📚 Part 1: Vocabulary and Understanding

1. What does the word "magical" mean in the story?

Ordinary and normal

Special and mysterious

Scary and frightening

Loud and noisy

2. When someone feels "determined", they are:

Ready to give up easily

Very sleepy and tired

Focused on achieving their goal

Confused about what to do

3. Find and write down two adjectives from the story that describe Christmas:

4. What is the main problem that needs solving in the story?

🔍 Part 2: Inference and Retrieval

5. How do you think the boy feels at the beginning of the story? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

6. Why is it important that the boy saves Christmas? Give two reasons.

Reason 1: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Reason 2: ________________________________________________________________________________________

7. What qualities does the boy show that help him succeed? Tick all that apply:

Bravery

Kindness

Selfishness

Determination

Laziness

8. What lesson do you think Matt Haig wants readers to learn from this story?

✨ Part 3: Creative Writing

9. Imagine the boy from the story goes on a new adventure to save Easter. Write a short story (about 100 words) describing what happens. Include:

• What problem needs solving

• How the boy feels

• What he does to help

• How the story ends

Boy Who Saved Christmas

The Boy Who Saved Christmas

📚 Part 1: Vocabulary and Understanding

🔍 Part 2: Inference and Retrieval

✨ Part 3: Creative Writing

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