Lesson 2 Reading Comprehension My Shadow To be

Lesson 2 Reading Comprehension My Shadow • To be able to use skim and scan techniques. • To be able to use my knowledge of synonyms to understand the text. • To be able to ensure answers are written in correct English. DNA: He left the headteacher’s office as quickly as he could, her piercing words still reverberating around his mind. He should have gone outside for break but instead he sought the sanctuary of the classroom. He could hardly have been in more trouble so what difference would one more broken rule make? Anyway, Mr Corrigan was out on duty so he knew he would be alone. Eventually, his breathing returned to normal and he wiped his eyes with his sleeve. Now what? No one believed him, yet he had a clear conscience and was determined to prove his innocence. Identify the content domain then answer the questions: 1. Which word is closest in meaning to sanctuary? Circle one. classroom boredom safety warmth 2. What evidence is there that he had been accused of doing something wrong? Give two examples. 3. How is he feeling when he goes into the classroom? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed. The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow— Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all. He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see; I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me! One morning, very early, before the sun was up, I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed. Play this slide in slideshow and click the speaker to hear Miss Odedina read to you

Join the vocabulary to its definition. Ext: Use it in your own sentence. Fool Tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night. Dew A person who is unwise. Notion Belief about something. Identify the simile in the text.

Answers Fool Tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night. Dew A person who is unwise. Notion Belief about something Identify the simile in the text. For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,

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