WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE1. Put the following events in the correct order:

Max becomes a king.

Max calls his mum to play with him.

Max climbs the rock.

Max falls into the water.

Max finds a boat.

Max has a fight with his mum.

Max is sitting alone in his room.

Max makes his promise I will shield you from sadness.

Max runs away.

Max sails across the sea.

Max sees an island.

Max sees strange sad creatures.

Max sees the fires.

Max tells the creatures that he has special magic powers.

Carol, the creature talks to Max.

The creatures surround Max.

The storm starts.2. Read the excerpt containing Maxs speech after the creatures threatened to eat him and answer the questions below: Ive got powers from another land. From ancient times. Dont make me show you. I showed it once with the Vikings. They wear hats with horns and they are huge. Bigger than you. I conquered them. Then they realized that I knew all the secrets to the world. And then, do you know what happened? They made me their king!

But youre so small!

Small is good. But my powers are great.

So you were their king and you made everything right?

Yes.

Well, you know, what about loneliness? What Im saying is, will you keep out all the sadness?

Ive got a sadness shield. It keeps out all the sadness. Its big enough for all of us.

Were you a king where you came from?

Yeah, for twenty years.

Wow! Thats incredible, right? So you are a king Looks like we found our king. What a relief!

So were not gonna eat you. We didnt know you are a king.

So, king, please, this way Your majesty

a. What do the film and the text say about Max?b. What do the film and the text say about the creatures?3. Write your own ending to the story.