How is the ending quite spooky?

1. In the first paragraph, what impression are we given of Louisa?

2. In the second paragraph, when does Louisa think she will be rescued?

3. In paragraph 3, what unexpected thing happens?

4. In paragraph 4, how does the dog show great intelligence?

5. In Paragraph 5, can you work out what ‘ramblers’ are?

6. In Paragraph 6, what crucial advice does Christine give to the other ramblers?

7. At the end of the article, what does Louisa decide to do with the dog?

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS AT THE BACK

WEEK 6

WORDS OF THE WEEK

Do you know what these words mean? Follow the look-cover-write-check method to practise these spellings.

quite Spelling

receive

separate sincerely surprised

Spelling

quite receive

separate sincerely surprised Strategy / strategies to help remember

Pronounce as one syllable to differentiate it from quiet. I before E (except after C) where the sound is “EE”. There is “A RAT” in “SEPARATE” or the R separates the two ‘A’s. -LY because only names end in -LEY. Pronounce as spelt (making first R clear)

Look Cover Write Check

SPELLING TEST

Complete the following ten sentences with the spellings you have learned this summer.

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

10. It is better to start at the _____________ of a book rather than at the end! Over the holidays, I stayed in some wonderful ______________________. I don’t _____________ her. She is not telling the truth. He started a very successful _____________ when he was younger and made a lot of money. I am _____________ with my exam results. I think I could have done so much better. My new school looks great. I am not _____________ about starting there. I am going to _____________ Mum to cook my favourite food tonight! I hate _____________ for the rides at Alton Towers. When helping my mum with the washing, I _____________ the white clothes from the coloured clothes. I was _____________ by my birthday presents this year. I hadn’t expected everyone to be so generous.

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS AT THE BACK

DIARY ENTRY

Choose an event from your summer holiday. This could be a visit to a theme park, an historical sight, a beach or a memorable, fun day at home. As you write your entry, it can be very easy to focus only on events, but you should really try to get across your thoughts and feelings during the experience. Use the planning sheet before writing about your chosen event.

What happened? Describe sights and sounds. How did you feel? Prepare a range of words to express this. Use a thesaurus to help.

What were you thinking about as it happened? Did you learn anything? Did anything worry you? What did you think at the end? Now, the experienced is finished, how do you think and feel looking back on it?

READING LIST

These books are age appropriate and offer varying levels of challenge. They are available to purchase, and will also be available from your local library. Before reading, it is worth reading the blurb online to ensure that it is to your taste.

Watership Down, Richard Adams The Goldfish Boy, Lisa Thompson The Island at the End of Everything, Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Joan Aiken

Peter Pan, JM Barrie

The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper Wolf, Gillian Cross

Some Places More Than Others, Renée Watson

The Seeing Stone, Kevin Crossley-Holland The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, Alan Garner Minders, Diana Hendry A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle Across the Barricades, Joan Lingard Tug of War, Catherine Forde War Horse, Michael Morpurgo Stone Cold, Robert Swindells

The Northern Lights, Philip Pullman The Subtle Knife, Philip Pullman

The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman The Indian in the Cupboard trilogy, Lynne Reid Banks

The Indian in the Cupboard trilogy, Lynne Reid Banks Black Beauty, Anna Sewell The Eagle of the Ninth, Rosemary Sutcliff The Cay, Theodore Taylor Cue for Treason, Geoffrey Teaser The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

Blitzcat, Robert Westall

The Sword in the Stone, T.H. White

Raptor, Paul Zindel The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins Pig Heart Boy, Malorie Blackman Framed – The Perfect Crime, Frank CottrellBoyce The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman The Garbage King, Elizabeth Laird The Book Thief, Markus Zusak

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan

The Box of Delights, John Masefield The Call of the Wild, Jack London

Holes, Louis Sachar

Twelve Minutes to Midnight, Christopher Edge A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair, Nicholas Fisk

Access to online books:

www.readon.myon.co.uk (Renaissance Learning Catalogue)

READING LOG

Please use the following reading log to record the books you enjoy over the Summer break. The final column, ‘Your thoughts’, allows you to record what you thought of the plot and the characters. You could even rate the book out of ten in this column, but please provide a reason why you feel this way.

