Post on 12-Nov-2021
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Task 1
LO: I can compare and
contrast two images and
make inferences.
The images on the following pages are from the inside cover. What can you find out about the story setting and background?
What has changed? Why? What do you think happened the thecity on the hill?
Collect powerful words and phrases to describe what
you might see, hear and smell in the two pictures.
How would the city feel?
Use an online thesaurus to collect as many powerful
words as you can.
Use your ideas to complete the poem on the
following page.
You can add artwork to your poem.
The city once sawThe city once heardThe city once smeltThe city once felt
The city now seesThe city now hearsThe city now smellsThe city now feels
There is a WAGOLL on
the following page!
The city once saw golden mosque
glittering in the sunrise
The city once heard the laughter of
children and the sounds of the
bustling market
The city once felt secure and full
joyful hearts
Now the city sees annihilation and
despair
Now the city hears the deafening roar
of bombs
Now the city feels the weight of lost
souls
Lost
Hope
Is he really
spinning
through
space?
Or is it a
metaphor?
He feels he is a
handful of
Sawdust –
what does this
suggest?
What has he
left behind?
What is in the
long slim
case?
Word
Definition:
Coltish
Synapses
Etched
Focus: To DECODE and RETRIEVE (p5-6)
1. Is he really spinning through space? Or is it a metaphor?
2. The boy feels he is a handful of stardust. What does this image suggest?
3. His mouth “once held a smile”. What does this mean?
4. What has he left behind?
5. What is in the long slim case
Challenge
Find out about this vocabulary using a dictionary and apply to the text.
coltish legs synapse etched
Spinning, spinning, slowly beneath the stars.
In a small boatWith a small hopeOn a rising sea.
Read this text from the opening of the book.
Do you know what word classes the highlighted
words belong to?
Spinning, spinning, slowly beneath the stars.
In a small boatWith a small hopeOn a rising sea.
verb adverb
noun
adjectives
nouns verbs
adjectives adverbs
Word Classes: Can you write a definition and give some examples for each word class?