Good morning Year 1!
Today you are going to complete a reading activity based on our new book of the week, Zeraffa Giraffa.
If you would like a printable version of today’s instructions and activity, please click below:
English reading printable version
This is your activity: It says read a book from home but I would like you to read the story, Zeraffa Giraffa.
Before reading – Look at the front cover.
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What do you think this book will be about?
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What do you think is going to happen?
Before you read the story there are a few words that you need to know the meaning of first.
Here is the story!
Zeraffa Giraffa book
After reading:
3. What happened in the story? Maybe you could draw your own story map.
4. What was your favourite part of the story and why?
Challenge – inference
Look at these pages from the book. How do you think the people are feeling? How do you know they are feeling this way? Remember to use the picture and the writing to help you.
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I do not have zeraffa giraffa book
Hello Renee, I have put the story on this blog – it says ‘Here is the story’. Let me know if you need anymore help!
Hi Mrs Travers
I think this book is about a giraffe.
I think the giraffe is going to go on a trip with the man. Maybe they are travelling to a cold place because the giraffe is wearing a orange coat. They will be walking miles and miles because the giraffe can’t go in a aeroplane. ✈️
Now I will read the book. ?️
Great, you have picked up on lots of things from looking at the front cover.
The men found the giraffe and they put the giraffe beside the camel. ?
When they arrived at Paris everyone gathered to see the giraffe and they were so so happy to her.?
Morning everybody,
I think the story is about a cat and a man helping Zeraffa the giraffe get to Africa. The man gave the giraffe a cape because he was cold in the aeroplane going home.The houses have smoke coming from their chimneys so it is winter .
I am going to read it now.
Well done! Let me know what you think of the story!
Hello Mrs Travers,
I am happy to work on that story because I went to see the puppet show at the Little Angel Theater and that was superb!!!! My mum bought the book at the theater so I have it at home!!!
When I see the cover book, I realize that it will talk about a giraffe who travels far because we can see houses and green grass although giraffe live in the savanna.
Hello Clemence, yes it was at the theatre! I’m glad you enjoyed it! I have the book at home too and I think it’s a lovely story!
There was a giraffe with no home. They sent him to France as a present with Atir. They built a boat to travel in. They put a cloak over her to protect her from the sun. Everyone came onto their balcony’s to see the giraffe. They had a party to celebrate Zeffirelli’s. she like looking at the stars at night with Atir.
Excellent summarising skills, Aiden! Well done! Did you enjoy the story?
I read the story.
The hunters captured a giraffe in Africa and brought it home for the Pasha. The Pasha decided to give her to the King of France as a present. It was along way from Africa.
They sailed through the river Nile towards the sea.
Atir looked after Zeraffa the name he gave the giraffe. The journey was a happy one because there were nice views of Luxor, the Sphinx and they had nice food from the people that were kind.
They arrived at Marseilles and the people were happy and extraordinarily pleased to see Zeraffa from Africa. Atir and Zeraffa had to get to Paris they decided to walk, Zeraffa was grumpy because she wanted to stay inAfrica and be hot, she missed her home.
Everybody was happy to see Zeraffa arrive from Africa to travel to Paris. They tickled her and they had a really big party for her . People baked giraffe biscuits , men had tall hats.
She lived in the Jardin des Plantes. At night time the Kings granddaughter fed her apples and Atir whispered stories about home.
The challenge.
The people are feeling happy and surprised. I know this because they had never seen a giraffe in Paris before and lots of people came to see her. Even the birds came to see Zeraffa.
Good morning Miss Travers. When I first looked at the cover of the story, I thought it would be about the story of a friendship between a man and a giraffe. Based on the way the man was dressed, I thought that the action was taking place in Africa.
When I read the story, I realised that a lot of people loved the giraffe and they liked the style of the giraffe. The part that I really liked is when the people of Paris fell in love with the giraffe and started to adopt her style: made giraffe-liked cakes, giraffe-style trees, giraffe on ties etc. I thought it was really funny.
I liked that part of the story too! You have understood the story well! Did you enjoy the story?
My favourite part of the book is when it says the word Louise. ?
I think the people are feeling happy.?
I know this because they are happy to see the giraffe.?
I miss you so much! ??
There is a character called Louise isn’t there!
Well done, excellent inference!
Good morning, Miss Travers!
Before reading – Looking at the front cover:
1) What do you think this book will be about? I think the book is about a giraffe that can only say rhymes because the title of the book rhymes.
2) What do you think is going to happen? I think the giraffe will say rhymes to the other the animals and the animals will not like it. When she was walking home, a boy found her and liked her rhymes.
After reading:
3) What happened in the story? Atir found a giraffe in the plains of Africa and he took her to Paris through the Nile river. When they got there everyone in Paris made everything of giraffes because they really liked Giraffa. They made things like big hats, cookies of giraffes, new hair styles and some ladies even put some big eye lashes to look like Giraffa’s eyes. Atir told Giraffa some stories about hot wind and starry skies. A girl named Louise was also very nice to the giraffe. She gave her massages in her back. I think what will happen next is this: Louise and Atir will marry and move back to Africa with Giraffa.
