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Book Club Preview: The Graveyard Book – Chapter 1

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Warm-up Questions

What do you think a “book club preview” will include?
From the title, what do you expect to happen in Chapter 1 of The Graveyard Book?
Do you think this preview will focus more on story summary or on language/vocabulary?

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Book Club Preview: The Graveyard Book – Chapter 1

Chapter 1 setup: the baby escapes to the graveyard (00:00 – 04:12)

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1. What is the speaker previewing in this video?

A full reading of the entire audiobook
A book club preview of The Graveyard Book, Chapter 1
A movie trailer based on a novel
A biography of Neil Gaiman

2. Why doesn’t the man find the baby in the crib?

A ghost hid the baby under the blanket
The baby is sleeping in a different room
There is no child there—only a teddy bear/pillow
The man forgets which room to check

3. Where does the baby go after leaving the house?

Into a graveyard up a hill
Into a neighbor’s home
Into a school
Into the woods near a river

Book Club Preview: The Graveyard Book – Chapter 1

Protection in the graveyard: the stranger and the decision (04:12 – 09:06)

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1. How does the man track the baby to the graveyard?

He asks people in the neighborhood
He is “smelling for the baby”
He sees the baby through a window
He follows footprints in the mud

2. Who does the speaker say the stranger is (once revealed)?

Silas
Neil Gaiman
Mr. Owens
The Lady on the Grey

3. What event ends the discussion and confirms the baby can stay?

A police officer arrives at the graveyard
The baby speaks clearly to everyone
The Lady on the Grey appears and says the dead should have charity/kindness
The killer apologizes and leaves

Book Club Preview: The Graveyard Book – Chapter 1

Aftermath + vocabulary focus + discussion prompt (09:06 – 12:26)

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1. What does the man decide about telling his bosses/superiors?

He immediately reports that he failed
He tells them the baby is definitely dead
He quits the organization
He doesn’t tell them and starts preparing to find the baby

2. According to the speaker, what does “insinuated” mean?

To shout directly and clearly
To prove with evidence
To hint or suggest without saying something straight
To copy someone’s words exactly

3. What main discussion question does the speaker ask at the end?

Which narrator is best for audiobooks?
Should people be afraid of ghosts in real life?
Would you like to live in a graveyard (imagine growing up there)?
Is reading better than watching movies?

Book Club Preview: The Graveyard Book – Chapter 1

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1. What is the main purpose of the video?

To review different graveyards around the world
To explain how to write a horror novel
To teach only grammar rules from the book
To summarize Chapter 1 and prepare viewers for a book club discussion

2. Which idea best describes Silas’s role in the summary?

He is presented as the baby’s biological parent
He is presented as a police investigator hunting the killer
He is presented as a classmate of the baby
He is presented as a guardian/protector figure for the baby

3. Why does the speaker mention ‘old British style’ ways of talking?

To explain that the characters have different eras and speech styles
To show the author dislikes British English
To say the book is set in a modern American school
To say the audiobook has no accents

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

Book Club Preview: The Graveyard Book – Chapter 1

Do you prefer reading a book or listening to an audiobook? Why?
In the summary, the graveyard is presented as both scary and safe. What makes a place feel safe to you?
If you could ask a “graveyard caretaker” one question, what would you ask and why?
Would you like to live in a graveyard if you were safe and comfortable? What might be the hardest and the best part?