The Lonely Lake Monster
CC 10: Week 10 Term 3 - 25th - 29th September: Chapters 17- 21, the final week
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
1. ART: Draw the shoes that Cobblestone gave Pearl.
2. WRITE: a book review of The Lonely Lake Monster. Be sure to include details about the plot, characters, setting and your recommendation and overall opinion. Present it in an attractive way!
TWINKL Template: http://www.twinkl.co.uk/…/nz2-e-52367-years-3-and-4-week-4-…
3. WRITE: a list of all the tools that Cobblestone would have in his apron. Include the purpose of each tool. You could draw pictures of each tool to go with your writing.
4. WRITE: the good and bad reasons for having a leprechaun cold. Use your Yellow and Black hats to compare and contrast ideas.
5. I.C.T: Make an I-Movie trailer advertising the book, ‘The Lonely Lake Monster’ and promoting the continuing books in this exciting series.
6. MAKE some of Dr Woo’s Special Soup. What would the ingredients be? If it is edible, have a tasting session and write a review.
7. DESIGN the new front door security system for the Worm hospital that has been shipped from Iceland.
8. SCIENCE: See how many marbles you can add to a plastic bowl before it sinks. Make sure you carry out a fair test!
9. I.C.T: Design a certificate for both Ben and Pearl for Curing Lake Monster Loneliness.
10. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: exchanged, tingled, premises, orb, illuminating, elevator, cease, clogged, anticipated, contagious, curable, mentholated, plaid.
11. FLIP GRID: What rule did both Ben and Pearl break? What do you think their nasty punishment will be? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIP GRID. https://flipgrid.com/3968l9h
12. MINE CRAFT: Create the underwater world underneath the waters in the lake. Add as much detail as possible.
Be sure to read the Science Connection pages on why some things float and why some sink at the back of the book.
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Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this
week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. Why could Cobblestone never leave his apron behind?
3. How did Pearl and the leprechaun get the apron to the other side of the lake? Did it work?
4. Why did Ben suddenly spray gold dust from his nose?
5. How did Ben explain to Mr Tabby the reason for both of them ending up in the lake? Did he believe them? Why or why not?
6. What did Pearl want to do with the special soup and why was she not allowed?
7. What do you think the pink shoes will do for Pearl and Ben?
8. What might be inside Doctor Woo’s black medical bag?
9. Did Dr Woo fire them? Why or why not?
10. Where do you think the imaginary world is? Explain.
11. Are you keen to read the next book in the series- The Rain Dragon Rescue? Why or why not?
CC 10 - Year 3 / 4
Week 9 Term 3 - 18th - 22nd September:
Chapters 12- 16
Be sure to read the Creature Connection pages on the Leprechaun at the back of the book!
Please check back for the TWINKL tasks which were unavailable at time of posting this.******
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
TWINKL: Worm Hospital patient forms: http://www.twinkl.co.uk/…/nz2-e-52360-year-3-and-4-chapter-…
1. ART: Draw the reflection of the Lonely Lake monster in the mirror.
2. ART: Draw the lonely lake monster in the lake.
3. ART: Create an old world map. Draw some continents and some islands. Then decorate the ocean with all sorts of hideous monsters.
TWINKL Continents of the world: http://www.twinkl.co.nz/…/nz2-e-52358-year-3-and-4-week-3-c…
4. WRITE: a list of all the possible things that Pearl could do to get Ben off the island. How creative can you be?
5. WRITE: a haiku poem about The Lonely Lake Monster.
TWINK Template: http://www.twinkl.co.uk/…/nz2-e-52359-year-3-and-4-chapter-…
6. WRITE: all the possible reasons for the warning sign being hidden in the blades of grass OR write your own crazy story for what worms do on summer days, winter days, crazy days, windy days, rainy days, snowy days...
7. MATHS: Make some reflective symmetrical patterns using coloured paper folded in half. What different designs can you come up with.
8. DESIGN a pair of Leprechaun shoes! Label the special features.
9. CREATE your own chalkboards for creatures in the Worm hospital- Sasquatch, Leprechaun, Phoenix, etc...Be sure to include- Patient, Location and Condition!
tWINKL Template: http://www.twinkl.co.nz/…/nz2-e-52360-year-3-and-4-chapter-…
10. HANDS ON: Make a model of the Identification room, with the conveyor belt and signs.
11. HANDS ON: Make some monster slobber!
12. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: shudder, clenched, cringed, frantic, gut, plunk, notorious, speckled, shimmered, humidifier, amnesia, arose, shielded.
13. FLIP GRID: If you could have one wish granted by as leprechaun, what would you wish for? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIP GRID. https://flipgrid.com/3968l9h
14. MINE CRAFT: Create the island in the middle of the lake. Add as much detail as you can!
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Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. What did the lake monster do with Ben?
3. Why was Ben getting frustrated with the lake monster?
4. Why did Pearl put herself on the conveyor belt? What happened?
5. What might the ointment and parasite removal rooms be used for?
6. Why did Cobblestone want to go and see the lake monster?
7. Why did both Ben and Cobblestone end up on the island?
8. What was Pearl’s plan to get both Ben and Cobblestone off the island? Was it a good plan? Why or why not?
9. Why did Cobblestone have to hammer the mirror in?
10. What happened to Cobblestone? Do you think he will be okay? Why or why not? Are you enjoying the story so far?
CC 10 - Year 3 / 4 -Week 8 Term 3 -
11th - 15th September: Chapters 6 - 11
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
Be sure to read the Creature Connection pages on Water Dwelling Monsters at the back of the book!
1. ART: Draw a butler. Refer to the description of Mr Tabby in Chapter 6, or draw the leprechaun.
2. ART: Draw the hallway as Ben and Pearl saw it in Chapter 6.
3. RESEARCH: stories about the leprechaun. Write a review of one of these stories - plot, characters, setting, recommendation. Draw a picture to go with your review and do not forget to give it a star rating!
4. WRITE: your responses to what kind of emergency you think Dr Woo went on. ‘Dr Woo had to leave suddenly because…’
5. WRITE: your own danger scale from Level One encounter to…
6. WRITE: What do you think? Is the Loch Ness monster fact or fiction? Why do you believe this?
7. HANDS ON: Make your own bulletin board. What could you use this board for in your classroom?
8. HANDS ON: Make the employee fridge, with the lower, middle and top shelves. What things will you put on the middle and top shelves (remembering Ben and Pearl are NOT allowed to touch these things).
9. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: admitted, lunge, glistening, dock, snout, hoax, manicured, mischievous, terrain, suite, farther, consumption, appropriate.
10. FLIPGRID: Who eats ivy, oats and rye? Add your thoughts about the question to this FLIPGRID.
11. I.C.T: Make up a Kahoot on the story so far. You can add to it as the story progresses but please share the link with Chapter Chat so that other classes can play too!
12. MINE CRAFT: Create the Forest Suite, where the sasquatch lives. Add as much detail as you can!
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Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. What according to Mr Tabby are parakeets delicious with?
3. What was the bulletin board for? Why do you think it was needed?
4. What had happened to the previous apprentice that sent a shiver down Pearl’s spine?
5. What was the NEW patient and what species were they from?
6. How did they attract the attention of the sasquatch in the Forest Suite?
7. What happened when they cut the toe nails of the sasquatch?
8. Why did Grandpa Abe warn Ben to stay away from the lake behind the hospital?
9. What did the lake monster eat and how did the food travel to it’s stomach?
10. What has now happened to Ben and what do you think with happen next in this story?
CC 10 - Year 3 / 4
Week 7 Term 3 - 4th - 8th September:
Chapters 1- 5
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
1. PRE-READ ACTIVITY - Before you start reading the book The Lonely Lake Monster’ by Suzanne Selfors. Use the attached file in this post
2. ART TASK: Draw Lemon Face, add plenty of details and colour.
3. WRITING TASKS: Write up to TEN statements beginning each with ‘Wonderful children do…’
4. WRITE your own list of questions that if you were Ben and Pearl’s parents you would ask Dr Woo.
5. RESEARCH TASKS: Find about the country Dr Woo says she comes from (Iceland)- present some facts. Find out where this place is, in relation to NZ?
6. HANDS ON: Create your own breakfast sandwich using three ingredients/ What are they? Take a photo of your delicious sandwich.
7. MAKE your own worm farm!
8. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: crinkled, muffled, embroidered, register, limped, rims, opinion, lone, smudge, sidewalk.
9. FLIPGRID: What might the little song be that Lemon Face sings each day? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIPGRID. https://flipgrid.com/3968l9h
10. MINECRAFT: Create Main Street, in the town of Buttonville. Add as much detail as you can!
Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. Where did Pearl put her certificate for safe keeping?
3. Why did Pearl’s parents want to meet Dr Woo? Why was this a problem?
4. How did Pearl get banned from the bookstore?
5. Why did Mrs Mulberry want Victoria to meet Dr Woo?
6. Where was Dr Woo from?
7. What is one interesting thing you have learnt about worms this week?
8. What do you think the kiwi flavoured jellybeans were for? Why?
9. According to Dr Woo why is the gate kept locked?
10. Where do you think Dr Woo had disappeared too? What might happen next?
The Sasquatch Escape
FLIPGRID
Why do you think Doctor Woo had been covered with fairy dust?
Add your thoughts about the story.
LINK TO FLIPGRID
Week 5 Term 3 - 21st-25th August: Chapters 19-22
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
1. ART: Draw Doctor Woo. List some of her personal and physical characteristics around your drawing.
2. ART: Draw the cyclops that is mentioned in chapter 20. Write a sentence or two underneath explaining what a cyclops is.
3. ART: Pearl saw a long red cat’s tail, but not the animal or creature it was attached to. Draw the creature or thing that had the long red tail. What is this creature, thing or animal called?
4. WRITE: a book review of The Sasquatch Escape. Be sure to include details about the plot, characters, setting and your recommendation and overall opinion. Present it in an attractive way!
TWINKL Template: http://www.twinkl.co.nz/…/nz2-e-52335-blurb-activity-to-sup…
5. WRITE: If you were Doctor Woo, what would you do with Ben and Pearl? Write a list of possible options.
6. WRITE a P.M.I evaluation (Plus benefits, Minus, the bad or negative effects, and Interesting things)on Ben and Pearl working at the Worm Hospital. Share your thoughts, perhaps do this in small groups or as a class!
7. MAKE a bottle of the medicine to be given to the sasquatch. Write the ingredients on the label and attach this to the front.
8. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: camouflage, yanked, budge, lumbered, tranquilizer, anonymous,deactivated, nasal, stack, vaporized, furrowed, pursed, breach, intercom, apprentices, secrecy, stethoscope, illuminating, vest.
TWINKL Worsearch template: http://www.twinkl.co.nz/…/nz2-e-52334-the-imaginary-world-w…
9. CREATE the contract that Ben and Pearl were given to sign from Doctor Woo. Make sure you write the very small fine print that Ben could not read. Perhaps also include on the back or on a separate sheet, exactly what the fine print actually says.
10. FLIPGRID: Why do you think Doctor Woo had been covered with fairy dust? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIPGRID. https://flipgrid.com/w344ci6
11. I.C.T: Make an I-Movie trailer advertising the book, ‘The Sasquatch Escape’ and promoting the continuing books in this exciting series. NOTE: If you have been working on a Kahoot since week 1, now is the week to finish and play it with your class. Please share the link with Chapter Chat so other classes can play too!
