions concerning the content. The same procedures will continue for day 2 as the class again assembles as a whole to read and discuss Chapters 3 and 4.

Team Study (days 3 and 4)

objectives:

The learner will read and discuss chapters 5 and 6 in C.S. Lewis The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe with their team. (day 3)

The learner will work with their team to answer questions from the worksheet provided.

group size: teams of 4 students

physical setting: Students will work together in groups of 4 either sitting at tables or on the floor around the classroom.

assigning students to teams: The teacher will assign students to teams based on a cross-section representation of the class. The teacher will take into account sex, ethnicity, and academic standing (based on class performance, not national norms) when choosing these groups. In assigning students to teams, balance the teams so that (a) each team is composed of students whose performance levels range from low to average to high, and (b) the average performance level of all the teams in the class is about equal (Slavin, 1995, p.75). This can be accomplished by listing the class in order from highest to lowest academic performer based on test scores, anecdotal records, teacher opinion, etc. The teacher can then attempt to distribute abilities as equally as possible throughout the teams.

instructions: Before beginning, the team members should choose a team name. The 4 member teams will work together, taking turns reading out loud and using the discussion questions distributed for chapters 5 and 6 to talk about the content of the book on day 3. The teacher will circulate and ask them to explain their answers to the questions. On day 4, the same teams will answer the worksheet questions reviewing content from chapters 1 - 6. They will read the questions aloud and write one answer agreed upon by the members of the group. After the worksheet is complete, the teacher will distribute a copy of the answers to each group to check their comprehension.

Tournaments (day 5)

objective: The learner will demonstrate comprehension of characters and plots in chapters 1 - 6 of The Lion,The Witch, and the Wardrobe based on their ability to correctly answer the questions provided.

group size: 3 students per ability-homogeneous team physical setting:

(Slavin, 1995, p.86)

assigning students to teams: Each of the members of the tournament group will be chosen from different teams. Using the tournament table assignment sheet (attached), assign the first 3 students on the list to table 1, the next three to table 2, and so on. In announcing table assignments to children, call them table blue, red, green, etc. in random order, so that students will not know exactly how tables are assigned (Slavin, 1995, p.86). The students should be listed on the sheet in order from top performer to bottom performer.

instructions: The students shuffle and draw from the numbered card deck to choose a starter. The person with the highest number reads first and play continues in a clockwise direction. To begin, player #1 draws from the top of the card deck and reads the corresponding question out loud. He/she then attempts to answer the question and may guess without being penalized. The person to the left of the answerer now has the option to challenge the answer. If he/she chooses not to (or passes), the next person has the option to challenge. When all three players have had a chance to answer, challenge, or pass, the person to the reader s right reads the answer from the answer sheet. If the challenger gives an incorrect answer, he/she must return a previously won card to the bottom of the deck (if any). Whoever provides the correct answer keeps the card for that question. This continues until all the questions provided have been answered. When the game is finished, the players count the number of cards they won. Within each tournament team, the person with the highest number of cards receives a score of 60, the second highest number of cards receives a score of 40 points, and the lowest number receives 20 points. These scores are then recorded on the game score sheet. The scores of each 4 person team will then be totaled and certificate awards (attached) or other previously agreed awards may be given. If the class chooses beforehand, the tournament scores may be saved and the games continued each week for a specified period of time. During this period, new scores will be added on to the total each week and at the end of the course of study, a winning team will be chosen. Also attached is a Team Summary Sheet for the members of the 4 person team to record their scores. The team with the highest total score at the end of the tournament(s) wins the Super Team Award, the second highest wins the Great Team award, and the third highest wins the Good Team award.

Team Study Discussion Questions for Chapters 5 and 6

Chapter 5 Back on This Side Of The Door

1. How did Edmund let Lucy down when they both returned from Narnia and talked with Peter and Susan?

2. Why do you think the Professor tried to get Peter, Susan, and Edmund to consider Lucy s point of view?

3. How did all four children come to find themselves shut inside the wardrobe together?

Chapter 6 Into the Forest

1. Was it okay for the children to take the coats from the wardrobe without asking anyone?

2. What happened to Mr. Tumnus?

3. Should the children trust the robin? Mr. Tumnus?

Chapters 1 - 6

• The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
• Team Study Review Questions
• These questions will help you study for the tournament.

• 1. What country did the professor live in?
• 2. Why were the children sent to stay with the professor?
• 3. What are the names of the four main characters in these chapters?
• 4. Who is the youngest of the four children?
• 5. What is a wardrobe?
• 6. How did Lucy get to Narnia the first time?
• 7. Who is Mr. Tumnus?
• 8. What is the real reason Mr. Tumnus took Lucy back to his cave?
• 9. How does the faun feel about the White Witch?
• 10. Why does the faun call Lucy a Daughter of Eve?
• 11. How long was Lucy gone from the professor s house according to her brothers and sister? According to her?
• 12. Who joined Lucy on her second trip into Narnia?
• 13. Describe the White Witch.
• 14. What season remained in Narnia all the time?
• 15. Why did Edmund try to help the White Witch?
• 16. When Lucy and Edmund returned to the professor s house, what did Edmund say to his brother and sister about Narnia?
• 17. Who did the children talk to about Lucy s story?
• 18. What advice did they get?
• 19. How did Edmund feel when his lie was discovered?
• 20. What happened to Mr. Tumnus?
• 21. Who did the children follow through the forest and why?

