Before we read chapter 17,  we’ll need to have a look at these!

Nightingales

Click here to find out about nightingales with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)

Click here to read more about nightingales. 

Blue Tits

Click here to read about blue tits.

Click here to find out about blue tits with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seXURXJr0CY&t=36s

Fabergé Eggs

Fabergé, or the House of Fabergé  is a family company of craftsmen who are famous for creating bejewelled eggs for their wealthy customers. They were made between 1885 and 1917. The first one was given as an Easter egg from Tsar Alexander III to his wife the Empress Maria. It is thought that as many as 69 of them were made. 

Read about the Fabergé Eggs here.

Now we’re ready! Don’t forget the worksheet below is in ‘shared files’. After you’ve worked on it, you can  save the worksheet in your folder.

Rooftoppers – Chapter 17 – parts 1 and 2

Vocabulary

1. chandelier (n)             2. grudgingly (adv)            3. exasperated (adj)                 4.collarbone (n)                         5. recede (v)                           6. nightingale (n)

First, match up these definitions with the words above:

• a bone that runs from your neck to your shoulder
• a rare bird, famous for its singing
• the way you might do something you don’t want to do
• very frustrated and annoyed
• a large, decorative light hanging from the ceiling
• to go back, withdraw

Next, complete and add these examples to your vocabulary list (you could have a go at expanding them).

• a fractured _____________
• a crystal _____________
• a ______________’s nest
• The ______________ teacher
• The sea _____________ at low tide
• She _______________ washed her sister’s plate.

Read the questions carefully before you listen.

Questions

1.  What do the guide books say about the building Matteo lives above?
2. What does Sophie think she can see ‘far away, by the river’?
3. What is it that ‘even a king cannot do’?
4. What sex is Elisabeth? Male or female?
5. Do you think Sophie trusts Matteo now? Why? Why not?

Now read and listen to chapter 17 and check your answers.

Chapter 17 – Part 1

Part 2

Rooftoppers – Chapter 16  – part 2

Vocabulary

1. copper (n)               2. dislodge (v)              3. calloused (adj)

4. parapet (n)               5. panicky (adj)            6. startlingly (adv)

First, match up these:

• a bronze-coloured metal
• skin that has become hard and thick
• very surprisingly
• nervous, anxious
• a low wall around a roof or bridge etc.
• to force something out of its correct place

Next, complete and add these examples to your vocabulary list (you could have a go at expanding them).

• _____________ expensive
• ____________ finger-tips
• a ____________-bottomed saucepan
• a ____________ driver
• The stone castle _____________
• The wind __________d the bird’s nest.

Read the questions carefully before you listen.

Questions

 1. According to Matteo, which roofs are best?

2. How did Matteo get the purplish scar from his belly to his ribcage?

3. Which animal does Matteo use to describe the gap between the roofs?

4. Do you think Sophie trusts Matteo? Why? Why not? Use evidence from the text     to support your answer.

Now read and listen to chapter 16 – part 2 (2 videos) and check your answers.

Vocabulary 

1. curt (adj)       2. diplomat (n)        3. modest (adj)

4. unpredictable (adj)        5. suburb (n)

First, match up these definitions with the words above:

• impossible or difficult to predict

• humble, not showing off your abilities or qualities

• a person whose job is to represent their country in other countries

• a area / neighbourhood around a city where most people live

• a short, almost rude answer

Next, complete and add these examples to your vocabulary list (you could have a go at expanding them).

• an ____________ situation

• The British ____________ working in Paris

• The handsome, ____________ Spanish tennis champion

• a _________ answer

• Aston, Nechells and Handsworth are all ________s of Birmingham.

Questions

Read the questions carefully before you listen.

1.What does Sophie use as a scarf?

2.How did Matteo learn to speak and read English?

3.Why do you think Matteo’s face becomes haughty and his     answers become curt?

4.How does Sophie save herself on the chapel roof?

5.Do you believe Matteo when he says he didn’t see anything?         Why / Why not?

Now you’re ready to listen and read. Check your vocabulary and answer the questions.