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1. IMAGINING CREATURES
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| Shadow
Forest is a very dangerous place, full
of strange or deadly creatures. Some
of these creatures are inspired by Norwegian
folklore, such as trolls and huldre-folk.
Others, such as the Slemp, are completely
made up. However dangerous the creatures
are, they always have a weakness. For
instance, the Truth Pixie's weakness
is that it can't tell a lie. Try and
make up your own dangerous forest creature.
What would they look like? What would
their weakness be? |
2. NORWAY
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| When
Samuel arrives in Norway to live with
his Aunt Eda he is very homesick. Everything
seems different - the language, the
people, the weather, the food. Based
on Samuel's experiences in the book,
what do you think you would like about
Norway? At the end of the book how have
Samuel's opinions towards his new home
changed? |
3. TROLLS AND HUMANS
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| Trolls
have some rather peculiar, and very
wrong, views about humans. For instance,
they believe they have two belly buttons
and that they cut a hole in the sky
to create the moon. Invent your own
list of 5 things trolls might think
about us. |
4. CHARACTER LISTS
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| At
the beginning of the book there is a
character list, where every character
in the book is given a very short description.
When you next write a story, think of
a character list before you start. Give
each character a short description (about
twenty words). Alternatively, think
of five REAL people you know, and write
character descriptions for them as if
they were in a book. |
5. THE END
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On
the very last page the author writes:
THE END
(Which, of course, was also
a beginning).
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What do you think the author meant
by this? If the book continued, what
do you think would happen next? Do
you think the trolls would find their
missing eyeball? Do you think Samuel
and Martha would enjoy their new school
in Norway? Do you think the humans
would ever enter the forest again?
If so, why? Write a short story about
it.
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