In this chapter we are introduced to 3 of the main characters, lloyd, harvey and dinah. He has piercing light green eyes, which he normally. It was just as fun as the earlier books, even though the premise was starting to wear a little thin. The demon headmaster series 3 ep6 part 1 by trunksgav. The demon headmaster is an exciting and fascinating science fiction horror that allows its viewers to be transported back to a golden age of childrens television when we used to huddle around a small tv screen and be riveted by the most frightening teacher in history. Gillian cross demon headmaster series 7 books collection set. For the first time, we made it clear that this version is a continuation of the. Lloyd harvey dinah after reading the text i can identify personality traits in characters. The first three episodes of series one were adapted from the first book, the demon headmaster, and episodes 46 were adapted from the second book in the series, the demon headmaster and the prime ministers brain. It quite often features as a reader in schools, and is a permanent fixture in school libraries. The demon headmaster early 1996 dinah glass moves in with the hunter family and starts going to the same school as her foster brothers lloyd and harvey. Bbc nicholas gleaves to hypnotise as the new demon.
But hey, you always knew this megabaddie could never really be defeated, didnt you. Children who are already skittish about dental exams should skip this one. The demon headmaster 9780192745767 by gillian cross. Great fun and just a little bit frightening, gillian crosss beloved classic still holds readers under its hypnotic spell, even after thirty years of being in print. A brilliant spooky series for readers aged eight upwards who relish stories with. Fastpaced and full of adventure, theyre impossible to resist. Fantastic offers on quality books, collections, audio cds and more exclusive to book people.
Brought bang up to date with contemporary references and injokes that kids can fully engage with and understand, gillian is hugely talented and its fabulous to see this new book ready to give kids the odd headmaster related nightmare read it daddy gillian cross is one of the best childrens novelists today and her stories of the demon headmaster are both fun and quite frightening. An attractive, easyflowing style with interesting characters and a lively story junior. The television show was based on four of the demon headmaster novels by gillian cross. One of the great middle grade villains returns, bringing his hypnotic powers into the digital age. Sep 22, 2014 the demon headmaster by gillian cross is now marketed as a modern classic of childrens literature. The first series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 2 to 18 january 1996, the second series contained seven episodes, and aired weekly from 25 september to 6 november 1996, and the third series.
Dinah glass is a young, orphaned girl who is taken in by the hunters, a sweet family with two boys close to dinahs age. The demon headmaster by gillian cross hes back, and the rules. With the help of her new friends, splat, the children at the school who are immune to the demon headmaster s hypnotic powers, she successfully stops the headmaster s plot to hypnotise the country through the eddy hair television show and she gets adopted by the hunters. The demon headmaster read chapter 3 i can create a character profile.
The demon headmaster and the prime ministers brain, the revenge of the demon headmaster, the demon headmaster takes over, the demon headmaster strikes again, and facing the demon headmaster. The demon headmaster is a series of books by gillian cross which were later adapted as a television series starring. We first meet dinah at the start of the first book as she is being driven by her social worker, miss wilberforce, to meet the hunter family for the first time. Find words, phrases and statements in the chapter which describe the headmaster. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. She is a writer and producer, known for macbeth 1997, the demon headmaster 1996 and the demon headmaster 2019.
Gillian cross was born on december 24, 1945 in london, england. Sep 11, 2019 guided reading planning and resources for the full book of the demon headmaster. She arrives in the story at the hunters house as a foster child, having been orphaned at an early age and brought up in a childrens home. Based on demon headmaster author gillian crosss own soft reboot, the 2017 book total control. My year 3 class picked the demon headmaster as our class read this term, and so i decided to but the tv series for us to watch after reading. Based on the very popular childrens book, the demon headmaster by gillian cross, this musical is fun, exciting and a little bit scary. Made for cbbc, the drama was first broadcast between 1996 and 1998.
The demon headmaster mixes fear and excitement in a series of page turning adventures. The real and animated worlds collide to reveal the wonder that is contained within the book. In the demon headmaster book he is known as the demon headmaster in the prime ministers brain he is known as the computer director. Libraries are closing down, the internet keeps crashing, and telephones refuse to work facing the demon headmaster. The demon headmaster libretto based on the novel the demon headmaster by gillian cross. The headmaster at my school was the demon headmaster personified to me. The demon headmaster series 3 ep6 part 3 by trunksgav. In 1999 it enjoyed a very successful national tour. Instead, quite abruptly, all sounds in the playground stopped and the children turned round to stare at the school.
