The Man Who Bought a Mountain PDF Learning

The Man Who Bought a Mountain PDF

Learning the Springfield way! L • To understand what you read by: T • Read chapter 2 of our story The Man Who Bought a Mountain • Write down any words you are unsure of – use a dictionary to learn their meanings • Summarise the events of the chapter • Mixed skills S Ø Checking that what you are reading makes sense to you Ø Summarising main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph Ø Inferring character thoughts ü I understand what I have read in the first chapter of the story ü I can summarise the main events of the chapter ü I can infer, define and retrieve using Mixed Skills practice ü I can review my predictions

Read chapter 2 Write down any words you are unsure of, and then look up their meanings once you have finished reading.

Are there any words you are unsure of? For example… • Quiver • Tremendous Write down the words, and look up their meanings.

The first two have been done for you… 1. Yash learns of the late booking and is told they are an important group of visitors. 2. One particular man becomes difficult to lead and is on a phone call making demands.

1. Yash learns of the late booking and is told they are an important group of visitors. 2. One particular man becomes difficult to lead and is on a phonecall making demands. 3. The man introduces himself as Theodore J. Goldlaw and explains he is the richest man Yash would ever meet. 4. Yash explains of the altercation and displays his frustration towards the man to his mother and father. 5. Yash is unhappy to learn that this man could buy the mountain.

Mixed Skills 1. ‘While he worked, he often pondered over the strange phrase that the sage had left him with…’ In this phrase, the word pondered is closest in meaning to: - Neglected - Deliberated - Worried Define 2. Find and copy the simile which describes how the group of visitors laughed. Retrieve 3. ‘Yash inhaled through his nose and counted slowly as he breathed out. ’ How does this suggest Yash is feeling? Why do you think he does this? Infer

Mixed Skills (answers) 1. While he worked, he often pondered over the strange phrase that the sage had left him with…’ (Define) In this phrase, the word pondered is closest in meaning to: - Neglected - Deliberated - Worried Deliberated

Mixed Skills (answers) 2. Find and copy the simile which describes how the group of visitors laughed. (Retrieve) Like infant chimps gathered around a troop leader

Mixed Skills (answers) 3. ‘Yash stared at his father for an age. When he managed to speak, his voice was a hoarse whisper. ’ What does this suggest about the way Yash feels about the mountain being bought? Use evidence in the text to support you’re answer. (Infer) This suggests that Yash is in shock and is worried about the mountain being bought. The fact his voice changes, means his breathing has been affected by what he has heard, and in turn, this has affected the way his voice projects. We know he is in shock and is unhappy about this because in the text he says to his father, ‘You can’t be serious? What about the farm? The mountain is our life. It can’t be sold!’ This shows he is concerned and worried for their lives and for the farm and that is why his voice changes. Point Explanation Evidence Explanation of evidence/link to the question

Predictions Refer back to your predictions you made in the previous session for Chapter 2. Were you correct? See how your predictions differ from what you now know has happened in chapter 2.

Learning the Springfield way! L • To understand what you read by: T • Read chapter 2 of our story The Man Who Bought a Mountain • Write down any words you are unsure of – use a dictionary to learn their meanings • Summarise the events of the chapter • Mixed skills S Ø Checking that what you are reading makes sense to you Ø Summarising main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph Ø Inferring character thoughts ü I understand what I have read in the first chapter of the story ü I can summarise the main events of the chapter ü I can infer, define and retrieve using Mixed Skills practice ü I can review my predictions