12. I.C.T: Create your own certificate to present to Ben and Pearl for Sasquatch Catching.
Twinkl template http://www.twinkl.co.nz/…/nz2-e-52323-year-3-and-4-chapter-…
13. MINECRAFT: Create one of the Imaginary Worlds at the Worm hospital. Be sure to add as much detail as you can.
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Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. What happened to Mrs Mulberry and Victoria?Did you feel sorry for them? Why or why not? How did they get out?
3. In what way was the welcome present gift that Mrs Mulberry had useful after all?
4. What did Ben and Pearl both promise to do? Did they keep the promise- why or why not?
5. What did Ben expect Doctor Woo to look like? Why was he surprised?
6. Why do you think Doctor Woo had an index finger missing? What possibly might have been the cause?
7. What did Doctor Woo decide to do with Ben and Pearl? What do you think they will get to do now?
8. What do you think the consequences could be for breaking the contract? Do you think Ben and Pearl will stick to the contract, why or why not?
9. Why do you think Ben and Pearl were asked to bring lots and lots of bandages? What might these be used for?
10. The story states that sometimes change is just what life needs and that change can be a very good thing. Do you like change? Do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer.
11. What did you think of this story? What rating out of 10 would you give this story?
Where do you think Doctor Woo came from?
Add your thoughts about the story.
Week 4 Term 3 - 14th-18th August: Chapters 15- 18
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
1. ART: Draw the gnome - before its head was knocked off - in Mrs Froot’s garden.
2. WRITE a story about an eerie forest using the story starter… Suddenly the creature darted under a thick bush, deep in the eerie forest…
3. WRITE your own phrases to quietly call a sasquatch to come and follow you. We have one.. ‘Here, sasquatchy, sasquatchy…’ How creative can you get?
4. WRITE new endings to ‘the overgrown path led to…
5. WRITE: Pretend you are a newspaper reporter and you’ve just heard that someone in your town has found a giant footprint. You grab your notebook, pen, and camera and hurry to your location. But when you get their you find something else...what?
6. HANDS ON/ I.C.T: Act out the scene where Ben and Petal try to get the sasquatch out of the Senior Center. Make a video of it.
7. RESEARCH the Sloth. Where does it live, what does it eat, what are its physical features, and present a fact profile.
8. MAKE some butterscotch or the homemade pudding using the recipe in the back of the book. Write a review of its taste.
9. MAKE a model of the forest with the path, Ben, Pearl and the sasquatch!
10. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: hydrant, clump, stench, torso, wedged, chunk,flailing, activate, riddled, plume, gigantic, whimpered, fungus.
11. FLIPGRID: Where do you think Doctor Woo came from? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIPGRID. https://flipgrid.com/w344ci6
12. MINECRAFT: Create the inside scene of the Buttonville Senior Center. Add as much of the detail in Chapter 16 as you can.
Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. Who was Mrs Froot and why did she not like Pearl Petal?
3. What was Maybell always hogging? What do you like to hog?
4. What did Mrs Froot accuse Pearl of doing? Do you think she was right? Why or why not?
5. Who was Aunt Milly and why did they need to act ‘natural’ in front of her?
6. Why did Pearl ask for a chocolate bar? Was she hungry? Who or what was it for?
7. What did Ben come face to face with under the table? How did he react? What would you do if you were Ben?
8. Why did everyone start talking at once? What had happened to confuse everyone in the Senior Center?
9. Why was the chocolate very handy to have? What happened when the chocolate ran out?
10.Do you think Mrs Mulberry and Victoria will discover them? Why or why not? What do you think will happen next in this story?
CC 9 - Year 3 / 4 - Tasks and Questions
Week 3 Term 3 - 7-11th August: Chapters 10- 14
FLIPGRID: If you were hunting Sasquatch, what would you need in your equipment kit and why would you need it? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIPGRID.
https://flipgrid.com/w344ci6
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
1. ART: Draw the sasquatch. Add plenty of detail and colour! You may like to create a model or make it using a computer. Be sure to read the Creature Connection Sasquatch pages at the back of the book!
2. ART: Draw different types of footprints. A person, a cat, a dog, a bird- whatever you like- but be sure to include a sasquatch. Think about how the footprints compare in size and shape.
3. ART: Pretend you are a knight in shining armor and you are going to compete in a tournament. What will your flag look like? Create your own flag using an image of a wyvern. Remember it has two feet, instead of four! Add colour to your design.
4. WRITE: Imagine that you found a wyvern hatchling on your bed and you decided to keep it. You’ve been feeding it table scraps and hiding it in your wardrobe, but one day you come home and discover...
5. RESEARCH Yiddish. Write a list of words or phrases in both Yiddish and English. Practise saying them in front of your classmates!
6. RESEARCH: Medieval stories from the known world called Wales. What stories about Wyverns can you find out about. Write a summary of one of these and draw the wyvern. Be sure to read the Creature Connection feature pages about the Wyvern at the back of your book!
7. RESEARCH the Loch Ness Monster. Where does it live? What does it look like? Why do people say it exists? When was the last reported sighting?
8. CREATE your own creature calculator like the one Mr Tabby has. List down the features of three of your own creatures. Be sure to give the statistics for Species, Breed, and age.
9. HANDS ON: Make your own Sasquatch Catching kit!
10. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: precautions, hatchling, arched, emerge, tweezers, wyvern, bothersome, feat,tuft, chores.
12. FLIPGRID: If you were hunting Sasquatch, what would you need in your equipment kit and why would you need it? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIPGRID. https://flipgrid.com/w344ci6
13. MINECRAFT: Create the stampede of squirrels using Minecraft.
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Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. Why did they have to take precautions with the hatchling?
3. The bat was really a wyvern. What is a wyvern?
4. Why was Ben surprised to hear Mr Tabby’s views about cats? 5. What do you think about cats?
6. Why are creatures from the Imaginary World not allowed to live in the Known World? What do you think would happen if a creature escaped into the Known world?
7. Why was Mr Tabby angry with Ben? What did he do?
8. Why was the Sasquatch in the Worm hospital?
9. What happened when Pearl blew the whistle? What do sasquatch like doing/eating?
10. What had happened to all the red and green garbage waste?
11. Where do you think the scream has come from? Are you enjoying the story so far?
Ben dreamed of doing many things. What is one thing you dream of doing? Add your thoughts about the question to this FLIPGRID
CC 9 - Year 3 / 4 -Week 2 Term 3 - 31st July - 4th August: Chapters 5- 9
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
1. ART: Draw the dragon hatchling.
2. DESIGN a kiwi flavoured jelly bean and list its features/special features.
3. RESEARCH: Investigate why the 4th July is an important date in America. What is its historical importance?
4. WRITE: your own recipe for artificial dragon’s milk. Then do the hands on activity in Task 7.
5. WRITE: Imagine you are a baby dragon , just emerging from the shell. What does it feel like to break through the shell? What does the world look like? What is the first thing you do?
6. HANDS ON: Make a model of Snooze’s home. Construct the things inside his cage.
7. HANDS ON: Use the recipe you wrote for task 2 to make a bottle of artificial dragon’s milk. Design a label on the front detailing product name and what the product is useful for. Be sure to read the Science Connection pages about Dragon’s Milk at the back of the book!
8. MATHS: Giving directions. Using the map of buttonville at the front of the book, give directions using clockwise and anti clockwise turns, ¼ turn, ¾ turn, etc and use a scale of 1cm = 100 metres or 1 cm= 1 km for these...Dollar store to the gas station, Buttonville Senior center to bowling alley, Grandpa’s house to Petal’s apartment, Grandpa’s house to the town hall…You could make up other directions as well.
9. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: aisles, bologna, vaporized, budge, relinquish, hatchling, sidewalk, quivered,iris, twitch.
10. FLIPGRID: Ben dreamed of doing many things. What is one thing you dream of doing? Add your thoughts about the question to this FLIPGRID. https://flipgrid.com/f0b0c9
11. I.C.T: Create the sign on the gate of the old button factory.
12. MINECRAFT: Create the old button factory. Try to add as much detail as possible. OR create the dragon’s lair on top of the old button factory.
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Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.1.
2. Why might the man have needed two thousand boxes of kiwi flavoured jelly beans?
3. If the recipe was not for the worms, who might it be for?
4. Who was Barnaby and what did Ben think of him?
5. Why was Ben certain that the creature Barnaby brought in was not a bat?
6. How did Ben feel now about the boring town of Buttonville? Why?
7. Why do you think Ben needed the help of Pearl Petal?
8. Why did Ben think the old Button Factory was haunted?
9. Ben signed the piece of paper. Do you think this was a good idea? Explain your answer.
10. What do you think will happen when they enter the identification room?
The Sasquatch Escape
What do you think of the story so far? Add your thoughts about the story to this Flip Grid
The Sasquatch Escape
CC 9
Year 3 / 4 Week 1 Term 3
Chapters 1- 4
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
1. PRE-READ ACTIVITY - Before you start reading the book The Sasquatch Escape’ by Suzanne Selfors.
2. ART TASK: Draw the dragon that Ben believes he saw in Chapter 1. Add as much detail as you can. You could design it using Paint.
3. DESIGN a new sign for the town of Buttonville.
4. WRITING TASKS: Write a menu for the week’s Pudding day. What will be on the menu? Add some illustrations to make your menu presentable.
5. WRITE your own creative ending to, The real reason Ben had short hair was because’... and ‘Ben couldn’t do his Math homework because’...
6. RESEARCH TASKS: Find about the California Condor. Draw it and present some facts.
7. CONTRIBUTE to a Venn diagram detailing key facts about Hamsters and mice and any similarities.
8. HANDS ON: Create your own model of one of the shops in Buttonville, It might be one already there or perhaps one of the shops that closed down.
9. MAKE one of the puddings that would have been eaten on Pudding day. Have a tasting session. Write a review about it’s taste, etc.
10. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: errands, prowl, gigantic, porch, embroidered, glimpse.
11. FLIPGRID: What do you think of the story so far? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIPGRID. https://flipgrid.com/2df182
12. I.C.T: Make your own Kahoot on the story so far. Add to it as you read the book.
13. MINECRAFT: Create the town of Buttonville. Add as much detail as you can!
Twitter Chat Questions Week 1:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. Why was Ben sent away on holiday with his grandpa?
3. Why did the button factory close down?
4. Would you like to stay with Grandpa Abe? Why or why not?
5. Why did Ben wish that he was a hamster at times? Would you like to be a hamster? Why or why not?
6. Do you think dragons are real? Why or why not?
7. Why did Grandpa Abe refer to Pearl as a troublemaker? Do you think she is a troublemaker? Why or why not?
8. Would you like to have a holiday in Buttonville? Explain why or why not.
9. Where does Pearl’s family live? Would you like to live there?
10. Do you think the summer will be long and uneventful? What might happen next?
Chapter Chat 8 Year 3/4 Week 6 Tasks and Questions
5th June – 9th June
Chapters 19-21
The Practice - A New Home
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
ART TASK:
Draw Matilda making the chalk write on the blackboard.