• 1. England.
• 2. The children were sent to live with the professor because of the air-raids in London
• during the war. They would be safer with him.
• 3. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy
• 4. Lucy
• 5. A wardrobe is a closet where clothes are stored.
• 6. She climbed into the wardrobe in the spare room and walked to the back of it where she magically entered Narnia.
• 7. Mr. Tumnus is the faun Lucy met in Narnia. A faun is half man and half goat.
• 8. He wanted to make her fall asleep so he could turn her over to the White Witch.
• 9. The faun does not like the White Witch but he is very scared of her so he tries to do what she wants.
• 10. Daughter of Eve refers to the Christian Bible story of Adam and Eve.
• According to this story, Eve was the first woman on Earth so Lucy would be one of her daughters.
• 11. According to her brothers and sister, Lucy was only gone a few seconds.
• According to Lucy, she was gone for hours!
• 12. Edmund
• 13. The White Witch has very white skin and dark red lips. She is tall and wears white fur and a golden crown. She has a very cold, stern face and commands respect. She is a very devious woman.
• 14. Winter
• 15. Because she fed him magical Turkish Delight that tasted better than anything he ever tasted and it made him want more and more. The Witch told him if he wanted more, he would have to help her.
• 16. Edmund lied and said Narnia was just a game that Lucy made up.
• 17. The Professor
• 18. The professor told the children to think about how trustworthy Lucy is and to not just dismiss her story.
• 19. Edmund felt mad and ashamed and spiteful.
• 20. He was kidnapped by the White Witch.
• 21. The children followed a robin through the forest because it seemed to be almost human and trying to tell them something

subject: Chapters 1 - 6 in C.S. Lewis The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe directions: Everyone draw a numbered card. The highest number goes first. Read the question out loud for the number you drew. Answer the question out loud. There is no penalty for guessing. The person to the left of you may choose to challenge first. The other person may then challenge. The person to the right of the answerer then reads the answer out loud. Whoever answered correctly keeps the number card and earns 1 point for their team. If a challenger answered incorrectly, he or she must return one of their cards (if any) to the pile.

• 1. Where does Mr. Tumnus live?
• 2. How long did Lucy feel she had been gone into Narnia the first time?
• 3. What country does the book start in?
• 4. What happened when Mr. Tumnus played the flute for Lucy?
• 5. What happened at the lamp-post the first time Lucy went to Narnia?
• 6. After Edmund and Lucy returned from Narnia, what did Edmund tell Peter and Susan about their trip?
• 7. What did the White Witch give to Edmund?
• 8. What season exists in Narnia all the time?
• 9. Who rode the Witch s sledge with her all the time?
• 10. What color is the Witch s skin?
• 11. When Edmund asked for more Turkish Delight, what did the Witch say he would have to do for her first?
• 12. How does the White Witch travel through Narnia?
• 13. Why was there a large group of adults walking through the Professor s house?
• 14. Why did the children follow the robin in the forest?
• 15. Why does the faun call Lucy a Daughter of Eve?
• 16. Why does Edmund want to help the White Witch?
• 17. What did Edmund choose to eat when the Witch asked him what he would like best?
• 18. Who travel with Lucy the second time she goes into Narnia?
• 19. What does the White Witch do to people and animals she is especially angry at?
• 20. Why are the children staying with the professor?
• 21. Why did the Witch invite Edmund to sit with her on the sledge when they first met?
• 22. How do the children enter into Narnia?
• 23. Why did Peter and Susan talk with the Professor by themselves?
• 24. Why did the faun and Lucy have to whisper in the woods?
• 25. What is a faun?
• 26. Where was Mr. Tumnus when the four children went to his cave?
• 27. Who does Lucy meet in Narnia the first time she goes there?
• 28. What did Lucy and Mr. Tumnus do in his cave?
• 29. How long did Lucy s brothers and sister think she had been gone when she returned from Narnia the first time?
• 30. Who is the youngest of the four children?

subject: Chapters 1 - 6 in C.S. Lewis The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

• 1. In a cave in Narnia.
• 2. Hours and hours.
• 3. England
• 4. She fell asleep.
• 5. She met Mr. Tumnus there.
• 6. Edmund lied and said Lucy was pretending and he pretended with her.
• 7. Turkish Delight
• 8. Winter
• 9. The dwarf
• 10. White
• 11. Not until you bring me your brother and sisters.
• 12. On a sledge.
• 13. They were tourists looking at the Professor s famous, old house.
• 14. Because he seemed to be trying to lead them and tell them something.
• 15. Daughter of Eve refers to the Christian Bible story of Adam and Eve.
• According to this story, Eve was the first woman on Earth so Lucy would be one of her daughters.
• 16. To get more Turkish Delight.
• 17. Turkish Delight.
• 18. Edmund
• 19. Turns them into stone.
• 20. Because of the air-raids in London during the war, it is safer with him.
• 21. So Edmund would trust her and tell him what she wanted to hear.
• 22. Through the back of the wardrobe.
• 23. They were worried about Lucy and her stories.
• 24. Because the Witch s spies are all around and they didn t want to get caught.
• 25. Half man, half goat.
• 26. He had been kidnapped!
• 27. Mr. Tumnus
• 28. They had tea and ate a meal and talked and he played his flute to lull her to sleep.
• 29. Just a few seconds.
• 30. Lucy

Robert E. Slavin, 1995. Cooperative Learning: Theory, Research and Practice (Second Edition), Boston: Allyn & Bacon.