TOPIC�

“INVENTION OF VITA WONK”

Class 7: Chapter 7 (Honeycomb)

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OBJECTIVES

• Understand the main ideas of the chapter.
• Acquaintance with skill of dialogue writing.
• Answer the textual and teachers’ made questions.
• Understand the newly introduced words.
• Understand the chapter through different activities.
• Understand the grammatical elements integrated in the chapter

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CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Comics based on story telling
3. Check your understanding
4. Classroom Activities
5. Summary

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INTRODUCTION�

Let's read a remarkable​ story about the invention made by Mr. Willy Wonka.

What will I learn in this lesson?

Moral

Nature has things that are nothing short of miraculous, but imagination plays a big part in making magical inventions.

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Quiz�Answer some questions based on the story you read in the form of a comic.�

�Characters

Mr. Willy Wonka 

Charlie 

Synopsis

The present lesson is written by Roald Dahl. In the present story , there was a scientist Mr. Willy Wonka. He first invented a tonic Wonka- Vite which made people younger. Mr. Willy Wonka, the scientist invents a medicine named as Vita –Wonka.�

This medicine makes people younger. Mr. Wonka mentions different kinds of trees in the lesson. They are –Douglas fir, Oak, Cedar, Bristlecone Pine tree. He tells that the Bristlecone tree lives the longest for more than 4000years. He gave four drops of that black liquid to a 20 years old man named as Oompa-Loompa.

The volunteer, who swallowed four drops of the new invention became, old, began wrinkling and shrivelling up all over and his hair starting dropping off and his teeth falling out and he turned into at fellow of 75. The name of the invention was Vita-Wonk.�

Finally, the scientist got success in his new invention of Vita-Wonka.

This is an imaginary story.

COMICS

Here is an interesting story with some awesome art work. Are you ready for this amazing form of story telling?

Oak tree

Bristlecone Pine tree

Grimalkin

Slug

Bobolink

Check Your Understanding�

It's time to answer some questions about the story you read. Don't worry if you get some questions wrong. Be sure to learn from your mistakes.

Mr Willy Wonka is ?

1. an inventor.
2. a cook.
3. a manager.
4. none of the above

Wonka-Vite makes people

1. older
2. younger
3. elves
4. monkeys

Mr Wonka wants to invent a new thing which will make people

1. younger
2. rats
3. older
4. lizards

Can anyone’s age be a minus number? What does “minus 87” mean?

1. Yes, one's age can be a minus number, and "minus 87" means that the persons is 87 years old.
2. No, it cannot be, "minus 87" means that the person is a new-born.
3. No, it cannot be, because "minus 87" here means that the person will be born after 87 years.
4. Yes, it can be, and "minus 87" means that that the person is very old.

Mr Wonka begins by asking himself two questions. What are they?

1. What is the oldest living thing in the world? What lives longer than anything else?
2. What is the new planet's name? Who lives the most luxurious life?
3. What is his annual salary? What lives and never dies?
4. What is his real age? What lives both on land and in water?

What trees does Mr Wonka mention? Which tree does he say lives the longest?

1. Mr Wonka mentioned the fir tree, the birch tree, and the pine tree. He said that the birch tree lives the longest.
2. He mentioned the green tree, the yellow tree, and the red tree, and said that the green tree lives the longest.
3. He mentioned the banyan tree, the gulmohar tree, the mango tree, and the neem tree. And he said that the mango tree lives the longest.
4. He mentioned the douglas fir, the oak, the cedar, and the bristlecone pine, and he said that the bristlecone pine lives the longest.

How long does this tree live? Where can you find it?

1. This tree lives for 400 years and can be found in South Africa.
2. This tree lives for 4000 years and can be found on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada, U.S.A.
3. This tree lives for 2000 years and can be found in Antarctica.
4. This tree lives for 10000 years and can be found in Istanbul.

How many of the oldest living things can you remember from Mr Wonka’s list? (Don’t look back at the story!) Do you think all these things really exist, or are some of them purely imaginary?

1. I remember four of them and they are all real .
2. I remember two of them. Yes, they are real.
3. I remember two of them: the whistle-pig and the stinging-slug. No, they are not real, they are purely imaginary.
4. I remember all of them, and they are all real.

Why does Mr Wonka collect items from the oldest things? Do you think this is the right way to begin his invention?

1. Mr Wonka collects items from the oldest things because he loves collecting old things. Yes, this is the right way to begin his invention.
2. Mr Wonka collects items from the oldest things because his teacher asks him to do so. No, this is not the right way.
3. Mr Wonka collects items from the oldest things because he is planning to open a museum soon. Yes, this is the right way.
4. Mr Wonka collects items from the oldest things because he wants to invent a medicine to make people older. Yes, this can be one possible way to begin an invention.

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What happens to the volunteer who swallows four drops of the new invention? What is the name of the invention?

1. The volunteer who swallows four drops of the new invention turns old and becomes seventy-five years old. The name of the invention was Vita-Wonk.
2. The volunteer who swallows four drops of the new invention becomes a young fellow. The name of the invention was Wonka-Wonka.
3. The volunteer who swallows four drops of the new invention becomes very tall. The name of the invention was Wonka-Vita.
4. The volunteer who swallows four drops of the new invention becomes very fat. The name of the invention was Vita-Vita.

Classroom Activities

Discuss and Debate:

• What came first? Chicken or egg?
• Why do people invent new things?
• Humankind's Best and the Worst Inventions
• Arguments For and Against Magic

Agree or Disagree:

• Pitcher plants are carnivorous.
• Bamboo can grow over two feet in just one day.
• Burning or logging naturally occurring forests is known as deforestation.
• Plants can grow under artificial light.
• Cutting down trees on hills increases the chances of landslides.
• Leaves change colours.

Classroom Activities

Ideas for Action

• Make a multimedia presentation on The Seven Most Fabulous Wonders of Nature

Food for Thought:

• The process in plants that uses energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into food is known as...
• Amber is made from...
• A trailing or climbing plant is also known as...
• The scientific study of plant life is known as...
• If I could change one thing about my past, I would..

SUMMARY

Mr. Willy Wonka was an inventor who invented a medicine called “Wonka Vite” to make people young. But the medicine was so strong that a few people disappeared by taking his medicine.

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So Mr. Wonka started his work to find a medicine to counter the results of Wonka- Vite and make people older. He looked out for the old living things in the world. Charlie thought it must be a tree.

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Then he listed a number of old trees. And from among the trees listed, he said, Bristlecone Pines grown upon the slopes of Wheeler Peak is the oldest tree. So he jumped into his Great Glass Elevator to collect the special items like .. pink of sap from Bristlecone Pine, Toenail clipping from a Russian farmer, a tortoise egg and various other things.

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Once he collected these items, he boiled, bubbled, mixed and tested in his inventing room on a brave twenty-year-old Oompa – Loompa volunteer.

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He poured four drops of oily black liquid; the volunteer started showing the signs of aging again. His teeth fell down and his hair started dropping off. He became an old fellow of seventy-five years of age. Thus, Vita – Wonk was invented by him.

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