WRITING TASKS:
2. Mr and Mrs Wormwood have written a postcard to Matilda and Miss Honey now that they are safely in another country. What do they say in the postcard?
3. Do you think Matilda was right to scare Miss Trunchbull at the end of the novel? Write reasons for and against scaring Miss Trunchbull.
4. Pretend that you have been selected to write a sequel to this story. Write a short summary of the sequel. Include information about the sequel’s plot, setting and main characters.
5. Matilda practises her special powers before 'the third miracule'. Write about what you have had to practice in order to get better at.
HANDS ON TASKS:
6. Group or independent activity. Each child takes on a role. These can be: - The Judge. - The Jury (12 children.) - The defendant: Mr Wormwood. - Mr Wormwood’s lawyer. - The witnesses to give statements: Miss Honey, Matilda, Michael. - Other characters as necessary – car dealers, buyers, car thieves, and so on. • The children representing characters prepare statements and arguments. The Judge and Jury prepare questions to ask each character. Run the court case scene through improvisation. The Jury give their verdict. Take a photo or video it!
7. Watch this video broadcast with Quentin Blake (the illustrator of the images in this story) which gives information about his life and his work. Can you draw pictures in a similar style to him?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conte=748&v=NBmOZb37eww inu
8. VOCABULARY TASK: Define the meaning of the following words from the text: ethereal, summon, colossal, apprehensive, impertinent, blithering, flustered, mangled, hysterical, shrill, matron, enquire, solicitors. lousy, stowing, consent.
I.C.T TASKS:
9. A detective visits Miss Honey’s house one day to interview her in connection with the mysterious disappearance of the Wormwood family, except for their daughter, Matilda. In groups, role play the interview. What will happen next? Will Matilda cover for her father or tell the truth? Take a photo or video it!
10. MINE CRAFT TASK - Create the final scene where the parents leave and Matilda is with Miss Honey. Add as much detail as possible!
BONUS TASK ** Watch the DVD of Matilda and eat popcorn! Compare the book with the movie version. Which version do you prefer? Why? Take a photo of your class watching the DVD and tweet it to Chapter Chat.
Note: The musical ‘Matilda’ is coming to Auckland in Term 3. Information has already been sent out regarding ticket prices, etc.
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. Where are Matilda’s family when she returns?
3. What could Matilda make happen in her room?
4. Why do you think Matilda spends so much time practising her magic?
5. What does Miss Trunchbull test the class on when she visits on Thursday?
6. What are the themes in this story? Why do you think the author wrote Matilda?
7. Do you think anything will change as a result of Matilda’s miracle? Explain your answer.
8. Why did Matilda’s parents want to leave for Spain?
9. If you were in Miss Honey’s position would you want to look after Matilda? Explain your answer.
10. How do you think Matilda’s life will change when she lives with Miss Honey?
11. Did you like the ending of the novel? Give reasons for your answer.
The Lonely Lake Monster
CC 10: Week 10 Term 3 - 25th - 29th September: Chapters 17- 21, the final week
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
1. ART: Draw the shoes that Cobblestone gave Pearl.
2. WRITE: a book review of The Lonely Lake Monster. Be sure to include details about the plot, characters, setting and your recommendation and overall opinion. Present it in an attractive way!
TWINKL Template: http://www.twinkl.co.uk/…/nz2-e-52367-years-3-and-4-week-4-…
TWINKL Template: http://www.twinkl.co.uk/…/nz2-e-52367-years-3-and-4-week-4-…
3. WRITE: a list of all the tools that Cobblestone would have in his apron. Include the purpose of each tool. You could draw pictures of each tool to go with your writing.
4. WRITE: the good and bad reasons for having a leprechaun cold. Use your Yellow and Black hats to compare and contrast ideas.
5. I.C.T: Make an I-Movie trailer advertising the book, ‘The Lonely Lake Monster’ and promoting the continuing books in this exciting series.
6. MAKE some of Dr Woo’s Special Soup. What would the ingredients be? If it is edible, have a tasting session and write a review.
7. DESIGN the new front door security system for the Worm hospital that has been shipped from Iceland.
8. SCIENCE: See how many marbles you can add to a plastic bowl before it sinks. Make sure you carry out a fair test!
9. I.C.T: Design a certificate for both Ben and Pearl for Curing Lake Monster Loneliness.
10. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: exchanged, tingled, premises, orb, illuminating, elevator, cease, clogged, anticipated, contagious, curable, mentholated, plaid.
11. FLIP GRID: What rule did both Ben and Pearl break? What do you think their nasty punishment will be? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIP GRID. https://flipgrid.com/3968l9h
12. MINE CRAFT: Create the underwater world underneath the waters in the lake. Add as much detail as possible.
Be sure to read the Science Connection pages on why some things float and why some sink at the back of the book.
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Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this
week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. Why could Cobblestone never leave his apron behind?
3. How did Pearl and the leprechaun get the apron to the other side of the lake? Did it work?
4. Why did Ben suddenly spray gold dust from his nose?
5. How did Ben explain to Mr Tabby the reason for both of them ending up in the lake? Did he believe them? Why or why not?
6. What did Pearl want to do with the special soup and why was she not allowed?
7. What do you think the pink shoes will do for Pearl and Ben?
8. What might be inside Doctor Woo’s black medical bag?
9. Did Dr Woo fire them? Why or why not?
10. Where do you think the imaginary world is? Explain.
11. Are you keen to read the next book in the series- The Rain Dragon Rescue? Why or why not?
CC 10 - Year 3 / 4
Week 9 Term 3 - 18th - 22nd September:
Chapters 12- 16
Be sure to read the Creature Connection pages on the Leprechaun at the back of the book!
Please check back for the TWINKL tasks which were unavailable at time of posting this.******
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
TWINKL: Worm Hospital patient forms: http://www.twinkl.co.uk/…/nz2-e-52360-year-3-and-4-chapter-…
1. ART: Draw the reflection of the Lonely Lake monster in the mirror.
2. ART: Draw the lonely lake monster in the lake.
3. ART: Create an old world map. Draw some continents and some islands. Then decorate the ocean with all sorts of hideous monsters.
TWINKL Continents of the world: http://www.twinkl.co.nz/…/nz2-e-52358-year-3-and-4-week-3-c…
4. WRITE: a list of all the possible things that Pearl could do to get Ben off the island. How creative can you be?
5. WRITE: a haiku poem about The Lonely Lake Monster.
TWINK Template: http://www.twinkl.co.uk/…/nz2-e-52359-year-3-and-4-chapter-…
TWINK Template: http://www.twinkl.co.uk/…/nz2-e-52359-year-3-and-4-chapter-…
6. WRITE: all the possible reasons for the warning sign being hidden in the blades of grass OR write your own crazy story for what worms do on summer days, winter days, crazy days, windy days, rainy days, snowy days...
7. MATHS: Make some reflective symmetrical patterns using coloured paper folded in half. What different designs can you come up with.
8. DESIGN a pair of Leprechaun shoes! Label the special features.
9. CREATE your own chalkboards for creatures in the Worm hospital- Sasquatch, Leprechaun, Phoenix, etc...Be sure to include- Patient, Location and Condition!
tWINKL Template: http://www.twinkl.co.nz/…/nz2-e-52360-year-3-and-4-chapter-…
tWINKL Template: http://www.twinkl.co.nz/…/nz2-e-52360-year-3-and-4-chapter-…
10. HANDS ON: Make a model of the Identification room, with the conveyor belt and signs.
11. HANDS ON: Make some monster slobber!
12. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: shudder, clenched, cringed, frantic, gut, plunk, notorious, speckled, shimmered, humidifier, amnesia, arose, shielded.
13. FLIP GRID: If you could have one wish granted by as leprechaun, what would you wish for? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIP GRID. https://flipgrid.com/3968l9h
14. MINE CRAFT: Create the island in the middle of the lake. Add as much detail as you can!
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Twitter Chat Questions:
Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. What did the lake monster do with Ben?
3. Why was Ben getting frustrated with the lake monster?
4. Why did Pearl put herself on the conveyor belt? What happened?
5. What might the ointment and parasite removal rooms be used for?
6. Why did Cobblestone want to go and see the lake monster?
7. Why did both Ben and Cobblestone end up on the island?
8. What was Pearl’s plan to get both Ben and Cobblestone off the island? Was it a good plan? Why or why not?
9. Why did Cobblestone have to hammer the mirror in?
10. What happened to Cobblestone? Do you think he will be okay? Why or why not? Are you enjoying the story so far?
CC 10 - Year 3 / 4 -Week 8 Term 3 -
11th - 15th September: Chapters 6 - 11
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
Be sure to read the Creature Connection pages on Water Dwelling Monsters at the back of the book!
1. ART: Draw a butler. Refer to the description of Mr Tabby in Chapter 6, or draw the leprechaun.
2. ART: Draw the hallway as Ben and Pearl saw it in Chapter 6.
3. RESEARCH: stories about the leprechaun. Write a review of one of these stories - plot, characters, setting, recommendation. Draw a picture to go with your review and do not forget to give it a star rating!
4. WRITE: your responses to what kind of emergency you think Dr Woo went on. ‘Dr Woo had to leave suddenly because…’
5. WRITE: your own danger scale from Level One encounter to…
6. WRITE: What do you think? Is the Loch Ness monster fact or fiction? Why do you believe this?
7. HANDS ON: Make your own bulletin board. What could you use this board for in your classroom?
8. HANDS ON: Make the employee fridge, with the lower, middle and top shelves. What things will you put on the middle and top shelves (remembering Ben and Pearl are NOT allowed to touch these things).
9. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: admitted, lunge, glistening, dock, snout, hoax, manicured, mischievous, terrain, suite, farther, consumption, appropriate.
10. FLIPGRID: Who eats ivy, oats and rye? Add your thoughts about the question to this FLIPGRID.
11. I.C.T: Make up a Kahoot on the story so far. You can add to it as the story progresses but please share the link with Chapter Chat so that other classes can play too!
12. MINE CRAFT: Create the Forest Suite, where the sasquatch lives. Add as much detail as you can!
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Twitter Chat Questions:
Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. What according to Mr Tabby are parakeets delicious with?
3. What was the bulletin board for? Why do you think it was needed?
4. What had happened to the previous apprentice that sent a shiver down Pearl’s spine?
5. What was the NEW patient and what species were they from?
6. How did they attract the attention of the sasquatch in the Forest Suite?
7. What happened when they cut the toe nails of the sasquatch?
8. Why did Grandpa Abe warn Ben to stay away from the lake behind the hospital?
9. What did the lake monster eat and how did the food travel to it’s stomach?
10. What has now happened to Ben and what do you think with happen next in this story?
CC 10 - Year 3 / 4
Week 7 Term 3 - 4th - 8th September:
Chapters 1- 5
Chapters 1- 5
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
1. PRE-READ ACTIVITY - Before you start reading the book The Lonely Lake Monster’ by Suzanne Selfors. Use the attached file in this post
2. ART TASK: Draw Lemon Face, add plenty of details and colour.
3. WRITING TASKS: Write up to TEN statements beginning each with ‘Wonderful children do…’
4. WRITE your own list of questions that if you were Ben and Pearl’s parents you would ask Dr Woo.
5. RESEARCH TASKS: Find about the country Dr Woo says she comes from (Iceland)- present some facts. Find out where this place is, in relation to NZ?
