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CHIEFS READING WORK WEEK 10 __**WALT-clarify,understand and summarise text**__ **School Journal 2000 Part Four Number Two**

**GET OUT OF MY HA** **IR**

Tamsin and Lashana seem to be quite different sorts of people. Contrast the two girls. Try to find five points of difference between them and write them in the table below


 * **Tamsin** || **Lashana** ||
 * looks after baby alot ||  hates looking after the baby ||
 * she bakes || does not bake ||
 * she is nice to everyone in the family || not nice to everyone in the family ||
 * looks after everyone alot || hates looking after everyone alot ||

**Stories often have a key point - the turning point of the story, when we can see what will happen in the end. Some possible key moments in this story are listed below. Choose the one you think is the most important moment. Then write a short explanation of why you think it is.** Number 9
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Lashana makes a mess of streaking her hair
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Shay makes a mess on Lashana’s t-shirt
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Kids at school make smart cracks about Lashana’s hair
 * 4) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Lashana wakes the baby by playing her tapes loudly
 * 5) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Lashana hears Tamsin crying in the night
 * 6) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Shay grabs Lashana’s finger when she goes to poke him in the ribs
 * 7) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Tamsin says Shay must really like Lashana
 * 8) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Tamsin offers to do Lashana’s hair
 * 9) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Lashana offers to hold Shay

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">I think that sentence is the key moment because then Lashana might start to like Shay more often.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Say when in the story Lashana shows each of these attitudes:**
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">sympathy
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">disgust //when she gets the yellow blob stuck in her hair//
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">anger //when she slams the door to wake the baby up from sleeping//
 * 4) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">sullenness
 * 5) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">helpfulness //when she helps by doing what Tamsin says and picking up the baby and calming him down.//

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Complete the following sentences. Cross out any words which don’t apply.** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">I do feel sorry for Tamsin **because** **she is trying to help everyone like the baby and Lashana and the rest of her family and Lashana is not being greatful.** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">I like Lashana //least// when **she is being mean.** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">I like Lashana //most// when **she is being nice to everyone.**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">The title of this story is an expression which means “Stop annoying me”. In fact Lashana’s hair - and particularly the blonde blob - is referred to several times and helps to show what her feelings are towards Tamsin. Complete the table below which shows the links.

__ **POROS OF MALIA** __
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**When the reference is made** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**The reference itself** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**What is shows about Lashana’s attitudes** ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">When Lashana is trying to put a blonde streak in her hair || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Lashana’s attempted blonde streak turns into a blonde blob || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Lashana is very hostile - blames Tamsin and her baby ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">The next day at school || **It is the following day at school** || **shy and imbarassed to come to school** ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Just before bed, after an earlier argument because Lashana woke the baby || **after the earlier argument Lashana makes the baby wake up just before bed time.** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Still resentful - her feelings are not going away ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">After Lashana hears Tamsin crying in the night || **Lashana hears Tamsin crying when it is night time.** || **sad sorry - she hurt Tamsin's feelings.** ||
 * **Her hair was sticking up at a funny angle so you can see the blonde blob.** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">The blonde bit of hair was sticking up at a weird angle || **Empty hearted and guttered** ||
 * ||  || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Most of her differences with Tamsin have been resolved ||

**Use the words below the passage to fill in the gaps in the passage itself**

The _ Olympics put great pressure on those taking part. Standards are extremely high because athletes are professionals, and work full-time at improving their __. It must be a real test of__ to start a race in front of about 100,000 people, when you know that most of the other runners are going to be __than you. Some athletes end up using drugs to__ ___ their speed and strength. It is clear, though, that nerves still get the__ __of many athletes, and they under-perform. What this story shows is that none of this is new. Many__ ago the pressures were just as ___.

**better boost centuries especially faster intense** **modern nerve now performance**

**It is clear from this story that while some things in the ancient Olympics were the same as in the modern ones, other things were different. Write at least 4 differences down based on what you’re told in the text and pictures on pages 34 and 35.**

**One person who read this story said it ended too soon - it should have described the race itself. Say whether or not you agree, and why.**

**State whether you agree or disagree with the following statements and why.** Taking part is more important than winning **I agree because the Olympics is such a huge event and everyone wants to compete in it.** We should put up statues of our Olympic gold medal winners **I disagree because then it would eventually fill up the whole town.** Competing in the Olympics would not be enjoyable **I disagree because at least you have qualified for the Olympics and wanted to do the event.**

**Unscramble the following sentences from the story** athletes him now other the watching were **Now the other athletes were watching him** athletes line moving starting the the to were .**The athletes were moving to the starting line** all beat competitors he knew one that the the to was

**The opening sentence in this story is a** **simile** **- a simile compares two things using the word ‘like’ or ‘as’. The idea is to draw on something familiar to the reader to help the reader imagine something else. Try coming up with your own comparisons to finish these statements.**
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> When the race started, the crowd roared like **A tiger roaring at it's predators**
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> Poros burst out of the starting holes like **A kangaroo springing off the ground.**
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> The tension pressed down on Poros like **He was going into a fatal heart attack.**

School Journal 2000 Part Four Number Two

**ANIMALS WHO BITE**


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> **Which of these words best describes the tone of this play?**
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> angry b) light-hearted c) critical d) serious
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**What two reasons does Trevor give for not biting?**
 * 4) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**What does Brian do that makes the audience accuse him of being ill-mannered?**
 * 5) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Why does Brian bite, according to him?**
 * Listed in this table are some descriptions of people commonly found in talk shows. Put each comment from the list below the table beside the person most likely to make it:**


 * **Typical talk-show person** || **What each might say** ||
 * Someone aggressive ||  ||
 * Someone empty-headed ||  ||
 * A peacemaker ||  ||
 * Someone stubborn ||  ||
 * Someone who likes to analyse others ||  ||
 * A victim ||  ||

**Hey, brothers, chill out You pickin’ a fight with me? Get used to it, lady** I like/don’t like talk shows because
 * I just wanna say, like, you know, like, I mean, I just think .... you know**
 * And he .... he nibbled my ear and made it bleed**
 * You gotta hold him and make him feel secure**
 * Complete the following sentences. Cross out any words which do not apply.**

__ I would/would not like to be a guest on a talk show because _____

**Match the examples of conversational language below with the list of descriptions:**


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> **An unfinished sentence ___**


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> **A contraction or shortened form _**


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> **A phrase in which a word has been left out**


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> **A simple sentence ___**

**I’m Get used to it, lady**


 * You got something to say? If you were my lion, I’d**