4) What was your favourite part of the story and why? My favourite part of the story was actually thinking about what would happen next because marrying is so cute and I like a love story.
Challenge – Inference:
How do you think the people are feeling? How do you know they are feeling this way? I think people are feeling surprised because they have never seen a giraffe in Paris before.
Excellent work, Camila!
You have understood the story very well! It’s good that you have thought about what could happen next in the story!
Maybe you could draw or paint a picture of what might happen and I will post it in the gallery!
I think this book will be about a giraffe and a man.
I think it will be about the giraffe and the man becoming friends, and going back home.
Well done Lucia!
I think this book is about a giraffe who will travel far. I think she will reach her destination but will encounter some problems .
I will write my answers for this activity in my Home Learning Task notebook.
Well done, Jaidee -that’s excellent!
Hi miss travers!
The giraffe ? traveled to France for a gift .they put a cloak around her to protect her under the sun.Everybody wanted to see her. . Some of them they are looking from the windows. The loved her long neck and curly long eyelashes.
Well done Daniela!
What was your favourite part of the story?
This book is about a giraffe that’s been captured by a man to give her to the king of France. They travelled by boat from Africa to Paris. They saw lots of people, they were amazed by Zeraffa. They went to a party and met a girl. (The story stops there, the other pictures weren’t loading sorry….)
My favourite part was when they arrived in France, and travelled to Paris because everybody would dress up as a giraffe.
Excellent work, Lucia!
1. I think the story will be about a giraffe, man, birds and cat.
2. I think they came from the sea as I can see seagulls in the sky and they are on an adventure for the man to find the giraffes home. They are in a cold country as smoke is blowing from the chimney and they come from a hot country as the man is dressed in summer clothing.
Hunters captured a baby giraffe in Africa. They travelled by boat from Sudan past Egypt to France. They walked to Paris. Everyone started to dress like a giraffe! Every night people came to look at the giraffee. Every night the kings grandaughter secretly fed her apples.
My favourite part of the story was when the giraffe got to Paris because everyone was looking out of their windows and waving.
Well done, that’s excellent work! You have understood the story well!
Dear Miss Travers.
Zaraffa Giraffe.
1. I think the story is about a boy that becomes friends with a Giraffe. They are wearing capes on the front of the book to protect them from the weather.
2. I think the boy takes the Giraffe on a big journey.
3. The story is about a servant called Atir who has to take Zeffara the giraffe on a long trip to France and give the giraffe ? to the King of France ?? as a gift.
Atir and the giraffe travel across the sea ? all the way to France ??. They need to get to Paris but it is 550 miles away! Atir goes to see a designer who tries to make an invention called a hot air balloon to fly the giraffe ? to Paris but it won’t work because the giraffe ? is to heavy,so they have to walk to Paris! The news spread all around France of the giraffe and when they get to Paris people are cheering and trying to tickle Zaraffa’s ears. The Queen organised a party for the giraffe and thousands of people came to the party ? and they fell in love ? with Zaraffa.
4.My favourite part of the story is at the end when Atir, the girl and Zeraffa look at the stars and they think of Africa.
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I think the people are feeling happy and joyful.
I know this because in the pictures the people were smiling.
Well done Isabella, you have retold the story very well and used your inference skills well to tell me how you know the people are feeling happy.
3. Zeraffa Giraffa was a gift from the Pasha to the king of France. She travelled a lot from Africa to France. People were surprised when they saw her because they never saw one before.
4. My best part is the end of the book because it is poetic. I like that the characters think to Africa because of the warm wind.
Well done Clemence!
Zerafa geraffa was a giraffe ? and travelled around the world to Paris and she became very very famous.
Well done Laura! Did you know the story is actually a true story?
Hello Miss Travers,
On the cover someone is taking a giraffe for a walk. He may be returning the giraffe to the zoo. I think the story is based on the giraffe The giraffe is going on lots of adventures. The giraffe was captured in Africa and given to the King of France. The giraffe travelled to Paris by boat and foot.
I like the end of the story because the giraffe is popular.
Well done, you have understood the story well!
Before Reading-
I think that the giraffe is going to travel in a boat to Africa with a girl and eat leaves.
After Reading-
First of all,they tied the giraffe up and they took her to the Pasha. He gave Atir a letter to the king of France and a map.They built a felucaa and Atir named the giraffe Zerafaa and gave her a necklace. They sailed a long way and when they arrived everyone wanted to see the giraffe and copied it. Lousie creeped at night to see Zeraffa and feed her apples.
Well done Jay! I hope you enjoyed the story!
A giraffe was captured in Africa by the hunters and taken to the Pasha who decided to give it to the King of France.
They had to sail down the River Nile, Atir looked after the giraffe who he called Zeraffa by feeding her milk so she could grow.
