Monday 6th July 2020

Read the extract from ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ (out loud if you can). Look up any words you

are unsure of.

Your TaskNumber the questions and answer them. Questions 2, 3 and 5 need to be answered as full sentences and questions 4 and 5 need evidence from the text.

1) What two things show that Maria was subservient to the family? (2 marks)

2) What did Bruno think was going on? (1 mark)

3) ‘What are you doing?’ he asked in as polite a tone as he could muster, for although he wasn’t happy to come home and find someone going through his possessions, his mother had always told him that he was to treat Maria respectfully and not just imitate the way Father spoke to her.

What word here is closest in meaning to use? (1 mark)

4) What emotion was Bruno feeling throughout? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. (3 marks)

5) What do we learn about Bruno’s father’s character? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. (3 marks)

Tuesday 7th July 2020

Read the extract from ‘A Hat full of Sky’ (out loud if you can). Look up any words you are unsure of.

Your TaskNumber the questions and answer them. Questions 1, 3, 4 and 6 need to be answered as full sentences and question 6 needs evidence from the text.

1) Why does the ‘thing’ not like to inhabit sheep? (2 marks)

2) Find and copy two words that describe how the ‘thing’ moved. (1 mark)

3) Why did Tiffany buy a new dress? (1 mark)

4) Why does Tiffany need to use magic to see herself in her new outfit? (1 mark)

5) Where does Tiffany work at the moment? (2 marks)

6) How do we know that Tiffany is a witch? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. (3 marks)

Wednesday 8th July 2020

Read the extract from ‘Harry Potter’ (out loud if you can). Look up any words you are unsure of.

Your TaskNumber the questions and answer them. Questions 1 and 4 need to be answered as full sentences.

1) What is the correct ending for these sentences? (2 marks)

a) October began with… sun; thunder and lightning; hailstones; rainb) The Gryffindor team were… using new broomsticks; training a lot; happy during practice; flying through the air quickly c) As a result of the weather…the lake flooded; the flower beds flooded; the pumpkins shrank; The Gryffindor team had a great training session 2) What do we learn about Nearly Headless Nick? (1 mark)

3) Find and copy one word that tells us how Nearly Headless Nick was feeling. (1 mark)

4) Why has the author used the phrase ‘shooting through the air’ when describing the new broomsticks? (2 marks)

5) What words and phrases help the reader imagine how Harry is feeling? Name three. (2 marks)

Thursday 9th July 2020

Read the extract from ‘A Boy called Mouse’ (out loud if you

can). Look up any words you are unsure of.

Your TaskNumber the questions and answer them. Questions 1, 3, 4 and 5 need to be answered as full sentences.

1) Why do you think the author opens the text with a description of the birds and the trees and clouds? (2 marks)

2) What time of day are these events happening? (1 mark)

3) Why do you think Hanny says nothing about what she saw to Uncle Scrope? (2 marks)

4) Why do you think Uncle Scrope might want Mouse to have an ‘accident’? (2 marks)

5) Why do you think the author has chosen to give Uncle Scrope “pale eyes” and Mouse “bright brown eyes”? (2 marks)