6. HANDS ON: Create your own breakfast sandwich using three ingredients/ What are they? Take a photo of your delicious sandwich.
7. MAKE your own worm farm!
8. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: crinkled, muffled, embroidered, register, limped, rims, opinion, lone, smudge, sidewalk.
9. FLIPGRID: What might the little song be that Lemon Face sings each day? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIPGRID. https://flipgrid.com/3968l9h
10. MINECRAFT: Create Main Street, in the town of Buttonville. Add as much detail as you can!
Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. Where did Pearl put her certificate for safe keeping?
3. Why did Pearl’s parents want to meet Dr Woo? Why was this a problem?
4. How did Pearl get banned from the bookstore?
5. Why did Mrs Mulberry want Victoria to meet Dr Woo?
6. Where was Dr Woo from?
7. What is one interesting thing you have learnt about worms this week?
8. What do you think the kiwi flavoured jellybeans were for? Why?
9. According to Dr Woo why is the gate kept locked?
10. Where do you think Dr Woo had disappeared too? What might happen next?
The Sasquatch Escape
Why do you think Doctor Woo had been covered with fairy dust?
Add your thoughts about the story.
LINK TO FLIPGRID
Week 5 Term 3 - 21st-25th August: Chapters 19-22
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
1. ART: Draw Doctor Woo. List some of her personal and physical characteristics around your drawing.
2. ART: Draw the cyclops that is mentioned in chapter 20. Write a sentence or two underneath explaining what a cyclops is.
3. ART: Pearl saw a long red cat’s tail, but not the animal or creature it was attached to. Draw the creature or thing that had the long red tail. What is this creature, thing or animal called?
4. WRITE: a book review of The Sasquatch Escape. Be sure to include details about the plot, characters, setting and your recommendation and overall opinion. Present it in an attractive way!
TWINKL Template: http://www.twinkl.co.nz/…/nz2-e-52335-blurb-activity-to-sup…
TWINKL Template: http://www.twinkl.co.nz/…/nz2-e-52335-blurb-activity-to-sup…
5. WRITE: If you were Doctor Woo, what would you do with Ben and Pearl? Write a list of possible options.
6. WRITE a P.M.I evaluation (Plus benefits, Minus, the bad or negative effects, and Interesting things)on Ben and Pearl working at the Worm Hospital. Share your thoughts, perhaps do this in small groups or as a class!
7. MAKE a bottle of the medicine to be given to the sasquatch. Write the ingredients on the label and attach this to the front.
8. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: camouflage, yanked, budge, lumbered, tranquilizer, anonymous,deactivated, nasal, stack, vaporized, furrowed, pursed, breach, intercom, apprentices, secrecy, stethoscope, illuminating, vest.
TWINKL Worsearch template: http://www.twinkl.co.nz/…/nz2-e-52334-the-imaginary-world-w…
TWINKL Worsearch template: http://www.twinkl.co.nz/…/nz2-e-52334-the-imaginary-world-w…
9. CREATE the contract that Ben and Pearl were given to sign from Doctor Woo. Make sure you write the very small fine print that Ben could not read. Perhaps also include on the back or on a separate sheet, exactly what the fine print actually says.
10. FLIPGRID: Why do you think Doctor Woo had been covered with fairy dust? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIPGRID. https://flipgrid.com/w344ci6
11. I.C.T: Make an I-Movie trailer advertising the book, ‘The Sasquatch Escape’ and promoting the continuing books in this exciting series. NOTE: If you have been working on a Kahoot since week 1, now is the week to finish and play it with your class. Please share the link with Chapter Chat so other classes can play too!
12. I.C.T: Create your own certificate to present to Ben and Pearl for Sasquatch Catching.
Twinkl template http://www.twinkl.co.nz/…/nz2-e-52323-year-3-and-4-chapter-…
Twinkl template http://www.twinkl.co.nz/…/nz2-e-52323-year-3-and-4-chapter-…
13. MINECRAFT: Create one of the Imaginary Worlds at the Worm hospital. Be sure to add as much detail as you can.
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Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. What happened to Mrs Mulberry and Victoria?Did you feel sorry for them? Why or why not? How did they get out?
3. In what way was the welcome present gift that Mrs Mulberry had useful after all?
4. What did Ben and Pearl both promise to do? Did they keep the promise- why or why not?
5. What did Ben expect Doctor Woo to look like? Why was he surprised?
6. Why do you think Doctor Woo had an index finger missing? What possibly might have been the cause?
7. What did Doctor Woo decide to do with Ben and Pearl? What do you think they will get to do now?
8. What do you think the consequences could be for breaking the contract? Do you think Ben and Pearl will stick to the contract, why or why not?
9. Why do you think Ben and Pearl were asked to bring lots and lots of bandages? What might these be used for?
10. The story states that sometimes change is just what life needs and that change can be a very good thing. Do you like change? Do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer.
11. What did you think of this story? What rating out of 10 would you give this story?
Where do you think Doctor Woo came from?
Add your thoughts about the story.
Week 4 Term 3 - 14th-18th August: Chapters 15- 18
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
1. ART: Draw the gnome - before its head was knocked off - in Mrs Froot’s garden.
2. WRITE a story about an eerie forest using the story starter… Suddenly the creature darted under a thick bush, deep in the eerie forest…
3. WRITE your own phrases to quietly call a sasquatch to come and follow you. We have one.. ‘Here, sasquatchy, sasquatchy…’ How creative can you get?
4. WRITE new endings to ‘the overgrown path led to…
5. WRITE: Pretend you are a newspaper reporter and you’ve just heard that someone in your town has found a giant footprint. You grab your notebook, pen, and camera and hurry to your location. But when you get their you find something else...what?
6. HANDS ON/ I.C.T: Act out the scene where Ben and Petal try to get the sasquatch out of the Senior Center. Make a video of it.
7. RESEARCH the Sloth. Where does it live, what does it eat, what are its physical features, and present a fact profile.
8. MAKE some butterscotch or the homemade pudding using the recipe in the back of the book. Write a review of its taste.
9. MAKE a model of the forest with the path, Ben, Pearl and the sasquatch!
10. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: hydrant, clump, stench, torso, wedged, chunk,flailing, activate, riddled, plume, gigantic, whimpered, fungus.
11. FLIPGRID: Where do you think Doctor Woo came from? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIPGRID. https://flipgrid.com/w344ci6
12. MINECRAFT: Create the inside scene of the Buttonville Senior Center. Add as much of the detail in Chapter 16 as you can.
Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. Who was Mrs Froot and why did she not like Pearl Petal?
3. What was Maybell always hogging? What do you like to hog?
4. What did Mrs Froot accuse Pearl of doing? Do you think she was right? Why or why not?
5. Who was Aunt Milly and why did they need to act ‘natural’ in front of her?
6. Why did Pearl ask for a chocolate bar? Was she hungry? Who or what was it for?
7. What did Ben come face to face with under the table? How did he react? What would you do if you were Ben?
8. Why did everyone start talking at once? What had happened to confuse everyone in the Senior Center?
9. Why was the chocolate very handy to have? What happened when the chocolate ran out?
10.Do you think Mrs Mulberry and Victoria will discover them? Why or why not? What do you think will happen next in this story?
2. Who was Mrs Froot and why did she not like Pearl Petal?
3. What was Maybell always hogging? What do you like to hog?
4. What did Mrs Froot accuse Pearl of doing? Do you think she was right? Why or why not?
5. Who was Aunt Milly and why did they need to act ‘natural’ in front of her?
6. Why did Pearl ask for a chocolate bar? Was she hungry? Who or what was it for?
7. What did Ben come face to face with under the table? How did he react? What would you do if you were Ben?
8. Why did everyone start talking at once? What had happened to confuse everyone in the Senior Center?
9. Why was the chocolate very handy to have? What happened when the chocolate ran out?
10.Do you think Mrs Mulberry and Victoria will discover them? Why or why not? What do you think will happen next in this story?
CC 9 - Year 3 / 4 - Tasks and Questions
Week 3 Term 3 - 7-11th August: Chapters 10- 14
FLIPGRID: If you were hunting Sasquatch, what would you need in your equipment kit and why would you need it? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIPGRID.
https://flipgrid.com/w344ci6
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
1. ART: Draw the sasquatch. Add plenty of detail and colour! You may like to create a model or make it using a computer. Be sure to read the Creature Connection Sasquatch pages at the back of the book!
2. ART: Draw different types of footprints. A person, a cat, a dog, a bird- whatever you like- but be sure to include a sasquatch. Think about how the footprints compare in size and shape.
3. ART: Pretend you are a knight in shining armor and you are going to compete in a tournament. What will your flag look like? Create your own flag using an image of a wyvern. Remember it has two feet, instead of four! Add colour to your design.
3. ART: Pretend you are a knight in shining armor and you are going to compete in a tournament. What will your flag look like? Create your own flag using an image of a wyvern. Remember it has two feet, instead of four! Add colour to your design.
4. WRITE: Imagine that you found a wyvern hatchling on your bed and you decided to keep it. You’ve been feeding it table scraps and hiding it in your wardrobe, but one day you come home and discover...
5. RESEARCH Yiddish. Write a list of words or phrases in both Yiddish and English. Practise saying them in front of your classmates!
6. RESEARCH: Medieval stories from the known world called Wales. What stories about Wyverns can you find out about. Write a summary of one of these and draw the wyvern. Be sure to read the Creature Connection feature pages about the Wyvern at the back of your book!
7. RESEARCH the Loch Ness Monster. Where does it live? What does it look like? Why do people say it exists? When was the last reported sighting?
8. CREATE your own creature calculator like the one Mr Tabby has. List down the features of three of your own creatures. Be sure to give the statistics for Species, Breed, and age.
9. HANDS ON: Make your own Sasquatch Catching kit!
10. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: precautions, hatchling, arched, emerge, tweezers, wyvern, bothersome, feat,tuft, chores.
12. FLIPGRID: If you were hunting Sasquatch, what would you need in your equipment kit and why would you need it? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIPGRID. https://flipgrid.com/w344ci6
13. MINECRAFT: Create the stampede of squirrels using Minecraft.
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Twitter Chat Questions:
Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. Why did they have to take precautions with the hatchling?
3. The bat was really a wyvern. What is a wyvern?
4. Why was Ben surprised to hear Mr Tabby’s views about cats? 5. What do you think about cats?
6. Why are creatures from the Imaginary World not allowed to live in the Known World? What do you think would happen if a creature escaped into the Known world?
7. Why was Mr Tabby angry with Ben? What did he do?
8. Why was the Sasquatch in the Worm hospital?
9. What happened when Pearl blew the whistle? What do sasquatch like doing/eating?
10. What had happened to all the red and green garbage waste?
11. Where do you think the scream has come from? Are you enjoying the story so far?
2. Why did they have to take precautions with the hatchling?
3. The bat was really a wyvern. What is a wyvern?
4. Why was Ben surprised to hear Mr Tabby’s views about cats? 5. What do you think about cats?
6. Why are creatures from the Imaginary World not allowed to live in the Known World? What do you think would happen if a creature escaped into the Known world?
