T1+Literacy

**BREAKERS READING WORK WEEK 10**

**School Journal 2000 Part Two Number Three**

**BAA!**

**In this story the lamb goes Baa! This is known as** **bleating.** **Listed below are six more animals. Choose the term which tells you what sound each makes.**
 * 1) horses neigh
 * 2) lions roar
 * 3) donkeys bray
 * 4) bulls bellow
 * 5) monkeys chatter
 * 6) hyenas laugh

**bellow bray chatter laugh neigh roar**

**Answer these:**
 * 1)  What is the first hint that Ms Mika doesn’t really want the lamb to stay in the classroom all day ? **//Because it will distract the children.//**
 * 2)  Why does Daniel suggest the lamb be called ‘Baaarbie’? **//because the sheep goes baaaa alot.//**
 * 3)  Suggest why Tamsin decided to call the lamb Pam? **//because it rimes with lamb.//**
 * 4)  Why did everyone laugh when they heard the title of the science project the lamb ate? **//because the sience projectis about a healthy diet and the books are not so healthy.//**

**The writer uses another sound word - //Glomp! -// to suggest the sound of the lamb clamping its mouth onto the baby’s bottle used to feed her. Here are six more sound effects words. Suggest what might make each sound. You suggestions don’t have to be connected with the story.** 4. ting - **//thing//** 5. psssh - **//fishhh//** 6. crackle - **//boom//**
 * 1)  tinkle - **//pee//**
 * 2)  clunk - **//poo//**
 * 3)  fsst - **//psssst//**

**Here are five sentences about the story. Some of them are wrong. Make the correct sentences blue and the incorrect red. Explain what is wrong with those you’ve made red.**

**Listed below are four qualities shown by Ms Mika. Find a piece of supporting evidence for each one:**
 * 1) She is patient
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**//She is good-humoured//**
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">She is practical
 * 4) <span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**//She has a sense of humour//**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Complete this sentence. Delete out any words that don’t apply:** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">I think/don’t think animals should be allowed to come to school because _

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">**//I dont think animals should be aloud in school because firstly it could pee on the floor secondly it can poo on the floor and lastly it will distract kids learning//**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">**//if it destracts kids learning they wont do there work or learn anything. If it pees on the floor it will make the janitor (Mr Chan) do more and more work and he will be racing around cleaning up poo and pee from every class room.//**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">**//so there for i do not think they should allow animals to be in school.//**

**WATERCRESS**

**Answer the following questions** **//Because when piripi droped the chain scabbie ran off without stoping.//** **//Because piripis mum saw scabbie run off .//** **//Doing the dishes.//** **//Because he is an old man.//**
 * 1)  Give one example that shows Scabbie to be disobedient?
 * 1)  What caused Piripi’s Mum to go “Ae Marika! Aue!”?
 * 1)  What is Piripi’s usual task after dinner?
 * 1)  How do you know that the story Poppa tells Piripi is an old story?

**Good writers //foreshadow// (signal) coming events - they hint at them so that the reader is alert to what might happen in the future. For example, if we find out a character can’t swim, and later that character has to cross a swift river, we sense danger.** **Here are some sentences from this story. Choose two that you think foreshadow later events. In each case say what later event is being hinted at.**
 * 1)  He watched in horror as Scabbie headed for the top of Pukenui
 * 2)  All those stories about Taniwha - it’s too scary
 * 3)  **//He pulled himself to his feet and started off down the hill without touching the watercress.//**
 * 4)  His mother was waiting for him at the back door
 * 5)  He was almost sure he saw Poppa wink at him
 * 6)  **//Piripi took Poppa’s hand, and together they walked slowly down the river//**

Sentence ___ foreshadows__ Sentence ___ foreshadows__

**Complete this sentence. Delete the words which don’t apply** I liked liked this story because __ **//because it teaches you some moari//**

**Use the correct forms of these 5 verbs from the story to fill in the gaps in the sentences:**

<span style="color: #d40a0b; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"> **scatter scud loll snatch mumble**


 * 1)   **//loll//** __in a deck chair is a pleasant way to spend a summer’s afternoon.__
 * 2)  If you **//snatch//** at a ball when trying to catch it, you’ll often drop it.
 * 3)   The boys **//scatter//** __when the bull charged towards them.__
 * 4)   “The audience can’t hear you if you **//mumble//** __” said the drama teacher.__
 * 5)  Windsurfers **//scud//** across the while caps in the strong wind.

**Put these events from the story in the right order**
 * 1)  Piripi set off home....... 4
 * 2)  Piripi’s father told him a story........ 8
 * 3)  Piripi heard his mother call out..... 5
 * 4)  Piripi took Scabbie for a run ......1
 * 5)  Piripi’s father wanted to talk to him under the cherry tree......7
 * 6)  Scabbie woke Piripi up..... 3
 * 7)  Scabbie ran to the top of Pukenui ......2
 * 8)  The family ate dinner...... 6

**There are 10 errors in this extract that has been badly copied from the story. Fix the mistakes in red text.** He lay down on the warm grass and watched the white clouds, scudding along over his head, his eyes closed.....   A cold wet nose and a warm tongue woke him. scabbie was back. And he’d bought Piripi a present, a big bunch of fresh, green watercress lay on the grass beside him. Scabbie’s shinning eyes were fixed on Piripi, and his tongue were lolling as he waits to be praised.