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The Castle in the Attic This is a specialized unit. My
plans are to have two reading groups: one reading The Castle in the Attic and the other
reading Ella Enchanted. On each of the activities pages below you will find one vocabulary
word from each book. The castle icon indicates the word is from
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The Castle in
the Attic
by Elizabeth Winthrop
Ten year old William is given a model of a castle by his nanny, Mrs.
Phillips because she is leaving him to return to her home in England. A Silver Knight
comes with the castle which William brings to life one day--only to discover that the
knight is under a spell, and needs to return to his kingdom to save it from the evil
wizard Alastor. With the help of a magic medal, which shrinks living objects, William
travels with Sir Simon to help save the kingdom. William finds himself alone in a strange
new land and learns a great lesson in courage.
| Chapters 1 - 2 | Online Questions | Printable Questions | Activities |
| Chapters 3 - 4 | Online Questions | Printable Questions | Activities |
| Chapters 5 - 6 | Online Questions | Printable Questions | Activities |
| Chapters 7 - 8 | Online Questions | Printable Questions | Activities |
| Chapters 9 - 10 | Online Questions | Printable Questions | Activities |
| Chapters 11 - 12 | Printable Questions | Activities | |
| Chapters 13 - 15 | Online Questions | Printable Questions | Activities |
| Chapters 16 - 17 | Online Questions | Printable Questions | Activities |
| Vocabulary List |
| Vocabulary Practice 1 |
| Vocabulary Practice 2 |
Lesson Plans for Castle in the Attic
Updated 6/13/07 by Gay Miller millerg3@k12tn.net
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Vocabulary
| Ella Enchanted and Castle in the Attic Combined |
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The Battle for
the Castle
by Elizabeth Winthrop
Twelve-year-old William uses the magic token to return, through the toy castle in his
attic, to the medieval land of Sir Simon, which is now menaced by a skeleton ship bearing
a plague of ravenous rats.
Only two lessons are found for this book. This equalizes this unit with the unit on Ella Enchanted. I hope students will become interested in this book and will want to continue reading it on their own.
| Chapters 1 - 2 | Online Questions | Printable Questions | Activities |
| Chapters 3 - 4 | Online Questions | Printable Questions | Activities |
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Links to Other Sites
The Castle in the Attic Novel Study http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/builderv03/lptools/lpshared/lpdisplay.asp?LPID=2400
The Castle in the Attic & The Battle for the Castle http://www.absolute-sway.com/winthrop/castlelinks2.html
Carol Hurst http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/castleintheattic.html
The Middle Ages Lesson Plans http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-literature/hadlock.claris.html
Random House http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0440409411&view=tg
Ella Enchanted and the
silver knight icon means the word is from The Castle in the Attic.
The activity pages have projects that are appropriate for both books as well as some
activities that are book specific. Enjoy!!