DATE BOOK NAME & AUTHOR

FICTION / NON-FICTION? YOUR THOUGHTS?

IF YOU NEED MORE SPACE, PLEASE CONTINUE ON PAPER >

ANSWERS

WEEK 1

“Leave the room immediately!” Roses are red. We have a lot of trees in our garden; they provide plenty of shade. They wanted to know when we would visit them again. John, who was injured, was taken to the hospital.

WEEK 2

Simon Cowell has had a very successful career in television. Tough training had finally paid off. The athlete achieved his goals. It was immediately apparent that this was going to be a tough job. Sarah knocked over the food in the baked bean aisle and then complained. John, who was injured, was taken to the hospital.

Try to GUESS what the word means first and then LOOK IT UP in a dictionary.

OMISSION: Someone or something that has been left out or excluded. EVIDENTLY: In a way that is clearly seen or understood. CEASED: Come or bring to an end. PORTMANTEAU: A large travelling bag. TRESTLE: A framework to support a tabletop.

Number 13 Extract

1. Golden Lion 2. A card game that you can play alone. The aim is to make four piles of cards, one for each suit, sorted into order by the numbers on the cards. 3. Number 13 has been omitted from the hotel room board, but Anderson is aware that it does exist. 4. He could hear footsteps and voices, or a voice. 5. This suggests that the person in the room knows that someone (in this case, Anderson) is at the door. 6. His room seems smaller now than when he had accepted it. 7. The portmanteau has disappeared.

WEEK 3

Try to GUESS what the word means first and then LOOK IT UP in a dictionary.

COPPICE: An area of woodland in which the trees are periodically cut back to ground level to stimulate growth HEATH: An area of uncultivated open land. ANEMONES: A plant of the buttercup family which typically has brightly coloured flowers and deeply divided leaves. BROODS: A family of birds CANTERING: The pace of a horse.

The Way Through the Woods by Rudyard Kipling

1. The road was shut seventy years ago, and the weather has ‘undone’ it. 2. All the trees and plants have grown where it used to be. 3. The ring-dove family and badgers are ‘at ease.’/ Otters whistles for mates (and do not fear men because they see so few)/ Trout swim around pools. 4. Horseback 5. No, as there is no longer a road. 6. It is spooky because you are hearing the sounds of a time long past. The cantering horse, the swish of a skirt. These could be ghosts, or memories. The ‘misty solitude’ is also quite spooky.

WEEK 4

Vocabulary Builder

Accident-prone Wide-eyed Sugar-free Man-eating Bad-tempered Good-looking Open-mouthed Quick-thinking

WEEK 5

Slippery Devils

1. The outback. 2. Helicopters to keep their eyes on stock; four-wheel drives, ‘Utes’. 3. On the lookout/watchful 4. Protective footwear/ she is wearing flip flops. 5. ‘Malevolent.’ 6. Compares to her mum’s brownies. 7. Eastern Browns are responsible for more snake bite deaths in Australia than any other species.

The class didn’t go on the school’s trip to the zoo because the school hadn’t ordered the company buses. However, the next day’s activities proceeded as planned. At the bus stop, before entering the zoo’s gates, the teacher said that students shouldn’t fool around, but that they must write down the animals’ habits. He would mark the pupils’ notebooks. The students’ attitude was positive. At the end of the day, the teacher felt that the children’s behaviour and discipline had been excellent.

Stray saves the day!

1. Overconfident/took unnecessary risks/experienced 2. At dusk. 3. A dog comes to investigate. 4. The dog ran around the quad, barking. 5. A person who walks in the countryside for pleasure. 6. She advises them all not to look directly at the dog as that will come across as a threat. 7. She says she will give the dog a home.

WEEK 6

Spelling Test

1. Beginning 2. Accommodation 3. Believe 4. Business 5. 6. 7. 8. Disappointed Nervous Persuade Queueing 9. 10. Separate Surprised

Academies Trust

Education House, Spawd Bone Lane, Knottingley, WF11 0EP T: 0345 196 0033 | info@deltatrust.org.uk | www.deltatrust.org.uk Summer 2020