Our Teacher is a Tongue Twister LC 2

Our Teacher is a Tongue Twister LC: 2 A Explain the meaning of words in context

3. Organisation of the text. . . Fiction or non-fiction? How do you know this? Purpose? To entertain? To persuade? To inform? Audience? Who would like to read this?

2. Listen to the text being read

General information Specific detail Skim or scan Skim the text to find the answers to the following questions: • What is the teachers strangest feature? • What does the teacher do when he is feeling gross? You will have twenty seconds!

Text flick What is the teachers’ strangest feature?

Text flick What does the teacher do when he is feeling gross?

Supported questions (Teacher’s time to shine!) Question 1 How is the length of the teachers’ tongue described? 1 mark

Supported questions (Teacher’s time to shine!) How is the length of the teachers’ tongue described? Key wordstongue Answer = strong and long. To find this answer I looked for the key word tongue. I continued to read the first stanza and came across two adjectives which

Supported questions (Teacher’s time to shine!) Question 2 In the second verse, what does the verb ‘squirm’ mean in the sentence ‘We can see it slide and squirm’? (1 mark)

Supported questions (Teacher’s time to shine!) In the second stanza, what does the verb ‘squirm’ mean in the sentence ‘We can see it slide and squirm’? Answer = To be able to give the meaning for ‘squirm’ I continued to read the rest of stanza. I realised that it was relating the word to a worm, so therefore, I think squirm means to wriggle about.

Independent questions Your time to shine! Use the techniques you have been shown and the information you have been given. Now, complete the independent questions by yourself. It’s your time to shine!

Independent questions (text on the next slide) 1. True or false? (1 mark) -His tongue is described as a wibbly, wobbly worm. -Oozing means trickling out. -The word gross is used to describe his tongue. 2. What is his tongue compared to in the first verse? (1 mark) 3. Find and copy two words from verse 2 which describe the tongue’s movements (2 marks) 4. Look at the third verse. Find and copy one word which shows his tongue is like a living creature. (1 mark) 5. What does the word ‘resist’ mean in the line ‘He just cannot resist it’ in the fourth verse. (1 mark)

SELF ASSESSMENT (ANSWERS) 1. False True False 2. A big red carpet 3. Slide and squirm 4. Slug 5. He just cannot stop himself having the urge to turn and twist his tongue.

Chilli Challenge Write a RETRIEVAL (2 B) question on the back of your text for a friend/teacher. Use the question stems to help you.