7. Why was Mr Tabby angry with Ben? What did he do?
8. Why was the Sasquatch in the Worm hospital?
9. What happened when Pearl blew the whistle? What do sasquatch like doing/eating?
10. What had happened to all the red and green garbage waste?
11. Where do you think the scream has come from? Are you enjoying the story so far?
Ben dreamed of doing many things. What is one thing you dream of doing? Add your thoughts about the question to this FLIPGRID
CC 9 - Year 3 / 4 -Week 2 Term 3 - 31st July - 4th August: Chapters 5- 9
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
1. ART: Draw the dragon hatchling.
2. DESIGN a kiwi flavoured jelly bean and list its features/special features.
3. RESEARCH: Investigate why the 4th July is an important date in America. What is its historical importance?
4. WRITE: your own recipe for artificial dragon’s milk. Then do the hands on activity in Task 7.
5. WRITE: Imagine you are a baby dragon , just emerging from the shell. What does it feel like to break through the shell? What does the world look like? What is the first thing you do?
6. HANDS ON: Make a model of Snooze’s home. Construct the things inside his cage.
7. HANDS ON: Use the recipe you wrote for task 2 to make a bottle of artificial dragon’s milk. Design a label on the front detailing product name and what the product is useful for. Be sure to read the Science Connection pages about Dragon’s Milk at the back of the book!
8. MATHS: Giving directions. Using the map of buttonville at the front of the book, give directions using clockwise and anti clockwise turns, ¼ turn, ¾ turn, etc and use a scale of 1cm = 100 metres or 1 cm= 1 km for these...Dollar store to the gas station, Buttonville Senior center to bowling alley, Grandpa’s house to Petal’s apartment, Grandpa’s house to the town hall…You could make up other directions as well.
9. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: aisles, bologna, vaporized, budge, relinquish, hatchling, sidewalk, quivered,iris, twitch.
10. FLIPGRID: Ben dreamed of doing many things. What is one thing you dream of doing? Add your thoughts about the question to this FLIPGRID. https://flipgrid.com/f0b0c9
11. I.C.T: Create the sign on the gate of the old button factory.
12. MINECRAFT: Create the old button factory. Try to add as much detail as possible. OR create the dragon’s lair on top of the old button factory.
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Twitter Chat Questions:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.1.
2. Why might the man have needed two thousand boxes of kiwi flavoured jelly beans?
3. If the recipe was not for the worms, who might it be for?
4. Who was Barnaby and what did Ben think of him?
5. Why was Ben certain that the creature Barnaby brought in was not a bat?
6. How did Ben feel now about the boring town of Buttonville? Why?
7. Why do you think Ben needed the help of Pearl Petal?
8. Why did Ben think the old Button Factory was haunted?
9. Ben signed the piece of paper. Do you think this was a good idea? Explain your answer.
10. What do you think will happen when they enter the identification room?
The Sasquatch Escape
What do you think of the story so far? Add your thoughts about the story to this Flip Grid
The Sasquatch Escape
CC 9
Year 3 / 4 Week 1 Term 3
Chapters 1- 4
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
1. PRE-READ ACTIVITY - Before you start reading the book The Sasquatch Escape’ by Suzanne Selfors.
2. ART TASK: Draw the dragon that Ben believes he saw in Chapter 1. Add as much detail as you can. You could design it using Paint.
3. DESIGN a new sign for the town of Buttonville.
4. WRITING TASKS: Write a menu for the week’s Pudding day. What will be on the menu? Add some illustrations to make your menu presentable.
5. WRITE your own creative ending to, The real reason Ben had short hair was because’... and ‘Ben couldn’t do his Math homework because’...
6. RESEARCH TASKS: Find about the California Condor. Draw it and present some facts.
7. CONTRIBUTE to a Venn diagram detailing key facts about Hamsters and mice and any similarities.
8. HANDS ON: Create your own model of one of the shops in Buttonville, It might be one already there or perhaps one of the shops that closed down.
9. MAKE one of the puddings that would have been eaten on Pudding day. Have a tasting session. Write a review about it’s taste, etc.
10. VOCABULARY: Find the meaning of the following words: errands, prowl, gigantic, porch, embroidered, glimpse.
11. FLIPGRID: What do you think of the story so far? Add your thoughts about the story to this FLIPGRID. https://flipgrid.com/2df182
12. I.C.T: Make your own Kahoot on the story so far. Add to it as you read the book.
13. MINECRAFT: Create the town of Buttonville. Add as much detail as you can!
Twitter Chat Questions Week 1:
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. Why was Ben sent away on holiday with his grandpa?
3. Why did the button factory close down?
4. Would you like to stay with Grandpa Abe? Why or why not?
5. Why did Ben wish that he was a hamster at times? Would you like to be a hamster? Why or why not?
6. Do you think dragons are real? Why or why not?
7. Why did Grandpa Abe refer to Pearl as a troublemaker? Do you think she is a troublemaker? Why or why not?
8. Would you like to have a holiday in Buttonville? Explain why or why not.
9. Where does Pearl’s family live? Would you like to live there?
10. Do you think the summer will be long and uneventful? What might happen next?
2. Why was Ben sent away on holiday with his grandpa?
3. Why did the button factory close down?
4. Would you like to stay with Grandpa Abe? Why or why not?
5. Why did Ben wish that he was a hamster at times? Would you like to be a hamster? Why or why not?
6. Do you think dragons are real? Why or why not?
7. Why did Grandpa Abe refer to Pearl as a troublemaker? Do you think she is a troublemaker? Why or why not?
8. Would you like to have a holiday in Buttonville? Explain why or why not.
9. Where does Pearl’s family live? Would you like to live there?
10. Do you think the summer will be long and uneventful? What might happen next?
Chapter Chat 8 Year 3/4 Week 6 Tasks and Questions
5th June – 9th June
Chapters 19-21
The Practice - A New Home
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
ART TASK:
Draw Matilda making the chalk write on the blackboard.
Draw Matilda making the chalk write on the blackboard.
WRITING TASKS:
2. Mr and Mrs Wormwood have written a postcard to Matilda and Miss Honey now that they are safely in another country. What do they say in the postcard?
3. Do you think Matilda was right to scare Miss Trunchbull at the end of the novel? Write reasons for and against scaring Miss Trunchbull.
4. Pretend that you have been selected to write a sequel to this story. Write a short summary of the sequel. Include information about the sequel’s plot, setting and main characters.
5. Matilda practises her special powers before 'the third miracule'. Write about what you have had to practice in order to get better at.
2. Mr and Mrs Wormwood have written a postcard to Matilda and Miss Honey now that they are safely in another country. What do they say in the postcard?
3. Do you think Matilda was right to scare Miss Trunchbull at the end of the novel? Write reasons for and against scaring Miss Trunchbull.
4. Pretend that you have been selected to write a sequel to this story. Write a short summary of the sequel. Include information about the sequel’s plot, setting and main characters.
5. Matilda practises her special powers before 'the third miracule'. Write about what you have had to practice in order to get better at.
HANDS ON TASKS:
6. Group or independent activity. Each child takes on a role. These can be: - The Judge. - The Jury (12 children.) - The defendant: Mr Wormwood. - Mr Wormwood’s lawyer. - The witnesses to give statements: Miss Honey, Matilda, Michael. - Other characters as necessary – car dealers, buyers, car thieves, and so on. • The children representing characters prepare statements and arguments. The Judge and Jury prepare questions to ask each character. Run the court case scene through improvisation. The Jury give their verdict. Take a photo or video it!
6. Group or independent activity. Each child takes on a role. These can be: - The Judge. - The Jury (12 children.) - The defendant: Mr Wormwood. - Mr Wormwood’s lawyer. - The witnesses to give statements: Miss Honey, Matilda, Michael. - Other characters as necessary – car dealers, buyers, car thieves, and so on. • The children representing characters prepare statements and arguments. The Judge and Jury prepare questions to ask each character. Run the court case scene through improvisation. The Jury give their verdict. Take a photo or video it!
7. Watch this video broadcast with Quentin Blake (the illustrator of the images in this story) which gives information about his life and his work. Can you draw pictures in a similar style to him?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conte=748&v=NBmOZb37eww inu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conte=748&v=NBmOZb37eww inu
8. VOCABULARY TASK: Define the meaning of the following words from the text: ethereal, summon, colossal, apprehensive, impertinent, blithering, flustered, mangled, hysterical, shrill, matron, enquire, solicitors. lousy, stowing, consent.
I.C.T TASKS:
9. A detective visits Miss Honey’s house one day to interview her in connection with the mysterious disappearance of the Wormwood family, except for their daughter, Matilda. In groups, role play the interview. What will happen next? Will Matilda cover for her father or tell the truth? Take a photo or video it!
9. A detective visits Miss Honey’s house one day to interview her in connection with the mysterious disappearance of the Wormwood family, except for their daughter, Matilda. In groups, role play the interview. What will happen next? Will Matilda cover for her father or tell the truth? Take a photo or video it!
10. MINE CRAFT TASK - Create the final scene where the parents leave and Matilda is with Miss Honey. Add as much detail as possible!
BONUS TASK ** Watch the DVD of Matilda and eat popcorn! Compare the book with the movie version. Which version do you prefer? Why? Take a photo of your class watching the DVD and tweet it to Chapter Chat.
Note: The musical ‘Matilda’ is coming to Auckland in Term 3. Information has already been sent out regarding ticket prices, etc.
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. Where are Matilda’s family when she returns?
3. What could Matilda make happen in her room?
4. Why do you think Matilda spends so much time practising her magic?
5. What does Miss Trunchbull test the class on when she visits on Thursday?
6. What are the themes in this story? Why do you think the author wrote Matilda?
7. Do you think anything will change as a result of Matilda’s miracle? Explain your answer.
8. Why did Matilda’s parents want to leave for Spain?
9. If you were in Miss Honey’s position would you want to look after Matilda? Explain your answer.
10. How do you think Matilda’s life will change when she lives with Miss Honey?
11. Did you like the ending of the novel? Give reasons for your answer.
2. Where are Matilda’s family when she returns?
3. What could Matilda make happen in her room?
4. Why do you think Matilda spends so much time practising her magic?
5. What does Miss Trunchbull test the class on when she visits on Thursday?
6. What are the themes in this story? Why do you think the author wrote Matilda?
7. Do you think anything will change as a result of Matilda’s miracle? Explain your answer.
8. Why did Matilda’s parents want to leave for Spain?
9. If you were in Miss Honey’s position would you want to look after Matilda? Explain your answer.
10. How do you think Matilda’s life will change when she lives with Miss Honey?
11. Did you like the ending of the novel? Give reasons for your answer.
Chapter Chat 8 - Y3/4 - W5: Tasks and Questions
29th May – 2nd June
Chapters 16-18
Miss Honey’s Cottage - The Names
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
Twinkl Tasks: http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/nz2-e-152-miss-honeys-cottage-activity-to-support-teaching-on-chapter-16-of-matilda
Twinkl Tasks: http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/nz2-e-152-miss-honeys-cottage-activity-to-support-teaching-on-chapter-16-of-matilda
ART TASK:
- Draw an illustration of Miss Honey's cottage, using the description in the book. Describe her house in a sentence or two underneath.
