Vocabulary Infer Predict Explain Retrieve Summarise V I

Vocabulary Infer Predict Explain Retrieve Summarise

V I P E R S Which word tells you Joe likes to talk to others about what he is reading? Do you think Joe prefers fiction or non-fiction? Why might Joe have agreed to be interviewed about reading? What football team does Joe play for? What are the main reasons Joe gives for reading? ‘Reading Books Makes me a Better Footballer. BBC News report

V I P E R S What word tells us that grandfather has had some tough times? How does the writer feel about his family? (How do you know? ) If you were to write a similar poem, what could your world be made of? What poetic devices has the writer used? (What effect do these have? ) How would we always remember the kind things people had done? What is the main theme of this poem? If all the World Were Paper Poem by Joseph Coelho

V I P E R S ‘Naturally innovative’ – what does this mean? What do the first 3 characters hope to do with the sheep? If there was an extra scene in the advert what might it be? How has the film-maker linked the different times together? When does the story begin? (How do you know? ) What is the main message of the advert? The Woolmark Company advert

V I P E R S What words does the narrator use to tell us that Aristotle could back up his theory? Why might people have used to assume the Earth was flat? Why has the narrator used questions throughout his explanation? What part of a boat is the hull? What were Aristotle’s main claims? How do we know the Earth is spherical? BBC science clip.

V Write an antonym for ‘help’. I Why might it be easier to fall asleep in Space? P What might be difficult if you were trying to get to sleep in Space? E Why might Tim Peake have recorded this interview? R What ‘natural triggers’ to sleep are there on Earth? S Sleeping in Space Tim Peake BBC clip

V I P E R S ‘It surged and swelled’ – what do these words suggest about the sound? Was this just a dream? Does this trailer make you want to read more of the story? Why/how? How does the music affect what you are seeing and hearing? Where does Lucky live? Can you summarise what happens in this extract in one sentence? Phoenix by S. F. Said Book Trailer

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