When their parents decide to foster dinah glass a girl about the same age as them, they wonder if shell be one of the normal ones or if shell. But now her age was directed at the headmaster she bounced up and down on her box and banged her fist into the palm of her hand. Demon headmaster fanfiction archive with over 97 stories. The demon headmaster 1 by gillian cross 9780192755827. I read this book many years ago and remembered it fondly.
But the story reads well enough without line drawings, and we have now bought all the other five books in this series. Lots of work on vocabulary skills, inference, summarising, prediciting and answering comprehension questions. The demon headmaster oxford modern playscripts 9780198320647. A group of mismatched kids discover their headmaster is using hypnotism to gain ultimate control of their school. But at lizzies school, all the kids have suddenly become weirdly brilliant at stuff. Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site. The demon headmaster by adrian flynn, gillian cross. Guided reading the demon headmaster teaching resources. Lizzies classmate ethan, who hates sport, has turned into a football whizz. Mortal danger and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. The series retains the originals plot of the headmaster s control of a school using hypnotism, but it manages to stay fresh with its different approach to characterisation. The demon headmaster is a series of books by gillian cross which were later adapted as a television series starring terrence hardiman in the title role and frances amey as dinah the title character is a strange being with the powers of hypnosis and a desire to take over the world, as he believes it will be better under his ordered rule. Dinah hunter formerly dinah mary glass is one of the main characters of both the demon headmaster books and the cbbc hit 1990s television series she is a member of splat.
Check out the epic series from the 90s before the new series lands on cbbc on 14th october. An accessible pageturner, the demon headmaster is impossible to resist. I, to my shame, had never read it, and so decided to address it by reading it yesterday. Great fun and a little bit frightening, gillian crosss demon headmaster books still hold readers under their hypnotic spell. The headmaster is known throughout the series by many different names and titles as each of his plans to take over the world includes different means. She ends up getting brainwashed into going back to her old ways when the headmaster sends a hypnotic message to the parents of hazelbrooks students. An excellent mystery with an unusual setting good book guide childrens. It took me back to my childhood and year 3 were absolutely enthralled. Total control demon headmaster 7 book online at best prices in india on. The title character is a strange being with the powers of hypnosis and a desire to take over the world, as he believes it will be better under his ordered rule. The demon headmaster is a very spooky book that will captivate children from the. Brought bang up to date with contemporary references and injokes that kids can fully engage with and understand, gillian is hugely talented and its fabulous to see this new book ready to give kids the odd headmasterrelated nightmare read it daddy gillian cross is one of the best childrens novelists today and her stories of the demon headmaster are both fun and quite frightening. Yes, it is dated in parts, but series 1 follows the book really well so was great to watch after reading the book.
The pupils of st campions comprehensive, ultradisciplined exam machines, are devoted to their headmaster. All the children, apart from a handful including lloyd and harvey, are too wellbehavedrobotic almostand oddly keen to please the creepy headmaster. Just dont expect me to be all dear diary this and dear diary that. Demon headmaster scheme chapter activities teaching.
Gillian cross the demon headmaster is the first novel in the demon headmaster series. Jun 04, 2009 i read this book many years ago and remembered it fondly. Guided reading planning and resources for the full book of the demon headmaster. The first half of the first series is adapted from the demon headmaster, the second half is adapted from the prime ministers brain, the second series is adapted from the demon headmaster strikes again and the third series is adapted from the demon headmaster takes over. An extract from the demon headmaster by gillian cross, read by lindsey russell dinah walked on round the playground, waiting for the bell to ring or the whistle to go. Share so others can see and comment so we know youre there. Prepare to be mesmerised in this special live webcast with awardwinning childrens author gillian cross, hosted by cbbcs barney harwood. Video blue peters barney harwood reads extracts from the demon headmaster by gillian cross, explaining why its his favourite childrens book, how it captured his imagination and why he loves to read.