RESEARCH TASKS:
2. The class can investigate the life of Roald Dahl from a historical perspective. For example, they can create timelines and fortune lines, examine what changed in his life and the causes of change, etc.
3. Lots of miracles occur when Matilda is around. Find out what we mean by 'miracle'. If you could make a miracle occur, what would it be?
WRITING TASKS:
4. Write Miss Honey’s diary entry for the day, explaining her reflections on what has happened. How does she feel about Matilda’s special power? How does she feel about Miss Trunchbull and life in Crunchem Primary School?
5. Create a set of class rules for when Miss Honey is teaching. Can you create a set for when Miss Trunchbull comes to teach?
HANDS ON TASK:
6. Make a ‘favourite word’ collage using words from the story.
7. VOCABULARY TASK: Define the meaning of the following words from the text:gush, phenomenon, precocious, conceit, glimmer, bemused, hearth, delicacy, rouse.
8. Watch the trailer for the musical version of Matilda. Could you compose a song for part of the story?
9. MINE CRAFT TASK - Create the village in which Miss Honey lives. Add as much detail as possible!
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS:
- Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
- What do Matilda and Miss Honey pass as they walk through the village?
- Why does Miss Honey want to be cautious about Matilda’s powers?
- Why is Miss Honey poor?
- What might be the huge thing that Matilda would love to try?
- How did Miss Honey come to live with her aunt?
- What effect did living with her aunt have on Miss Honey?
- What is the interesting thing about who Miss Honey’s aunt is?
- What promise does Matilda make to Miss Honey?
- Do you think Miss Honey is worried about what Matilda might do? Give a reason for your answer
Chapter Chat 8 - Y3/4 - W4: Tasks and Questions
22nd May – 26th May
Chapters 12-15
Lavender - The Second Miracle
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
TWINKL TASKS:
http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/cs-56269-years-3-and-4-chapter-chat-chapters-12-15
ART TASKS:
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Draw a newt, that lived in the muddy pond at the bottom of Lavender’s garden. Write one fact about what Newts are or do alongside your picture. Add colour.
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Draw a picture or make a storyboard showing your special power taking hold.
RESEARCH TASK:
3. Research the Battle of Waterloo. What was it and when did it happen? Why?
WRITING TASKS:
4. Miss Trunchbull uses many unpleasant terms to describe children such as ‘foul carbuncle’, ‘nauseating little warts’ and ‘ignorant little slug’. Make a list of ten such terms and then generate positive phrases in their place. For example ‘poisonous little pockmark’ could be transformed into ‘pretty little peach’. Children could use dictionaries and thesauruses to expand their vocabulary.
5. Nigel learns how to spell ‘difficulty’ using a mnemonic. A mnemonic is any technique that helps us remember information. Model and scaffold how to make a mnemonic to remember how to spell Miss Trunchbull. Make an acrostic of letters of her name to describe her. For example: Miss Trunchbull is Truly, Really, Unbelievably Not Capable, Having Bullied Us Little Losers! Make some for: Miss Trunchbull, Matilda, Miss Honey, Mr and Mrs Wormwood and others such as Lavender or Bruce Bogtrotter
6. Compare Miss Honey with Miss Trunchbull. Which words do you choose for each?
I.C.T TASK:
7. Make a movie of a story in which you have a special power. What do you do? What happens?
HANDS ON TASKS:
8. In groups, discuss these questions: - If you could have a special power, what would it be? - What would you be able to do? - When could you use it? - How could you use your special power to help people? - How can you discover your special power? Pairs or individuals come up and mime a special power without speaking. The rest of the class can guess what the power is.
9. VOCABULARY TASK: Define the meaning of the following words from the text: satchel, deed, distaste, expel, diabolical, aloft, squirming, plummeted, scalp, pantomime, insolence, indelible. bane, vile. serenity, vouch.
10. MINECRAFT TASK - Create what the Chokey would look like using Minecraft. Add as much detail as possible!
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS
- Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
- What is Lavender’s plan to get back at Miss Trunchbull for being a mean headmistress?
- What did Miss Trunchbull always need before teaching
- any lesson? Why?
- How does Miss Honey teach her class to spell long words?
- Do you think Miss Trunchbull’s way of teaching children is a good way? Why/Why not?
- Why did the Trunchbull call Mr Wormwood a crook?
- What is Miss Trunchbull’s idea of a perfect school? What is wrong with this view?
- What was the amazing thing that Matilda could do with her eyes?
- How does Matilda shock Miss Honey? Why do you think Miss Honey invites Matilda to her home?
- What do you think of the story so far? What do you think will happen next?
22nd May – 26th May
Chapters 12-15
Lavender - The Second Miracle
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
TWINKL TASKS:
http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/cs-56269-years-3-and-4-chapter-chat-chapters-12-15
ART TASKS:
http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/cs-56269-years-3-and-4-chapter-chat-chapters-12-15
ART TASKS:
- Draw a newt, that lived in the muddy pond at the bottom of Lavender’s garden. Write one fact about what Newts are or do alongside your picture. Add colour.
- Draw a picture or make a storyboard showing your special power taking hold.
RESEARCH TASK:
3. Research the Battle of Waterloo. What was it and when did it happen? Why?
WRITING TASKS:
4. Miss Trunchbull uses many unpleasant terms to describe children such as ‘foul carbuncle’, ‘nauseating little warts’ and ‘ignorant little slug’. Make a list of ten such terms and then generate positive phrases in their place. For example ‘poisonous little pockmark’ could be transformed into ‘pretty little peach’. Children could use dictionaries and thesauruses to expand their vocabulary.
5. Nigel learns how to spell ‘difficulty’ using a mnemonic. A mnemonic is any technique that helps us remember information. Model and scaffold how to make a mnemonic to remember how to spell Miss Trunchbull. Make an acrostic of letters of her name to describe her. For example: Miss Trunchbull is Truly, Really, Unbelievably Not Capable, Having Bullied Us Little Losers! Make some for: Miss Trunchbull, Matilda, Miss Honey, Mr and Mrs Wormwood and others such as Lavender or Bruce Bogtrotter
6. Compare Miss Honey with Miss Trunchbull. Which words do you choose for each?
I.C.T TASK:
7. Make a movie of a story in which you have a special power. What do you do? What happens?
HANDS ON TASKS:
8. In groups, discuss these questions: - If you could have a special power, what would it be? - What would you be able to do? - When could you use it? - How could you use your special power to help people? - How can you discover your special power? Pairs or individuals come up and mime a special power without speaking. The rest of the class can guess what the power is.
9. VOCABULARY TASK: Define the meaning of the following words from the text: satchel, deed, distaste, expel, diabolical, aloft, squirming, plummeted, scalp, pantomime, insolence, indelible. bane, vile. serenity, vouch.
10. MINECRAFT TASK - Create what the Chokey would look like using Minecraft. Add as much detail as possible!
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS
- Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
- What is Lavender’s plan to get back at Miss Trunchbull for being a mean headmistress?
- What did Miss Trunchbull always need before teaching
- any lesson? Why?
- How does Miss Honey teach her class to spell long words?
- Do you think Miss Trunchbull’s way of teaching children is a good way? Why/Why not?
- Why did the Trunchbull call Mr Wormwood a crook?
- What is Miss Trunchbull’s idea of a perfect school? What is wrong with this view?
- What was the amazing thing that Matilda could do with her eyes?
- How does Matilda shock Miss Honey? Why do you think Miss Honey invites Matilda to her home?
- What do you think of the story so far? What do you think will happen next?
Chapter Chat 8 - Y3/4 - W3: Tasks and Questions
15th May – 19th May
Chapters 8-11
The Trunchbull - Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
ART TASKS:
1. Draw Mrs Trunchbull based on what you have read about her. Check out the description of her in the chapter called ‘The Trunchbull’.
RESEARCH TASK:
2. Miss Honey describes Matilda as a 'genius'. Find out about other people who have been called a 'genius' throughout history. What were they famous for? What did they achieve in their lives?
3. NUMERACY:
WRITING TASKS:
4. In pairs, the children design both a good and a bad teacher. The teacher must have:
- A simile to describe the way they walk or stand;
- A simile to describe the way they look;
- A simile to describe the way students act when near the teacher;
- An appropriate name that reflects his or her personality.
Groups introduce their good and bad teachers to the rest of the class.
5. Can you write a character for a nice teacher (like Miss Honey) and an unkind teacher
6. Could you write a letter from Miss Honey to the parents explaining what she was trying to tell them?
7. Write a recipe for the chocolate cake that Bruce Bogtrotter was forced to eat in front of the school.
8. Matilda reads a limerick out loud to her class. Find out how about limericks, explore different examples and try to write your own.
9. Miss Honey vs. The Trunchbull Use Venn diagrams to compare and contrast Miss Honey with the Trunchbull.
HANDS ON TASKS:
10. In groups make a movie showing the scene with Miss Trunchbull walking down the line. What happens next?
11. Miss Trunchbull once threw the hammer in the Olympics. Can you practise your throwing skills? Take a photo.
12. Draw a liquorice Allsort. Can you make them, what do they taste like?
13. Make a cartoon strip demonstrating Bruce Bogtrotter eating the cake, showing what fractions and/or percentages he has eaten.
14. I.C.T TASK: Use the Puppet Pals app to roleplay a scene in which the good and bad teachers both meet. Why have they met? What will they talk about? What problem will they argue about? How will the scene end?
15. VOCABULARY TASK: Define the meaning of some or all of the following words from the text: possessed, formidable, brogues, scowling, piffle, twerp, viper, emerged, inconvenient, briskly, daft, astonishing, rugged, borstal, loathes, enthralled, skulduggery, casualties, blancmange, apprehension, forbade
MINECRAFT TASK - Draw Matilda’s house on Minecraft and add as much detail as possible!
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. Do you think Matilda’s parents are aware that she is a genius? Why/Why not?
3. What kind of clothing does Miss Trunchbull wear?
4. How does Miss Trunchbull know Matilda’s father?
5. Why do you think Miss Trunchbull got the job of headmistress?
6. What does Miss Honey do to help Matilda learn more?
7. Do you think that looks are more important than books? Why/Why not?
8. What is the Trunchbull’s ‘great secret’? Why is it so effective with everyone?9. If you were Miss Honey, would you say or do anything differently to try to make Matilda’s parents understand? Explain what you would have done.
10. How was Bruce Bogtrotter able to eat the whole cake? What do you think will happen next in the story?
Chapter Chat 8 Year 3/4 Week 2 Tasks and Questions
Week 2- 8th May – 12th May
Chapters 4-7
The Ghost - Miss Honey
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
ART TASK:
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Draw Chopper the parrot. Write some of the words the parrot says to go with your picture.
RESEARCH TASK:
2. What can you find out about parrots? Where do they live? What do they eat? Make a presentation on your findings.
WRITING TASK:
3. Independently, the children write a piece from the point of view of the parrot. Use thesauri to widen vocabulary.
HANDS ON TASKS:
4. In groups, make a TV advert to try to sell a car that is in a very bad state!
5. Make up your own bottle of ‘PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR DYE EXTRA STRONG’ and put a label on the front.
