What happens?
Once inside the Emerald City, Dorothy and her friends are dazzled by how brilliant, wonderful and green the city is. When they reach the Palace of Oz they are invited to stay as the Great Oz will grant them an audience on different days. Over the next few days each of group visits the Great Oz who appears in a different form to each of them and tells them he will not grant them their wishes until the Wicked Witch of the West is dead.
Have a think ..
Take a moment to think about these questions:
Different colours can affect our moods and emotions. How does the colour green make you feel? What about other colours? Would you want the world to be one colour?
Why do you think Dorothy doesn’t like the land of Oz?
Remember that the Witch is Wicked—tremendously Wicked—and ought to be killed.
This is what the Wizard says. Do you think he’s right or wrong?
Focus on colour
Everything in the dazzling Emerald City is green coloured. How much do you know about colour?
Find out more
Challenge yourself!
Learn some colours in French with this song – or really challenge yourself and learn the whole lyric!
More to explore
If you loved this chapter, why not check out some more ideas
More to read
These books should be available through your secondary school librarian. If we’ve found a free version online, we’ve added the link after each book.
When I coloured in the world by Ahmadreza Ahmadi and illustrated by Ehsan Abdollahi is a picture book version of a poem. How important are different colours for the health of the world? Online readalong
The astounding broccoli boy by Frank Cottrell Boyce is a brilliantly funny adventure story. Rory has suddenly turned green: one minute he was normal and then he was green! There is no explanation! But being green doesn’t stop him as he is set for a superhero adventure.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an old poem about one of King Arthur’s knights. Easy animated version here.
Bootleg by Alex Shearer. Imagine all chocolate and sweets were made illegal. Two boys, Huntly and Smudger, are determined to put things right.