It is not easy, as they seem to hate her, and school is really strange. Demon headmaster live event with gillian cross and barney. A lighthearted, funny and ingenious story school librarian. Demon headmaster lead writer emma reeves discusses the return of a key character from the original series in episode 6, everything changed especially for fans of the original demon headmaster books and or the 90s tv series. If youre a bookseller or librarian and would like to receive demon headmaster publicity, please email tradepublicity.
Gillian cross when the hunters move house, they think theyve escaped the demon headmaster. The only reason i agreed to do this at all is because i figure later on when im rich and famous, this book is gonna come in handy. We cant book the hole instead it last in a flipping boy voice loyd. One of the great characters of childrens books, the demon headmaster rules his school with his seagreen eyes through which he hypnotises the pupils. Parents need to know that demon dentist is a devilishly grisly fantasy that features two terrifying dentists. Good book guidegillian cross is one of the best childrens novelists today and her stories of the demon headmaster are both fun and quite frightening. The demon headmaster by gillian cross hes back, and the. The demon headmaster is a series of books by gillian cross which were later adapted as a. Instead, quite abruptly, all sounds in the playground stopped and. Becoming a member of the lovereading4schools community is free.
It is the first of a series of books based on dinahs war with the headmaster of her school, who uses his powers of hypnotism to try to take over the whole country through television. In the fourth book, when she finds herself breaking his control. When dinah is fostered by the hunters she thinks her biggest problem will be fitting in with her fosterbrothers, lloyd and harvey. The demon headmaster series 3 ep6 part 2 by trunksgav. Today is the first day of school, so i figured i might as well write in this book to pass the time.
The demon headmaster by gillian cross is an exciting story that both boys and girls would enjoy. The demon headmaster collection 6 books box set fiction. She moves in with the hunter family and starts going to the same school, st champions, as her foster brothers lloyd and harvey. An extract from the demon headmaster by gillian cross. The demon headmaster first ministers reading challenge. Use these to create a detailed character profile of the headmaster. Tall, elusive, always wore a black cape and i thought he was the scariest man in the world. I would recommend it to anyone who likes weird but funny books teen titles. This was the last demon headmaster book i read, as to this day i couldnt track down a copy of facing the demon headmaster. In order to defeat him, the cbbc presenters must play various cbbc game shows to reach 100% on the entertainment scale. Buy the demon headmaster paperback by gillian cross. Based on demon headmaster author gillian crosss own soft reboot, the 2017 book total control, the new series follows the warren siblings lizzie ellie botterill and tyler jordan cramond. English author and actor david walliams relishes the overthetop, grisly embellishments.
So i may have enjoyed it if i had read it at the correct age junior school. Ian is one of the main character of both in the book and television series and together with the. A rattling good yarn the times literary supplement. The demon headmaster is a series of books by gillian cross which were later adapted as a television series starring terrence hardiman in the title role and frances amey as dinah. Use a table to show what you have learned about these characters. However, once she starts at her new school its clear that theres more to worry about. An extract from the demon headmaster by gillian cross, read. The demon headmaster by gillian cross 9780192745767.
The demon headmaster takes over dinah, lloyd and harvey thought the demon headmaster was gone for good, so when they move back to their old house everything seems safe at first. Any more ideas or material based on this book would be appreciated. The demon headmaster takes over television, subjecting the population to 24hour news coverage. But nope hes back in a new book, and a new school, with a new evil plan. David holmes of burpham primary school has sent in a great set of activities for this gillian cross book.
The main difference i liked was the fact that none of the characters are immune to the headmaster s powers, making him seem more of a genuine threat. The demon headmaster by cross, gillian and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Prepare to be mesmerised in this special live webcast with awardwinning childrens author gillian cross, hosted by. As a parent, i was looking for a challenging read for my seven year old daughter. The demon headmaster is a british television series based on the childrens books by gillian cross of the same name. School librarianan excellent mystery with an unusual setting. Kids discover their headmaster is using hypnotism to gain control of their school. Becoming a member of the lovereading4kids community is free. For a while, it seemed as if the demon headmaster was gone forever. Back for a new generation to enjoy, the demon headmaster mixes fear and excitement in a series of page turning adventures.
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