The+Iron+Woman

__Chapter Follow-Up__

__Chapter 1__ __Factual:__ What country is this set in? What was it from the text that showed this? __Inferential:__ What was strange about what Lucy saw from the bridge? What emotions have we seen so far? Compare the two experiences of the people in the novel so far. __Evaluative:__ Why do you think the author didn’t have Lucy see the creature rising out of the marsh? How well do you think the author has set the tone and feeling so far? Predict what you think will happen – who is this strange creature, and where will Lucy fit in to the story? __Language:__ writhing, whorl, hoisted, cataracts, flail, camouflage, jounced, gouged __Activity__ Complete a chapter summary Complete the tension graph for the first chapter

__Chapter 2__ __Factual:__ What did the Iron Woman come for? What are her plans? __Inferential:__ What was Lucy’s reaction to the dream—how did it make her feel? What was her reaction to the hand with the snowdrops? What three emotions did she feel? Why did she not want to be afraid? What did the snowdrops represent? What do the foxgloves represent? Why has the Iron Woman come to see Lucy? (more than one reason) __Evaluative:__ Why do you think the Iron Woman had to ‘hurt’ Lucy with the sound? If she hadn’t done that, how do you think things might have been different? __Language:__ mingled, daintily, colossal, sluiced, levered, concertinas, hurtling, contorting __Activity__ Complete a chapter summary. Find six sentences from Chapter 2 that show how Lucy feels. Quote them, and include the page references.

__Chapter 3__ __Factual:__ When Lucy woke up, how did she know it had not been a dream (2 things) Why did Lucy go searching for the Iron Woman? What was her intention? Who did she turn to for help and why? __Inferential:__ Why didn’t Lucy tell her parents about her experiences? What would you have done? We keep hearing about the ‘lark’. Do you think this is a symbol for anything? What? Why do you think Hogarth believed her straight away? In what way had Lucy’s plan worked, but not worked? What had she hoped to achieve? __Evaluative:__ Do you think the dream was just a dream, or a message from the Iron Woman? Why do you think that? What do you think will happen next? __Language:__ gantries, floundering, amplifier, teeming, teetering, incinerator, articulated, enmeshed, loomed, contagion __Activity__ Complete a chapter summary Find three similes from this chapter and a metaphor, then explain what is being compared in each instance.

__Chapter 4__ __Factual:__ What was the physical difference between the Iron Man and the Iron Woman? __Inferential:__ Why doesn’t the Iron Woman agree to Lucy’s idea of going on tv and telling the world about the problem? Do you think she’s right? What does the Iron Man say is wrong with the Iron Woman’s plan to destroy the factory and the men? How does the Iron Woman get more power? __Evaluative:__ What do you think is going to happen next? Why do you think that? __Language:__ copse __Activity__ Complete a chapter summary Telling people to change does not cause it to happen. How could we bring about change in our student population about not dropping rubbish in our playground?

__Chapter 5__ __Factual:__ What did Primula think of Lucy and Hogarth when she saw them? What is she afraid of? What did the children think of Primula? What reason did the engineer give for not closing down the factory? __Inferential:__ Why do you think the Iron Woman chose this as a solution? Was it what she first intended? Why did she change her mind? Why did none of the women change into river creatures? Who do you think the Iron Woman represents (Mother Nature) __Evaluative:__ Why do you think Mother Nature is a woman, and not Father Nature? __Language:__ gawky, forlorn, ponderous, reared, reservoir, dumbfounded, distraught __Activity__ Complete a chapter summary. Find six sentences from Chapter 5 that show how people are feeling when the changes occur, and note the page. What are the ramifications of there being no men left on Earth? __Chapter 6__ __Factual:__ In what way had the men changed? What was the Iron Woman’s explanation of the yellow webbing? Why would the men not forget? __Inferential:__ Who do you think ‘Mother’ is that the spider names? Why do you think the Iron Woman made all the men’s hair white? What was the purpose? Why do you think the mist would not form over water-born rubbish? __Evaluative:__ What did you think of the solution and ending? __Language:__ porcelain, ropy, billowing pincers, incessant, woebegone, baffled, slurry, __Activity__ Complete a chapter summary Write a summary for a different ending.

__Contract__ __Knowledge__ __Comprehension__ __Application__ __Analysis__ __Synthesis__ __Evaluation__
 * Ted Hughes uses some terrific verbs throughout the novel. Find at least 20 and give another word that means the same thing.
 * Ted Hughes also uses great simile and metaphors—find at least 8 good examples and explain what two things are being compared in each example.
 * There are many English water creatures mentioned, list all of the ones mentioned and draw a mural containing all of them.
 * Write an information report about foxgloves and snowdrops.
 * Research ‘Mother Nature’ - what does this mean to different societies?
 * Explain why the Iron Woman decided initially to destroy the factory.
 * Give an outline of why the Iron Woman decided to turn all the men into water creatures—do you think this was a better solution that destroying the factory? If so, why?
 * Predict what the reaction would have been from other countries in the world?
 * Why did the Iron Woman only turn men into water creatures? Did the events have an impact on women also, and change them in any way?
 * Prepare a flow chart of the events in the novel.
 * From the events in the novel, can you write a set of rules for factories to deal with their waste products.
 * Write an information pamphlet for new factories about water pollution
 * Create a poster about water pollution that gives people information.
 * What questions would you like to ask the factory manager today if you could sit and chat with him?
 * Find out about an example of factory pollution of rivers or streams and write a short newspaper article about the events that occurred
 * Which events could, and could not have happened in real life?
 * If the men had not been turned into water creatures, what could the ending have been instead?
 * What was the real turning point in the novel, when the message finally sank in, and why do you think this was needed?
 * What was the underlying theme of the novel? Can you find two other novels that have a similar theme?
 * What might some other outcomes have been for the future, from the events that unfolded in the novel?
 * Create a marketing strategy to promote the new yellow substance—design posers, write a jingle, create a magazine, internet or television advertisement
 * Create a website promoting this book.
 * Create a website promoting the new yellow substance.
 * Create a newspaper report of the events about some part of the novel.
 * Look online at the different covers that have been created for this novel over time, and create a new one.
 * Draw what you think the Iron Woman and Iron Man might have looked like.
 * Write a book review for this novel
 * What do you think about the ending? Did it change the way people behaved do you think? Would people now be more thoughtful about their rubbish?
 * Can you think of a down-side to the new yellow webbing?
 * How would you have handled the initial interview with the factory manager if you had been Lucy? How could you have made things go differently?
 * Prepare a list to use when judging how environmentally sound a factory is being with its use of waste.
 * Do you think women are more caring and nurturing than men? Justify your answer.