The Boy in the Dress

Explore 'The Boy in the Dress' chapter 1 with engaging worksheets for middle schoolers!

Listen to the beginning of the 1st chapter of the novel "The Boy in the Dress" and then do the tasks (Aufgaben) below. What is the title of chapter 1? No hugging! No laughing! No sleeping! When Dennis looked into the mirror he...... lookeddifferent. looked like an ordinary boy. he did not like what he saw. Dennis lived in .... an ordinary house. a beautiful house. a big house. Dennis lived with his dad. with his dad, his mom, and his brother. with his dad and his brother. Fill in the blanks. Dennis had one older brother, his name was John. He was two years older than him, he was 14 years old. Dennis found it very frustrating that his brother would always be two years older than him, and bigger and stronger. Dennis's mum had left a couple of years ago. Before that his parents shouted a lot at each other, but one day the shouting stopped, she left. After his mum left his dad took all the photographs of her and he burnt them in a big fire, but Dennis saved one. On this photograph there were his mum, John, and Dennis on the beach, his mum was wearing a dress with flowers on it. Dennis loved that dress, it was full of color and life. When his mum wore this dress it meant summer had arrived. Match the sentences. After his mother left it was warm and summer again. But in their house there was no summer anymore. In the picture Dennis and his brother were in swimming trunks holding ice-cream cones. Dennis kept the photo in his pocket and he looked at it secretly every day. After his mum left his dad didn't say much. Dennis watched a lot of television, especially his favorite show "Trisha". "Trisha" was a day time talk show where ordinary people could talk about their problems. Life without his mum was just sad. His brother John was not always nice to Dennis. John was angry with his mum and didn't want to talk about her like his dad. What were the three rules in the house? Answer the question in a complete sentence starting: "The rules in the house were no........ The Boy in the Dress - Trailer First watch the trailer. Who do you see in the trailer? Dennis's father Dennis's brother John Lisa, his friend his French teacher his coach his best friend Darvesh the headmaster of his school Raj, the shop ownerwherebuys his first Vogue Dennis's mother Darvesh's mother who is in love with Dennis's dad Kate Moss, the model on Vogue his football team mates