Robot Wars Teaching Plan
Book #1 Death Trap
Book #2 Double Cross
Book #3 Ambush
Book #4 Counterattack
Book #5 Final Battle
By: Sigmund Brouwer
Reading Comprehension Questions
General Questions
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What is the main point or moral of Death Trap?
What is the main point or moral of Double Cross?
What is the main point or moral of Ambush?
What is the main point or moral of Counterattack?
What is the main point or moral of Final Battle?
Who is the main character in the series?
Tyce discovers a lot about himself throughout each book. Name three things Tyce learns about
himself.
8. Who is telling the story? In what point of view?
9. What do you imagine Mars to look like? (See art activity)
10. Which of the five in the series is your favorite book? Why?
Activities:
(Note: Activities are listed by subject area and by increasing difficulty level.)
Alphabetizing
Put the names of these characters from Robot Wars in alphabetical order.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Tyce
Mom
Rawling
Ashley
Stevens
Bruce
Dad
Scientist
Techie
Pilot
Compound Words
A compound word is a word that is made up of two other words. In the list below, circle the words from
Robot Wars that are compound words. Next to each compound word, write the two words that make up
the compound word.
Trouble
Blindfold
Titanium
Sandstorm
Computer
Wheelchair
Darkness
Hammerhead
Matching
Match each character to his or her correct job title/duties, drawing a line from person to job duties.
Person
Dad
Tyce
Rawling McTigre
Mom
Director Stevens
Jim Harrington
Job
Performs tests on plant life,
trying to alter plants from Earth
in order to allow them to grow on
Mars.
In charge of the Mars Project,
makes morally questionable
decisions when trying to continue
the project.
Flies the spaceship from Earth to
Mars to bring supplies to the
people on Mars.
Performs secret genetic tests on
animals, trying to create animals
that can survive on Mars.
Controls a robot with his mind,
going on missions to explore
Mars.
Acts as a doctor and a scientist,
overseeing the robot missions on
Mars.
Art
Robot Wars often describes the differences in scenery between Earth and Mars. Draw Tyce’s home on
Mars. Things you may include: the dome, Tyce, his robot, the Greenhouse, a platform buggy, a space
ship, Mar’s two moons etc.
Problem and Solution
Tyce has many adventures on Mars; most beginning with a problem or obstacle and ending with a
solution. Fill in the missing elements in the table below.
Problem
Solution
Director Stevens refuses to allow Tyce back to the
dome to warn every one of the decreasing oxygen
in the dome.
Ashley screams, drawing attention to the
genetically altered “koalas,” allowing the rest of the
people in the dome to discover the truth about the
secret testing.
Tyce finds out there is a comet headed for Mars,
which will destroy the people on Mars along with
the dome itself.
Director Rawlings and three other scientists are
trapped in a cave on Mars.
Tyce goes into an ant bot and helps with the
pacemaker.
Sequencing
Fill in the table with the plot of each book (don’t forget each book has two journals/storylines).
Book
1
Beginning
Middle
End
Once upon a time…
The next day…
They lived happily ever after.
Book
2
Book
3
Book
4
Book
5