Alice in Wonderland Comprehension

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🐇 Part 1: Before You Read — What Do You Know?

Think carefully and answer these questions in your own words.

1. What do you already know about rabbits or burrows (holes in the ground)? Write one or two things.

2. Would you have followed the White Rabbit down the hole? Circle your answer, then tell us why!

Yes, I would follow the rabbit!

No, I would not follow the rabbit.

I would follow the rabbit because_________________________________________________________________________

I would not follow the rabbit because _____________________________________________________________________

Use what you have read to answer these questions.

3. How do we know Wonderland is a strange and unusual place? Tick all the things that are strange.

A rabbit is wearing a waistcoat and carrying a watch.

There is a tiny door that is too small to walk through.

Alice finds a bottle that says "Drink Me."

There are birds flying in the sky.

4. When have you felt confused or muddled up, just like Alice? Write one sentence about it.

5. What do you think will happen next in the story? Write your prediction.

6. What do you imagine the rabbit hole looks like as Alice is falling? Circle the words that describe it.

Dark and scary with strange things floating past

Bright and sunny with flowers

Empty and plain like a normal hole

Use your imagination and draw your best picture!

7. Draw what you think the tiny door and the beautiful garden behind it looked like.

Label your drawing! Can you write the words door and garden?