T1+Literacy

= =  **ALL IN A DAY’S WORK**

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

Becky was very good at spotting **//details//**. She noticed things that __others missed - like “No Junk Mail” stickers. She had noticed many things about the house at Number 47 Craig Road. The leading to it was dark and _. The house__ was old and grey, with of rust on its roof. It looked _, and so did the tatty _ that hung in the windows. It looked like a house that _ be _ - but someone lived there.

**curtains deserted** **details** **faded itself patches path should some weedy**

**Every story has a key moment in it - a moment which shapes everything else that happens in the story. Listed below are some possible key moments in this story. Choose the one you think is the most important. Write a sentence to explain your choice.**
 * 1)  Becky got some extra circulars to deliver
 * 2)  Becky turned down her mother’s offer to deliver to number 47 for her
 * 3)  Becky spotted that there was no milk bottle at number 47
 * 4)  Becky decided to tell her mother about her suspicions
 * 5)  Becky urged her mother to go round and check out number 47
 * 6)  Becky’s mum called out “hello” and Becky saw someone move in the house
 * 7)  The police broke into the house

**I think the key moment is number** __**_ because**__ **_**

**Listed below are 4 pairs of details from the story. Each pair can be divided into a cause and an effect. In the space beside each sentence say which is the cause and which is the effect. One has been done for you as an example.**


 * //effect// ||  Becky was disappointed  ||  Becky had to deliver circulars and miss swimming  ||  //cause//  ||
 * || Becky was good at her job  ||  Mrs Taylor sent extra circulars for Becky to deliver  ||   ||
 * || Becky felt like a wimp  ||  Becky was scared going down the path at number 47  ||   ||
 * || There was no empty milk bottle at the gate  ||  Becky suspected something was wrong  ||   ||
 * || Becky was given a gold bracelet  ||  Becky’s actions led to the rescue of Mrs Marsh  ||   ||

**Here are some words and phrases that might describe Becky. Choose the two that you think are the most accurate. For each one provide one piece of supporting evidence from the story.**

**alert sensible easily frightened responsible brave polite**

__My Bio Poem __
 * 1)  I think Becky is __because__ _
 * 2)  I think Becky is __because__

__**PHOENIX READING WORK WEEK 10**__

**School Journal 2000 Part Three Number One**

__**CHIRPY**__

**Here is a passage from the story. Unfortunately two words were spelt wrongly and eight punctuation errors were made when it was being copied out. Correct each error. The punctuation marks you need to use are listed below the passage.**

“What the? demanded a vioce from behind him. Cam turned round, and the torch beam shone into his face blinding him the kicthen light flashed on. Cam!” said dad. “I came down here and saw the torch, and I ..... His voice faltered.

**... “ “ “,. and two capital letters** **//voice, kitchen. Demanded, Said.//**

**Below are some statements to do with the article. For each one either agree or disagree with it. Then write a sentence to explain your choice.**

Insects are pests that should be killed when they come inside **//I agree with this because insects are annoying and are pests!//**

You should not interfere when a cat catches some small creature **//I disagree because when they have finished killing whatever they have eaten we have to clean it up!//**

Cam’s father is sneaky **//I agree because//**

Cam is a disobedient boy <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">I <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Writers use adverbs to tell us how things are said.** <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**e.g. “No!” said Dad** **//sharply.//** <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**//“//You said you were going to wait till morning to do that,” he said** **//accusingly.//** <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**//Here are 5 more things said in the story. For each one add an adverb to say how it was probably said. Use a different adverb each time.//**
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">“Why kill it, Dad?” asked Cam **//Argued Cam.//**
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">“I’m too tired to argue,” said Dad **//Shouted Dad.//**
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">“I thought I told you not to shift that dishwasher,” said Dad **//Yelled Dad.//**
 * 4) <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">“This one’s dead meat,” said Cam **//Muttered Cam.//**
 * 5) <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">“Noisy devil,” said Dad **//Explained Dad.//**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Complete the sentence below:**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">I think the best word to describe Cam is **//annoying//** __because__ **//he can’t//** **//make his mind up about the cricket!//**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Many words appeal to one or more of our senses. For example, if we say something** **//sparkled//** **in the sun we are appealing to the sense of** **sight.** **Words like** **//click//** **and** **//crack//** **appeal to our sense of** **sound, while** **//sweet//** **and** **//sour//** **are** **taste** **words. Below is a list of words from this article which appeal to one or more of our senses. List each one in the chart under any sense that is appeals to.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**meowing spiky hopped jumped scrunch scuttled chirp wriggle sighed cool rustle shining shrill muttered**


 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**sight** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**touch** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**taste** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**smell** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**sound** ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">**//Hopping, Jumping, Cool,//** ||  ||   ||   ||  **//Chirping//** **//,//** **//Rustling, Muttering, Meowing, Wriggling, Sighing, Shrilling, Scrunching.//**  ||

**ALL IN A DAY’S WORK**

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

Becky was very good at spotting **//details//**. She noticed things that __others missed - like “No Junk Mail” stickers. She had noticed many things about the house at Number 47 Craig Road. The leading to it was dark and _. The house__ was old and grey, with of rust on its roof. It looked _, and so did the tatty _ that hung in the windows. It looked like a house that _ be _ - but someone lived there.

**curtains deserted** **details** **faded itself patches path should some weedy**

**Every story has a key moment in it - a moment which shapes everything else that happens in the story. Listed below are some possible key moments in this story. Choose the one you think is the most important. Write a sentence to explain your choice.**
 * 1)  Becky got some extra circulars to deliver
 * 2)  Becky turned down her mother’s offer to deliver to number 47 for her
 * 3)  Becky spotted that there was no milk bottle at number 47
 * 4)  Becky decided to tell her mother about her suspicions
 * 5)  Becky urged her mother to go round and check out number 47
 * 6)  Becky’s mum called out “hello” and Becky saw someone move in the house
 * 7)  The police broke into the house

**I think the key moment is number** __**_ because**__ **_**

**Listed below are 4 pairs of details from the story. Each pair can be divided into a cause and an effect. In the space beside each sentence say which is the cause and which is the effect. One has been done for you as an example.**


 * //effect// ||  Becky was disappointed  ||  Becky had to deliver circulars and miss swimming  ||  //cause//  ||
 * || Becky was good at her job  ||  Mrs Taylor sent extra circulars for Becky to deliver  ||   ||
 * || Becky felt like a wimp  ||  Becky was scared going down the path at number 47  ||   ||
 * || There was no empty milk bottle at the gate  ||  Becky suspected something was wrong  ||   ||
 * || Becky was given a gold bracelet  ||  Becky’s actions led to the rescue of Mrs Marsh  ||   ||

**Here are some words and phrases that might describe Becky. Choose the two that you think are the most accurate. For each one provide one piece of supporting evidence from the story.**

**alert sensible easily frightened responsible brave polite**


 * 1)  I think Becky is __because__ _
 * 2)  I think Becky is __because__