Starter quiz
- Which word means the same as 'without thinking'?
- incongruous
- impulsively ✓
- territory
- dunce
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- Which word means the same as 'good at something'?
- cusp
- instantaneous
- remnants
- adept ✓
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- Based on your reading up to Chapter 34, which of these are true?
- Bert's dad has complained that Adonis is a danger. ✓
- Mrs F still doesn't know that Joseph has difficulty reading.
- Adonis could be shot if they don't find him a new home. ✓
- The council have given them two months to find Adonis a new home.
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- What was Joseph's plan for dealing with Gryce's test?
- stay off school that day
- learn to read the book
- memorise the book ✓
- get Miss Doherty to help him
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- How does Mr Gryce find out that Joseph can't read?
- He asks him to read a particular page in the book out of order. ✓
- He asks him to read faster.
- He asks him to read the book twice.
- He sees Joseph is reading the book upside down.
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- Which of the following does Mrs F do when she sees Gryce about to cane Joseph?
- stop him ✓
- remove Joseph from school ✓
- break Clarence in two ✓
- hit Mr Gryce
- criticise Miss Doherty
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Exit quiz
- Match the words to their meanings.
- elation⇔happiness ✓
- seduced⇔taken in ✓
- telegram⇔short message ✓
- incessant⇔non-stop ✓
- Match the words to their meanings.
- debilitating⇔something that makes you really weak ✓
- consolation⇔attempt to comfort someone ✓
- tremor⇔slight shaking ✓
- labouring⇔moving slowly ✓
- As they left school, how did Mrs F and Joseph feel?
- Mrs F was anxious and Joseph was excited and happy. ✓
- Mrs F was excited and happy and Joseph was anxious.
- They were both anxious.
- They were both happy.
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- Why is Joseph guilty about his mother leaving?
- He thinks she left because of his behaviour.
- He feels like he could have stopped her by making her happy. ✓
- He thinks she was depressed because of him.
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- What does Mrs F mention that persuades Joseph not to run away?
- her own life situation
- Adonis' life situation
- Syd's life situation ✓
- Joseph's reading
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- How does Chapter 37 end?
- with Joseph alone at the zoo
- with Mrs F comforting Joseph
- with Joseph and Adonis crying together ✓
- with Joseph and Syd crying together
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- In this section of the book, Joseph learns from Mrs F that his father has died in the war.
- Joseph goes through a range of emotions, including denial, anger and guilt.
- The author uses descriptions of Joseph's actions, speech and thoughts to depict these emotions.
- The author also makes specific language choices to enhance certain emotions.
- We make inferences about emotions based on evidence within the text.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to see the evidence on which they have based their inferences about characters' emotions.
We automatically infer as we read; encourage pupils to look back and think, 'What made you think that? What clues did the author give us?'.
Keywords
Emotions - strong feelings that result from a person's circumstances, mood or relationships with others
Infer - draw a conclusion from information and evidence in a text
Evidence - information or facts to show something is true
Language choices - particular words or phrases used by the author to convey a certain image or feeling
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