6. In groups, act out the scene between Matilda, Matilda’s family, and the voice of the parrot. Video it.
7. Hold a TV chat show in which Mr Wormwood, Mrs Wormwood, Matilda and Michael come on set to meet the host. Discuss the contentious issue of Mr Wormwood’s dodgy deals. The rest of the class can be the audience, posing questions to Mr Wormwood. Video it!
8. VOCABULARY TASK: Define the meaning of the following words from the text: irritable, ghastly, infuriated, seized, brandishing, shrieked, throttling, honourable, obliged, glistening, devouring.quivering, quivery, prodigy.
9. NUMERACY: Solve some problems like in the story - car no 4 cost 86 pounds and sold for 699 pounds. Work out the profit. Make up similar problems.
10. Miss Honey expects the children to know their two times table by the end of Matilda's first week. Can you think of tricks / strategies to help learn them? Can you think of tips to help her learn the other tables? Make a poster which teaches the multiplication tables to people who read it.
11. MINECRAFT TASK - Create Crunchem Hall Primary school. Add as much detail as possible!
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS
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Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
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What do you think arithmetic might have to do with this story?
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What book is Matilda reading when her father comes home from work?
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Do you think Matilda’s plan is a good plan? Why/Why not?
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Why is Matilda so incredible with multiplication? Why is Miss Honey amazed?
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Why does Matilda’s father think she is a cheat?
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Would you like to have Matilda as a sister? Why/Why not?
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What was Miss Trunchbull like? Would you like her as your Principal? Why or why not?
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Do you agree with Matilda that all children’s books should be funny? Give a reason for your answer.
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Do you remember your first day at school? Was it a pleasant experience? Why/Why not?
Chapters 8-11
The Trunchbull - Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
ART TASKS:
ART TASKS:
1. Draw Mrs Trunchbull based on what you have read about her. Check out the description of her in the chapter called ‘The Trunchbull’.
RESEARCH TASK:
2. Miss Honey describes Matilda as a 'genius'. Find out about other people who have been called a 'genius' throughout history. What were they famous for? What did they achieve in their lives?
3. NUMERACY:
WRITING TASKS:
4. In pairs, the children design both a good and a bad teacher. The teacher must have:
- A simile to describe the way they walk or stand;
- A simile to describe the way they look;
- A simile to describe the way students act when near the teacher;
- An appropriate name that reflects his or her personality.
Groups introduce their good and bad teachers to the rest of the class.
5. Can you write a character for a nice teacher (like Miss Honey) and an unkind teacher
6. Could you write a letter from Miss Honey to the parents explaining what she was trying to tell them?
7. Write a recipe for the chocolate cake that Bruce Bogtrotter was forced to eat in front of the school.
8. Matilda reads a limerick out loud to her class. Find out how about limericks, explore different examples and try to write your own.
9. Miss Honey vs. The Trunchbull Use Venn diagrams to compare and contrast Miss Honey with the Trunchbull.
HANDS ON TASKS:
10. In groups make a movie showing the scene with Miss Trunchbull walking down the line. What happens next?
11. Miss Trunchbull once threw the hammer in the Olympics. Can you practise your throwing skills? Take a photo.
12. Draw a liquorice Allsort. Can you make them, what do they taste like?
13. Make a cartoon strip demonstrating Bruce Bogtrotter eating the cake, showing what fractions and/or percentages he has eaten.
14. I.C.T TASK: Use the Puppet Pals app to roleplay a scene in which the good and bad teachers both meet. Why have they met? What will they talk about? What problem will they argue about? How will the scene end?
15. VOCABULARY TASK: Define the meaning of some or all of the following words from the text: possessed, formidable, brogues, scowling, piffle, twerp, viper, emerged, inconvenient, briskly, daft, astonishing, rugged, borstal, loathes, enthralled, skulduggery, casualties, blancmange, apprehension, forbade
MINECRAFT TASK - Draw Matilda’s house on Minecraft and add as much detail as possible!
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS
1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
2. Do you think Matilda’s parents are aware that she is a genius? Why/Why not?
3. What kind of clothing does Miss Trunchbull wear?
4. How does Miss Trunchbull know Matilda’s father?
5. Why do you think Miss Trunchbull got the job of headmistress?
6. What does Miss Honey do to help Matilda learn more?
7. Do you think that looks are more important than books? Why/Why not?
8. What is the Trunchbull’s ‘great secret’? Why is it so effective with everyone?9. If you were Miss Honey, would you say or do anything differently to try to make Matilda’s parents understand? Explain what you would have done.
10. How was Bruce Bogtrotter able to eat the whole cake? What do you think will happen next in the story?
Chapter Chat 8 Year 3/4 Week 2 Tasks and Questions
Week 2- 8th May – 12th May
Chapters 4-7
The Ghost - Miss Honey
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
ART TASK:
- Draw Chopper the parrot. Write some of the words the parrot says to go with your picture.
RESEARCH TASK:
2. What can you find out about parrots? Where do they live? What do they eat? Make a presentation on your findings.
WRITING TASK:
3. Independently, the children write a piece from the point of view of the parrot. Use thesauri to widen vocabulary.
HANDS ON TASKS:
4. In groups, make a TV advert to try to sell a car that is in a very bad state!
5. Make up your own bottle of ‘PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR DYE EXTRA STRONG’ and put a label on the front.
6. In groups, act out the scene between Matilda, Matilda’s family, and the voice of the parrot. Video it.
7. Hold a TV chat show in which Mr Wormwood, Mrs Wormwood, Matilda and Michael come on set to meet the host. Discuss the contentious issue of Mr Wormwood’s dodgy deals. The rest of the class can be the audience, posing questions to Mr Wormwood. Video it!
8. VOCABULARY TASK: Define the meaning of the following words from the text: irritable, ghastly, infuriated, seized, brandishing, shrieked, throttling, honourable, obliged, glistening, devouring.quivering, quivery, prodigy.
9. NUMERACY: Solve some problems like in the story - car no 4 cost 86 pounds and sold for 699 pounds. Work out the profit. Make up similar problems.
10. Miss Honey expects the children to know their two times table by the end of Matilda's first week. Can you think of tricks / strategies to help learn them? Can you think of tips to help her learn the other tables? Make a poster which teaches the multiplication tables to people who read it.
11. MINECRAFT TASK - Create Crunchem Hall Primary school. Add as much detail as possible!
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS
- Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
- What do you think arithmetic might have to do with this story?
- What book is Matilda reading when her father comes home from work?
- Do you think Matilda’s plan is a good plan? Why/Why not?
- Why is Matilda so incredible with multiplication? Why is Miss Honey amazed?
- Why does Matilda’s father think she is a cheat?
- Would you like to have Matilda as a sister? Why/Why not?
- What was Miss Trunchbull like? Would you like her as your Principal? Why or why not?
- Do you agree with Matilda that all children’s books should be funny? Give a reason for your answer.
- Do you remember your first day at school? Was it a pleasant experience? Why/Why not?
Chapter Chat 8 - Y3/4 - W1: Tasks and Questions
Chapter Chat 8 Year 3/4 Week 1 Tasks and Questions
Week 1- 1st May – 5th May
Chapters 1-3
The Reader of Books - The Hat and the Superglue
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
ART TASKS:
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Draw Matilda in one of her new worlds she travels to when reading a book - e.g on the olden sailing ship, in Africa or in India. What will you draw with her?
RESEARCH TASKS:
2. Research facts about a chosen country from the given continent and create a presentation to the class.
3. Matilda reads 'The Secret Garden', 'Great Expectations' and many other famous books. Can you find out more about these stories and their authors?
4. WRITING TASK: Matilda loves reading. What is your favourite book? Could you write a review of it to tell other people about it?
5. HANDS ON TASKS: Make a picture book story about your country or a country of your choice.
6. The story begins with school reports about different children. Write your own school report or a report for another imaginary child?
7. Pretend you have a hat stuck to your head all day. Can you last all day with it on? Write about the experience or take a photo!
8. Matilda visits the library regularly to find new books to read. Visit your school or local library and see what services it offers. Make a poster to advertise your library?
9. VOCABULARY TASK: Define the meaning of the following words from the text: genius, twaddle, delve, nimble, gormless, mooch, diddled, tremendous, platinum
10. SCIENCE: Mr Wormwood gets a hat stuck on his head with Superglue. Find out about glue and how it works. Investigate different types of glue and the materials that they are best for sticking together. Record your findings.
11. Mr Wormwood is a car salesman. Make up a guide book containing his secrets (and some extras) to selling used cars. What creative ways can you think of?
12. Play a game of Bingo - the game Mrs Wormwood plays. Take a photo of it.
13. MINECRAFT TASK - Create Matilda reading books in the library. Add as much detail as possible!
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS
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Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
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How is Matilda different to other children?
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What does Matilda do on afternoons when she is left alone at home?
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What is Matilda’s favourite book from the children’s section of the library?
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Why does Matilda read so many books, do you think? Give at least two reasons.
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If you were to recommend a book to Matilda what book would it be? Explain your answer.
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What does Mr Wormwood do that Matilda thinks is dishonest?
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What sort of dinners do the family eat?
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How does the hat effect Matilda’s father’s sleep?
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Do you think Matilda’s father deserves what happens to him? Do you like the story so far?
Week 5- 13th - 17th March
TASKS- Choose from any of the following:
Chapter Chat 8 Year 3/4 Week 1 Tasks and Questions
Week 1- 1st May – 5th May
Chapters 1-3
The Reader of Books - The Hat and the Superglue
TASKS - Choose from any of the following:
ART TASKS:
- Draw Matilda in one of her new worlds she travels to when reading a book - e.g on the olden sailing ship, in Africa or in India. What will you draw with her?
RESEARCH TASKS:
2. Research facts about a chosen country from the given continent and create a presentation to the class.
3. Matilda reads 'The Secret Garden', 'Great Expectations' and many other famous books. Can you find out more about these stories and their authors?
4. WRITING TASK: Matilda loves reading. What is your favourite book? Could you write a review of it to tell other people about it?
5. HANDS ON TASKS: Make a picture book story about your country or a country of your choice.
6. The story begins with school reports about different children. Write your own school report or a report for another imaginary child?
7. Pretend you have a hat stuck to your head all day. Can you last all day with it on? Write about the experience or take a photo!
8. Matilda visits the library regularly to find new books to read. Visit your school or local library and see what services it offers. Make a poster to advertise your library?
9. VOCABULARY TASK: Define the meaning of the following words from the text: genius, twaddle, delve, nimble, gormless, mooch, diddled, tremendous, platinum
10. SCIENCE: Mr Wormwood gets a hat stuck on his head with Superglue. Find out about glue and how it works. Investigate different types of glue and the materials that they are best for sticking together. Record your findings.
11. Mr Wormwood is a car salesman. Make up a guide book containing his secrets (and some extras) to selling used cars. What creative ways can you think of?
12. Play a game of Bingo - the game Mrs Wormwood plays. Take a photo of it.
13. MINECRAFT TASK - Create Matilda reading books in the library. Add as much detail as possible!
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS
- Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week? Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.
- How is Matilda different to other children?
- What does Matilda do on afternoons when she is left alone at home?
- What is Matilda’s favourite book from the children’s section of the library?
- Why does Matilda read so many books, do you think? Give at least two reasons.
- If you were to recommend a book to Matilda what book would it be? Explain your answer.
