Starter quiz
- What does it mean to summarise?
- to retell a story in detail
- to uncover hidden messages or meaning
- to pull out the key information and ideas from a text ✓
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- What happens in the build-up of a narrative?
- there is a building of action and suspense ✓
- the setting and characters are introduced
- the problem is often introduced ✓
- the problem is resolved
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- Where does the Clock family live?
- in the kitchen cupboard of the house
- in the garden of the house
- under the floorboards of the house ✓
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- How do the Clock family survive underground?
- They are given lots of gifts by the humans.
- They borrow the items they need from the humans. ✓
- They buy the items they need from the shop.
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- How does Pod Clock enter the upstairs?
- through the kitchen floorboards
- through a hole at the bottom of a hallway clock ✓
- through the stairs
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- What does it mean to infer?
- to sequence the events in the story
- to draw greater conclusions or meaning from clues within the text ✓
- to retrieve information from the text
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Exit quiz
- What is the main problem encountered at the beginning of the build-up?
- Pod injures himself.
- Arrietty won't do what she is told.
- Homily feels anxious.
- Pod is "seen" by a human "bean" upstairs. ✓
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- True or false? Hearing about the upstairs and what had happened to Eggletina scared Arrietty.
- True
- False ✓
- What did Homily suggest Pod should do?
- never go borrowing again
- go borrowing but in disguise
- teach Arrietty how to borrow ✓
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- Match the vocabulary to the correct definition.
- expedition⇔a journey undertaken for a specific purpose ✓
- hollow⇔having a hole or empty space inside ✓
- chute⇔a sloping channel or slide used for transporting things lower ✓
- protested⇔expressed an objection to what someone said or did ✓
- How did Arrietty show her mother she was “good” in order to prepare for her first borrowing expedition?
- She read and wrote in her diary every day.
- She helped with lots of house chores for weeks. ✓
- She dressed in really smart clothes.
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- What clues can we search for in the text to infer how the different characters felt about Arrietty going borrowing?
- their actions ✓
- the clothes they wear
- their words ✓
- their expressions ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- In the build-up, Pod is “seen” by a human “bean” and this causes concern for the Clock family’s safety.
- Arrietty expresses her discontent being trapped under the floorboards and her desire to experience the world above.
- Homily persuades a reluctant Pod to take Arrietty borrowing.
- The Clock family have contrasting feelings about Arrietty going on a borrowing expedition.
- We can infer a character’s emotions from their actions, words and expressions.
Common misconception
Some of the vocabulary and phrases in the text may be unfamiliar and even confusing. E.g. the use of the word "hollow" to describe Arrietty's "excitement".
Make a bank of unfamiliar vocabulary from the text and provide definitions. Explore interesting phrase choices. E.g. using the word "hollow" to describe Arrietty's "excitement" could imply that this is the only emotion she can feel.
Keywords
Build up - the building of action and suspense that leads up to the climax in a narrative
Expedition - a journey undertaken for a specific purpose
Infer - to draw conclusions from information and evidence in the text
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