TASK 1 What do you think the text
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TASK 1 What do you think the text will be about? Write a prediction after looking at the title page. I predict that the text will be about……because… I think the text will include a ……. . because….
Hetty’s Unicorn By Pie Corbett
Heart thumping, Hetty ran upstairs. Her mother had let her wear the coronet – just for a minute – the bride's coronet perched on her head, glinting in the firelight. Hetty dashed into her bedroom, closed the door and wedged a chair under the door handle so that no one else could enter. She scrambled onto the wooden chest that sat below the window and scanned each diamond pane. She was looking for a message. A message from John Purcell.
Task 2: Find out what these words mean. Write a sentence to explain each word or the dictionary definition. Clarify: coronet, firelight, wedged, diamond, pane Task 3: Answer the following questions. Why does the story start with ‘heart thumping? ’ When do you think the story is set? Why is she only allowed to wear the coronet for a minute? Why doesn’t she want anyone else to enter? Who is John Purcell? How might he have left a message?
Task 3: Answers Why does the story start with ‘heart thumping? ’ To suggest the character is excited, doing something that they shouldn’t be. When do you think the story is set? In the past. Why? Because of the reference to coronet and diamond paned window. Wooden chest is an old fashioned piece of furniture. Why is she only allowed to wear the coronet for a minute? It belongs to the bride. Her mother doesn’t want it to get damaged. The longer the child wears it the more likely it is that it could become damaged. Why doesn’t she want anyone else to enter? She doesn’t want anyone to find out what she is doing. It is a secret. Who is John Purcell? Own suggestions. A friend. How might he have left a message? Own suggestions.
Although Hetty wasn’t allowed to play with John, the game-keeper's son, they had been secret friends for as long as she could remember. Wild John, with his tales of stars that fell from the sky; John who collected heron’s sea-green eggs and knew where the glow worms were to be found; John with his stories of mermen wrestled from the River Severn; John who kept a blackbird as a pet.
There it was, a message scrawled onto a tiny diamond pane of glass – Midnight Courtyard. Carefully, Hetty placed the coronet onto her side -table, scrabbled into bed and waited. The coronet glittered in the moonlight. To stop herself from falling asleep, Hetty counted the panes of glass on the great window. Through it, she could see the blurred shape of the moon…
Task 4: Answer the questions. • Use the text for evidence. State three things that we learn about John. • Why do you think that Hetty is not allowed to play with him? • Describe Hetty’s personality. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Task 4: Answer the questions • Use the text for evidence. State three things that we learn about John. He has a blackbird for a pet. He tells stories about merman. He is the game-keepers son. • Why do you think that Hetty is not allowed to play with John? • Her parents do not want her to play with him because he is adventurous-he might get Hetty into a dangerous situation. • Describe Hetty’s personality. Use evidence from the text to support your answer. • Hetty is not afraid to be disobedient. It states in the story that ‘Hetty wasn’t allowed to play with John, they had been secret friends for as long as she could remember’. She is secretive’wedged the chair under the door handle’.
