Tim and the Tiger

Turquoise Band 7

Tim and the Tiger

Letters and Sounds Phase 5–6

Phonemes covered: /c/ que, ch /sh/ ci, ssi, ti, ch /zh/ s /m/ mb /n/ kn /s/ c, ce, sc /r/ wr

Tim and the Tiger

Tim loved drawing tigers and developed his own technique: they were energetic, but scary, with a powerful physique.

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A rhyming story

Celia Warren

Bao Luu 25/01/2019 09:10

Tim loved drawing tigers and developed his own technique: they were energetic, but scary, with a powerful physique.

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Each tiger that Tim drew carefully had a frightening facial expression, with probing eyes of fearsome size and a hint of real aggression!

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Tim went with his sister Lucy for a pleasurable walk.

Tim found a stone the size of his thumb and discovered the stone was chalk.

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“I know exactly what you’ll draw, I can tell by the look on your face,” Lucy teased, as she glanced around, “… once you find a tigerish place!”

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But when Tim heard a chirpy song, he changed his first decision.

He drew a scene of special birds, with colour and precision.

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Tim wrote the birds’ names carefully: flamingo, toucan and wren.

“Excellent!” said Lucy proudly.

“Let’s try out the chalk again.”

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