Little
Red Riding Hood and the Wolf by Roald Dahl
Activity
by Marion Pratt
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Making
Poetry Make Sense
Task: Read through the poem and use the
clues in the story and the rhyme to help you fill in the
blanks. There are no right or wrong answers as long as
it makes sense, and continues the rhythm of the poem.
You'll need to: Prepare a copy of the poem (from
"As soon as the wolf began to feel" to "My
lovely furry WOLFSKIN COAT.") with these words blanked
out -
soon, decent, knocked, opened, sharp, horrid, come, Grandmamma,
eat, absolutely, ate, bite, small, wailed, enough, begun,
decent, kitchen, have, frightful, wait, Riding, walking,
quickly, eaten, dressed, coat, shoes, brushed, sat, Grandma's,
girl, stared, big, better, great, have, see, watching,
thought, eat, her, taste, wrong, TEETH, matter, anyway,
smiles, knickers, aims, shoots, weeks, across, cloak,
hood, WOLFSKIN.
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Inside the Worm by Robert Swindells
Activity
by Ginny Dorrington
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Unfamiliar/New
Words
Task: Use a dictionary to look up the meanings
of the unfamiliar words highlighted in the passage
You'll need to: Prepare a copy of the section of
Chapter 1 that runs from 'Fliss stuck her hand up' to
'...was sent to stand defenceless in its path'. Highlight
on the sheets which words you want each group of children
to look up. There are two possible lists given below:
List one: dreadful, roughly, pretty, according,
commanded, demanded, encounter, responsibility, practically
and slithering.
List two: reptilian, connotations, terrorized,
devoutly, empower, martyred, docile, pagans, re-enactment,
martyrdom, vengeance and defenceless.
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