Map 'A Note From Hiccup' and Chapter 1: First Catch Your Dragon

AF2
1.	Who is Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third?
2.	On which island would you find Black Heart Bay?
3.	Which word on p.15 means ridiculously?
4.	Why is Hiccup writing this story?
5.	What does ‘cacophony’ p.2 mean?
Challenge: Draw a special viking badge that the boys on the Dragon Initiation Programme could wear.	AF3
1.	Who is telling us the story?
2.	How does the author explain that today we have no evidence of dragons ever existing?
3.	Why is Hiccup having to steal a dragon?
4.	Why is Hiccup’s reaction to the ‘death or glory!’ chant so important?
Challenge: Draw a picture of Hiccup at the end of this chapter and add a thought bubble. What must he be thinking?	
AF4/5
1.	Why does the author repeat the word ‘bleak’ on p.16?
2.	What does the name ‘Gobber the Belch’ tell us about this character?
3.	What does ‘the first and most dangerous part is a test of your courage and skill at burglary’ tell us about Vikings?
4.	What does the simile ‘run like thunder’ p.22 tell us about the Viking boys?
Challenge: Go through the chapter and pick out all of the adjectives and adverbs that describe the vikings.	AF6
1. What can you tell about Vikings from this chapter?
Challenge: Write a letter to Gobber the Belch to
ask him if you could be on the Dragon Initiation Programme.