Good Morning Year 6 and Happy Monday!
Reading
I hope that you are continuing to read-reading has been so important for me during this strange time as it helps me to relax and fall asleep! I finished reading The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith and now I’m reading a book that is set in Marylebone. The family live just off New Cavendish Street! I didn’t realise that it was set in Marylebone until I started reading and I thought…hang on, I recognise these street names!
What have you been reading? Please comment on our blog to share your recommendations!
The Girl Who Stole an Elephant-Nizrana Farook
Read Chapters 6 and 7
Write down 3 words that you are not sure of-can you find the meaning of these words and then find an appropriate synonym?
Re write the sentences (with the new synonyms) in the blog below.
You can find the chapters below:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Answer the following questions in your Home Learning Book:
Chapter 1:
Chapter 6
What do the following words mean? Find the definition and an appropriate synonym.
- Pummelled
- Slumped
- Gingerly
- Pride
- Knick-knacks
- sneer
On page 4, why is ‘nerve’ in italics?
On page 7, what does the author mean when she says; ‘The sound of jewels clinking together made Chaya’s heart soar’?
Chapter 7
- Replace the word ‘trudged’ with an appropriate synonym in the following sentence:
- ‘Chaya trudged back to the workshop and sat on Neel’s empty stool’.
- On page 6, what does the phrase ‘She had to pull herself together mean’? Why does she need to do this?
- Why does the chapter end with Nour staring after Chaya in surprise?
What do you think of the book so far? Comment below!
Miss Gorick and Mrs Healy xx
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Hi Miss Gorick! Here are my synonyms:
– Drawstring: fastener
– Seam: Join
I am really enjoying the book so far.
Also, I think that it has some really good language which we could use in our writing later on.
That’s great to hear! Yes I agree-the author uses some fabulous vocabulary!
Thank you Miss Gorick.
Good morning Miss,
I’ve been reading the Inkheart trilogy (Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath) although I haven’t finished the last book. But be aware, those who don’t like tragic stories, please don’t read the second book, although you wouldn’t understand the third one. ???
I’ve already done a recommendation for Inkheart, and I think you should really read it. I also think that if you liked Inkheart, then you should read Inkspell although it’s tragic, because it has the same suspense to it, and the main characters emerge in a new world you might know as Inkheart, a story with no author that expands on its self. The main characters are made to play the roles which Fengolio (the real author of the book) has set them to act. They fight against the coat of arms (the enemy’s army) and a new adventure begins.
I’m also liking ‘The Girl Who Stole An Elephant’, because the author ends every chapter with a lot of suspense and the reader is left with questions like, why did that person take that? or what will happen next? And this makes me want read on.
Hi Gabriel 🙂 Thank you for your comment. I’ve heard of the Inkheart trilogy but I have never read them. Maybe I should as they sound very engaging books! I’m also glad to hear that you are enjoying ‘The Girl who Stole an Elephant’-I’m enjoying it too!
Good Morning ,
Lately I have been reading the book, ‘ what Katy did ‘ this is a great book filled with a lot of adventure.
What Katy did is about, Katy a tall untidy tomboy, forever getting into scrapes but wishing to be beautiful and beloved. When a terrible accident makes her an invalid, her illness and four-year recovery gradually teach her to be as good and kind as she has always wanted.
I am really enjoying The girl who stole an elephant, this book makes you want to keep on reading, it is full of adventure and you never know whats going to happen next !
That sounds great Lola-I also love a book with lots of adventure and when I was younger I used to really enjoy books about tomboys as they always had such fun!
Hi everyone,
recently i have been reading A murder most unladylike recommended by Chiara although i had already started reading it. (i lost the book but found it again)Anyway this book written by Robin Stevens talks about to girls Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong who start a secret society.There had been no interesting cases at Deepdean School for girls until Hazel found Mrs Bells dead on the gym floor.Hazel and Daisy have to investigate but they start of with a lot of suspects so they have to find alibies to rule most of them out.
Hi Jade! Thank you for your comment. I would really like to read this book as it sounds really fun! I saw it in the window of Waterstones yesterday on my daily walk and it made me think of all of you!
Hello here are my sentences:
buffeting=to strike someone repeatedly and violently. (hit)
i got HIT by a monkey when i went to the zoo.
convoy=acompany (group)
At school when we go to trips we leave as GROUPS.
Pummelled =strike repeatedly with fists(punch)
I PUNCHED the bag as hard as hard as i could so it poped open.
So far the book is really fun and interesting because the author is always making you think something is fine but then she changes and makes something happen so suddenly which makes the book very engaging-thank you.
Great work Jade 🙂
Hello,
I just wanted to add for those who are doing the comprehension ‘thrashing’ is on page 7 of chapter 1 :).
these are my definitions and synonyms:
Slump-sit or lean-slouch
Paddy-a field where rice is grown-farm
Well done Gabriel 🙂
good morning miss Gorick and Miss Healy
I am loving this morning makes me want to keep reading. Nizrana Farook is an inspiring author and and I am aiming towards writing like her when I grow up. I wonder how the elephant is going to fit into the story, I cannot wait to find out.
Hi Nina ? I’m so pleased to hear that!
Good morning !
I thought the book is amazing so far because it makes you want to read more and not put the book down and i really want to know what would happen next.
I’m so pleased to hear that!
Good morning Miss Gorick, I have picked three out of the 7 so I could do the rest in my book.
Slumped- sit, lean or fall heavily and limply (slouch)
Pride- A deep feeling of pleasure in one’s accomplishments (satisfaction)
Sneer- A mocking smile, remark or tone (taunt)
Great work Haleema ?
Hi Miss Gorick,
I’ve been reading the 4th book in the murder series by Robin Stevens. The book is called Mistletoe and Murder.
The story is about two girls called Hazel and Daisy who go to St Lucy’s only girls school and Daisy’s brother, Bertie, who goes to the boys school opposite.
On the first day of school, a teacher who they knew from their old primary school, King Henry, asks them to keep an eye on the two twins called Donald and Chummy. Donald and Chummy dislike each other and keep pulling pranks on each other.
Daisy and Hazel are invited to Donald’s party where they meet Alexander again who they met previously in the The Orient Express when they solved the case together. The next day, Chummy has been murdered!
Gosh! What an interesting (but slightly scary!) book!
I really like this book because of the sense of adventure and suspense.
I’m really pleased to hear that!
Hi everyone!here are my synonyms:
Seam:connect
Slump:slouch
Thankyou
Great work ?
Hi Paloma 🙂 I have just received your work for today! I can see that you have been working very hard-you have carefully constructed your answers which I’m really pleased to see!
Hi Miss
Work is done
Btw I found the German blog
Thank you!
Ps. I
really like the book