1. Ed’s Reading Room Word Search
Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox
by Eoin Colfer
O S S E R P S E W U O S Y E
A Q H U T J C G I M J M G X
F I Y H T A P M E Q A U Q T
O J W O M Y L Y H H U G S I
W U Y E M O I O A W N G I N
L O R A J N R G C O H I M C
M A I N T U I T I O N D E T
A H W Y M H W T L I H H T I
N U O E O W C L O G Q C R O
O A L G N O Y W A O G L A N
R Y W J C E I G H Y L U H I
J P A N D E M O N I U M A S
H Q O Y U Q I Y A Q W J Q T
O C U I A W H O G J I U O S
Artemis Holly
Fowl Manor Mulch Diggums
espresso chocolate
enemy lemur
magic pandemonium
Omnitool camera
concoction Extinctionists
intuition empathy
Copyright 2009 Maggie Humphreys & Les Snowdon. All rights reserved.

2. Ed’s Reading Room
Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox
by Eoin Colfer
In the Ed on the Web website in Ed’s Imaginarium there is an area called Ed’s
Buzz Words. Definitions of topic vocabulary are given followed by a quiz on these
words. Using a dictionary, write similar definitions for the following words taken
from Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox.
exploitation _________________________________________________
intuition _________________________________________________
malevolence _________________________________________________
optimism _________________________________________________
predicament _________________________________________________
Anagrams
Find words from these muddled letters. The words are all from Artemis Fowl and
the Time Paradox. Remember to write a capital letter for names.
r e u m l ______________________________
a e n r k k ______________________________
h l m c u g s d m i g u ______________________________
n y p t c i o h i a g c m ______________________________
s s t t i i i e o n n c t x ______________________________
Copyright 2009 Maggie Humphreys & Les Snowdon. All rights reserved.

3. Ed’s Reading Room
Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox
by Eoin Colfer
Ed’s Poetry
The word quatrain comes from Latin and French words meaning four. The quatrain
is a poem or stanza of four lines. It is a very popular form of poetry and was used
by many famous poets such as William Blake.
This quatrain comes from The Tyger by William Blake.
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
The pattern of the rhymes in this quatrain is the first and second line then the
third and fourth line. Choose an animal and brainstorm some ideas. Add
descriptive words and phrases then write two joining couplets to create a
quatrain that paints a word picture of your animal.
When you have finished your poem you could read it to a friend or learn and
recite it.
Ed would enjoy reading your poem. You could email your poem to him.
Copyright 2009 Maggie Humphreys & Les Snowdon. All rights reserved.

4. Ed’s Reading Room
Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox
by Eoin Colfer
A newspaper report relates factual events:
o what happened, when, where, who and why
o the headline says what the report is about and also tries to get the
reader’s attention
o the opening usually gives an overview of the story
o this is followed by the details
o the report may include comments on the story
Imagine you are a journalist and you have been exploring the events that took
place in this story about Artemis Fowl. Write an article for a newspaper. Make up
an attention-grabbing headline and include your own comments on the situation as
well as the facts.
Copyright 2009 Maggie Humphreys & Les Snowdon. All rights reserved.