Robin Hood: book club questions by chapter

🦉 Robin Hood · meeting 1 of 3

Read: Part One, “Sherwood” (pages 1–3, about 3 minutes aloud).
Stop at the end of page 3, and don't read on: the next part is for next time.

1. Who have we met so far, and what does each of them want?
   Listen for: Make a list together on the board; keep it for next time and add to it.
2. The part we just read is called "Sherwood". Why do you think it has that name?
   Listen for: Any answer that points to a moment in the part is a good one; ask for the page.
3. Stop here. What do you think will happen next? Write or draw one guess to check next time.
   Listen for: Keep the guesses in an envelope. Don't say whether a guess is right: the next part will.

🦉 Robin Hood · meeting 2 of 3

Read: Part Two, “The Log Bridge” (pages 4–8, about 5 minutes aloud).
Stop at the end of page 8, and don't read on: the next part is for next time.

1. How did Robin end up in the stream at the log bridge?
   The story's answer: Little John knocked him off with a staff
2. Look back at last time's guesses. Which came true, and what surprised you?
   Listen for: Read the guesses out. Nobody was wrong: a guess that missed often shows what the author wanted us to expect.
3. The part we just read is called "The Log Bridge". Why do you think it has that name?
   Listen for: Any answer that points to a moment in the part is a good one; ask for the page.
4. Stop here. What do you think will happen next? Write or draw one guess to check next time.
   Listen for: Keep the guesses in an envelope. Don't say whether a guess is right: the next part will.

🦉 Robin Hood · meeting 3 of 3

Read: Part Three, “The Contest”; Part Four, “The Golden Arrow” (pages 9–16, about 7 minutes aloud).
Stop at the end of page 16, the end of the story.

1. What does the story show about Robin Hood?
   The story's answer: He uses his cleverness to help people who have little
2. Why did a whole line of beggars come into town behind Robin?
   The story's answer: They were Merry Men, so the soldiers could not tell which one was Robin
3. Why did the captain freeze before he grabbed the beggar?
   The story's answer: He was afraid he would grab the wrong man and look foolish
4. In the story, a trap is called "a puzzle with a lid on it." Robin means that
   The story's answer: a trap can be solved by someone clever
5. What happened to the golden arrow in the end?
   The story's answer: Robin sold it to help the poor villages
6. Look back at last time's guesses. Which came true, and what surprised you?
   Listen for: Read the guesses out. Nobody was wrong: a guess that missed often shows what the author wanted us to expect.
7. The part we just read is called "The Golden Arrow". Why do you think it has that name?
   Listen for: Any answer that points to a moment in the part is a good one; ask for the page.
8. Now that you know the ending, was it the ending you expected?
   Listen for: Ask what in the earlier parts pointed to it, or pointed the other way.

About the whole story

1. What makes the main character a hero? Would you want them as a friend?
   Listen for: Heroes of legends are brave but not always kind; ask for both sides.
2. Which part of this could have really happened, and which part grew in the telling?
   Listen for: Legends often start from a real person or place.