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Timestable Rockstars

Yr 6, this week you have been challenged to compete against yr 5 to see who is the best at their times tables. I know its you, so log in and prove it. If you don’t have your log – in just email me and i’ll send a reminder.

Come on Yr 6 prove me right

English Comprehension

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Vocabulary – dimly, suspiciously, timid, island, masonry, meekly, primitive, aisle, infernal, violence, desperation, rebel, outcast, scavenged, possessions, separated, curfew

Explain – Where does Zoe’s boat end up?

Retrieve – Look again at pg.20. How do you know that Dooby was an important person on the island?

Interpret – ‘The two gatekeepers nodded at Dooby, meekly, though they were much bigger than him.’ What does this tell you about Dooby? Use PEE to answer.

Choice – The author has made Zoe a strong and brave character. Find three pieces of evidence to support this.

Then Chapter Three

Vocabulary – surprised, hideous, subconscious, embarrassed, legible, precarious, rationing, abandoned

Explain – How does Spat perceive Zoe?

Retrieve –Describe what Dooby looks like using evidence from the text.

Interpret – ‘Whenever she did manage to get something out of them about the old times, they went quiet for a while afterwards.’ Pg. 37-38 Explain why you think they people went quiet.

Choice – The author has developed a shift in Dooby’s character in Chapter 4. Explain how his character is changing using a PEE paragraph.

 

 

 

 

English Comprehension

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Why were the allotments guarded?

What words, on page 25, suggest that the people of Norwich had become unpleasant?

Describe Zoe’s dilemma (page 26).

Explain why the items, on page 27, have been listed as Zoe’s precious possessions.