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Worzel Gummidge Down Under

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/worzel-gummidge-down-under

Step 2 · Questions

1. What is the series broadcast years?
2. What is the primary production countries?
3. What kind of character is Worzel Gummidge?
4. Why does Worzel go to New Zealand?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

Transnational Adaptation
Antipodean Locale
Narrative Continuation

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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Answer key (teacher copy)

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the series broadcast years?1987-1989
2. What is the primary production countries?New Zealand and United Kingdom
3. What kind of character is Worzel Gummidge?Worzel Gummidge is a scarecrow who loves adventures and travels to new places.
4. Why does Worzel go to New Zealand?His Aunt Sally was taken to a museum in New Zealand, so Worzel travels to visit her.

Transnational Adaptation: Adapting a creative work for a new cultural context in multiple countries.
Antipodean Locale: Referring to a place in Australia or New Zealand, on the opposite side of the Earth from Europe.
Narrative Continuation: A story that follows on from and develops the plot of a previous work.