- What does Mr Wormwood do that Matilda thinks is dishonest?
- What sort of dinners do the family eat?
- How does the hat effect Matilda’s father’s sleep?
- Do you think Matilda’s father deserves what happens to him? Do you like the story so far?
Week 5- 13th - 17th March
1. RESEARCH: Investigate castle coat of arms. Draw what you think the Glower coat of arms might look like.
3. HANDS ON TASKS: Make a diorama about the story so far!
4. Make the black bottle that Prince Khelsh pulled out of his robe and put the instructions on the front.
5. Plan a practical joke that you could carry out on someone. Either write it down or make a short video acting it out
MINECRAFT TASK: Create something from the book on MINECRAFT! Write in words underneath what it is and take a good picture of it.
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS Week 5
2. What were Lulath’s rooms like when Celie inspected them? What or who did Lulath refer to as ‘my babies’?
3. What scared Khelsh off when he started arguing with Lulath? Were you scared? Why or why not?
4. The children hatched a sneaky plan. What did they plan to do to the clothes of Khelsh, Emissary and Lord Feen?
5. What colour clothing did most of the councilors wear? Do you like this colour? Why or why not?
6. What was Celie planning on doing with the manure?
7. What would the chamber pots be used for? What did Khelsh do with the dust and small black bottle that upset Celie?
8. What was to be used to check the corners of the corridors?
9. How did Celie and Lilah get stuck in the tower? How did Celie plan to get out of the tower and with what?
10. What do you think Celie and Lilah will do when they get out of the spyglass tower? What do you think will happen next?
Chapter Chat 7 - Year 3/4 - W4 Tasks & Questions
Week 4 - 6th - 10th March - Chapters 13-16
TASKS- Choose from any of the following:
1. Draw Rufus, Celie’s stuffed cloth lion that she had had as a baby.
2. Make a movie recreating the coronation scene of Rolf, the new King Glower the eightieth.
3. HANDS ON TASKS: Make some hard biscuits, like the ones Celie eats in the spyglass tower. Bring them into school for everyone to try if they dare! Make an advert for them.
4. Make a model or draw a picture detailing some of the rooms and secret passages in the castle. Add some labels or descriptions to the rooms or passageways.
5. Make/create/design your own spyglass.
6. WRITING TASK: Write a comic strip or story with speech marks, detailing the possible conversation that might have been going on in the throne room between the Council, Prince Kelsh and Rolf.
7. Design the paper that Rolf was being asked to sign.
8. VOCABULARY TASK: Find the meaning for the following words: emissary pg96, commoners pg97, baffled pg99, grimaced pg103, impatient pg103, auras pg104, treason pg117, ambush pg117, burly pg117, squeamish pg117, furrowed pg121, persisted pg124, gristle pg127, shriek pg128, ineffectually pg130, lackeys pg134.
MINECRAFT TASK: Design the room that Prince Lulath lives in. Or alternatively design the throne room.
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS
1. Can you please share any tasks you have completed this week. Try and leave a comment on someone else's creation.
2. Rolf gave feathers as a present to the cook. Do you think this was a good reward? Why or why not?
3. Celie wondered what made Castle Glower so special. What do you think makes the castle so special?
4. Pogue returned with his news. Was it good or bad? What was the news?
5. The trail disappeared not far from the ambush sight. If the king, Queen and Bran were alive where do you think they might be?
6. Rolf announced that his parents were still alive. Do you think that was a good decision? Why or why not?
7. What was the only food that Celie and Lilah could eat in the spyglass tower? What was the terrible new thing that Prince Khelsh had done?
8. Who did Celie want to spy on next? Why?
9. How did everyone find out the news that their parents were alive, who would have spread the news around? What did the castle think of Lulath? How do you know?
10. Why do you think Lulath was happy to see Celie? What do you think is going to happen next?
Week 3
27th February - 3rd March
TASKS- Choose from any of the following:
3. Write Who am I clues for the characters in the story so far.
Week 4 - 6th - 10th March - Chapters 13-16
TASKS- Choose from any of the following:
1. Draw Rufus, Celie’s stuffed cloth lion that she had had as a baby.
2. Make a movie recreating the coronation scene of Rolf, the new King Glower the eightieth.
3. HANDS ON TASKS: Make some hard biscuits, like the ones Celie eats in the spyglass tower. Bring them into school for everyone to try if they dare! Make an advert for them.
4. Make a model or draw a picture detailing some of the rooms and secret passages in the castle. Add some labels or descriptions to the rooms or passageways.
5. Make/create/design your own spyglass.
6. WRITING TASK: Write a comic strip or story with speech marks, detailing the possible conversation that might have been going on in the throne room between the Council, Prince Kelsh and Rolf.
7. Design the paper that Rolf was being asked to sign.
8. VOCABULARY TASK: Find the meaning for the following words: emissary pg96, commoners pg97, baffled pg99, grimaced pg103, impatient pg103, auras pg104, treason pg117, ambush pg117, burly pg117, squeamish pg117, furrowed pg121, persisted pg124, gristle pg127, shriek pg128, ineffectually pg130, lackeys pg134.
MINECRAFT TASK: Design the room that Prince Lulath lives in. Or alternatively design the throne room.
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS
1. Can you please share any tasks you have completed this week. Try and leave a comment on someone else's creation.
2. Rolf gave feathers as a present to the cook. Do you think this was a good reward? Why or why not?
3. Celie wondered what made Castle Glower so special. What do you think makes the castle so special?
4. Pogue returned with his news. Was it good or bad? What was the news?
5. The trail disappeared not far from the ambush sight. If the king, Queen and Bran were alive where do you think they might be?
6. Rolf announced that his parents were still alive. Do you think that was a good decision? Why or why not?
7. What was the only food that Celie and Lilah could eat in the spyglass tower? What was the terrible new thing that Prince Khelsh had done?
8. Who did Celie want to spy on next? Why?
9. How did everyone find out the news that their parents were alive, who would have spread the news around? What did the castle think of Lulath? How do you know?
10. Why do you think Lulath was happy to see Celie? What do you think is going to happen next?
Week 3
3. Write Who am I clues for the characters in the story so far.
4. Design the cloak that Celie discovers in the Spyglass tower. List or write about it’s special powers.
5. Create a map of the passage and new room that Celie discovers in Chapter 10. Use your imagination and prompts from the story to guide you.
6. Design a poster advertising the coronation of the Rolf, the new King Glower the eightieth.
7. VOCABULARY TASK: Find the meaning for the following words. Specimen pg64, gallantry pg65, effusively pg65, disposal pg66, insult, pg67, regents pg 68, tutelage pg70, verge pg73, noble pg76, dawdle pg76, triumphantly pg85, siblings pg86, assemblage pg87, supplicant pg87
MINECRAFT TASK: Design the king’s crown and scepter.
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS Week 3
MINECRAFT TASK: Design the king’s crown and scepter.
Chapter Chat 7: Y3/4, W2 - Tasks & Questions
Week 2 20th - 24th February
Chapters 5-8
1. Draw either the Vhervhish or the Grath ambassador. What do you think they look like? You may want to draw both!
2. Draw a picture of your favourite and least favourite characters. Explain why you like and dislike them.
2. Draw a picture of your favourite and least favourite characters. Explain why you like and dislike them.
3. Make your own Vhervhish phrase book, what are some phrases that your could include? Don’t forget to write the english translation underneath.
4. Draw or make the wax tablet.
5. WRITING TASK: Write a menu for the feast that would feed the guests after the funeral. What dishes, foods will you include?
6.Create a poster, slideshow or movie with at least 10 facts about castles.
7. Make a poster or chart displaying some of the tricky terminology / vocabulary used in the story so far. Perhaps write a sentence for each or draw or write the meaning of each word - e.g mollified.
8.VOCABULARY TASK: Find the meaning for the following words.commoners pg26, vigil pg28, delegations pg31, foibles pg 32, errands pg38, impassioned pg40, brow pg46, pedestal pg46, hearth pg46, wringing pg54, assassination pg56, brusque pg60
MINECRAFT TASK: Design the Spyglass tower room.
MINECRAFT TASK: Design the Spyglass tower room.
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS Week 2
1. Can you please share any tasks you have completed this week. Try and leave a comment on someone else's creation.
2. The castle murmured it’s condolences to Celie, Rolf and Lilah. What are condolences and when are they used?
3. The couriers were standing before the dais, what is a dais and why do they exist?
4. Celie thinks that the two ambassadors are trying to take over the castle. Do you think she is right? Why or why not?
5. Why do you think the castle sends Celie up to the Spyglass tower everyday at least once? What could possibly be the attraction of the tower?
6. Rolf is too young to be a king. What age is too young to be a king? Would you like to be a king or Queen? Why or why not?
7. Prince Lulath of Grath does not eat what type of food? What would be a suitable food to serve him? Describe the relationship between Celie and the castle.
8. Celie knew that her Father wasn’t dead. What was the thing that made her realise this in Chapter 7?
9. What was Celie’s favourite hiding place? When you need a quiet place to think where do you go?
10. Why do you think the Spyglass tower room was included by the castle? What do you think will happen next?
13th - 17th February, Chapters 1 - 4
TASKS- Choose from any of the following:
1. TWINKLE TASKS: Click the link to download the free Chapter Chat Twinkl Tasks!
1. TWINKLE TASKS: Click the link to download the free Chapter Chat Twinkl Tasks!
2. ART TASKS: The arrows were as thick as a swarm of bees. Draw your impression of this simile. Can you illustrate any other similes that can create from the first four chapters so far?
3. Draw/make/create the castle Glower.
4. Draw a picture of your mum and write a list of 10 things you know about her.
5. Create a Kahoot quiz with at least 10 questions about the story. Add to it as the story goes on.
6. WRITING TASK: Write a recipe for caramel apples. Perhaps you may even like to make them!
7. RESEARCH images of Royal crests, why are they used? Design the royal crest for the royal carriage.
8. VOCABULARY TASK: Find the meaning for the following words: petition pg1, nincompoop pg3, wittered pg8, slender pg9, admonish pg10, grievance pg12, sergeant pg22, coronation pg22, quavering pg23, emissary pg25.
9. MINECRAFT TASK: Design Castle Glower or one of its rooms using Mine Craft.
TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS
1. Can you please share any tasks you have completed this week. Try and leave a comment on someone else's creation.
2. What is a petition? Why do you think the castle grew another room when King Glower was hearing petitions?
3. Why do you think the corridor had no windows in it? Would you like to live in a house with no windows? Why or why not?
4. Celie had a tendency to ‘bounce’, meaning she couldn’t really help it- what things do you have a tendency to do?
5. The king and queen were taking a journey. Why did King Glower the Seventy-ninth and Queen Celina leave the castle on a trip?
6. What was interesting about the small, round room at the top of the stairs? What is interesting about one of the rooms in your house?
7. The queen always smelled like strawberries. If you smelt like a fruit, which one would it be and why?
8. Why had Rolf been a good choice to hear the petitions in the King’s absence? Do you think he will do a good job? Why or why not?
9. What terrible thing happened to the King and Queen? Do you think Sergeant Avery is telling the truth? What do you think really happened?
10. What do you think of the story so far? What do you think will happen next?
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