The journey was happy because there were nice views of Luxor and the Sphinx and the kind people gave them food for the journey.
They arrived at Marseille but they had to go to Paris they decided to walk there. I was right I predicted the giraffe was cold because she was wearing a cape or maybe she was from the African cape.
Zeraffa got grumpy because she wanted to go home to Africa . Lots of people and birds came out to see her. In Paris they had a big party and they baked giraffe biscuits and the men were wearing tall hats and the ladies had long hair.
Zeraffa lived in the Jardin de plants and kings granddaughter fed her apples. Atir told Zeraffa stories of Africa that might have made her happy.
I think the people are happy and surprised because they’ve never saw a giraffe before. I know that because I can see them in the picture and lots of people came to see her.
My favourite part was Zeraffa coming to Paris because I would like to go to Paris as well.
Well done Jacob! You have retold the story very well! I hope you enjoyed the story!
I think that the story is about a man who wanted a giraffe and named him Zeraffa.
I think that the man lost his giraffe. The giraffe wanted to make new friends.
Good ideas by looking at the front cover! Let me know what you think of the story!
I think the story is about a giraffe called Zeraffa Giraffa.
I think she is going to travel.
After reading, Zeraffa traveled from Africa to Paris.
My favorite part of the story was when people were excited to see her when she arrived in Paris.
I think the people are feeling happy, excited and amazed.
I know this because they are smiling and hands on their face.
Well done and excellent inference skills!
Hello Miss Travers,
I think this book speaks about Zeraffa giraffa. I think zeraffa giraffa
will be lucky.
After reading.
Zeraffa was looked at by many people because they had never seen it before. Zeraffa had been to African and she liked to drink sweet milk. When she is taken to Paris she is the first creature that people had ever seen. Zeraffa has been sailing from the river Nile by Atir as a present for the king of France.
Zeraffa has been smiled at and seen by many people. They all fell in love with her. The baker baked biscuits shaped as a giraffe.
Atir whispered some tales to Zeraffa for the far away hot Africa.
I think the people are feeling very happy to see Zeraffa. They picked up their children that are young to their windows and balcony to see the giraffe.
I know this because that is what the picture show to me and that’s what happen in the story.
* Fabi wrote it in a paper and mother typed it.
Before reading: I think this story will be about a giraffe who traveled from Africa to an other country because the image is not like Africa.
After reading: A small giraffe is taken from Africa by some people to be given to the King of France. She travelled a lot and finally arrives in Paris.
My favourite part is the end because they watch the stars.
Well done Basile. I hope you enjoyed the story!
I think the boy, giraffe, cat, and bird will be friends. I think the giraffe might eat some leaves and the bird will eat some worms. The cat might eat a mouse and fish. The giraffe will be the boy’s pet and they play together.
The story begins on the plains of Africa where some hunters from Egypt captured a small giraffe. They took her to the Pasha who wants to give her as a present to his friend in France. The King’s helper Atir took the giraffe on a boat on the River Nile, then a different boat to France. They take horses and walk to Paris. The giraffe lives in a house by the palace and is very happy.
My favourite part is when the giraffe used his long, long neck to reach the leaves on the balconies in Paris because the picture was very beautiful.
Well done Flavia!
I think this story is about a man and a giraffe.
I don’t know as I never read this story before.
I have just finished to read it. It’s a beautiful story.
I think the people are happy and impressed.
I know this because it’s the first time that they saw a giraffe.
I’m glad you enjoyed the story! I like it too!
Before Reading
I think this story will be about a giraffe that will make friends like animals and people.
After reading
Zeraffa Giraffa was traveling with a map from Africa to Paris because Zeraffa was a perfect gift for de King of France.
My favourite part was when the people were making giraffe biscuits and giraffe’s long hair like the long neck .
Challenge
I think the people are felling excited and happy. I know this because she was an amazing creature from Africa.
Well done Mateus!
Hello Miss Travers,
I did post my homework yesterday but it’s not in here.
Hello Fabi,
Sorry I have just seen yesterday’s message – I’ve put it on the post now so you should be able to see it.
Well done for such a detailed answer. I like that you have used adjectives too like, sweet.
Hello Miss Travers!
I thouh I had sent my answers yesterday but I didn’t so here they are.
1. This book will be about that Zeraffa Giraffa will go on a journey with Atir.
2. They are travelling to on the grass.
3. In the story Zeraffa and Atir were sailing in a felucca and travelled to Paris. Zeraffa and Atir walked from Marseille to Paris with other people. In Paris the Queen organised a fete and Paris fell in love with Zeraffa. Gardeners made bushes of Zeraffa heads and bakers made Zeraffa cookies. In Paris Zeraffa licked Atir’s hand and she would like to be in Africa instead of Paris.
4. My favourite part of the story was when Zeraffa arrived in Paris because I love Paris.
Hello Heloise,
Well done! That’s brilliant work!
Hi Miss Travers,
I thought this book would be about a giraffe going somewhere for a walk.
I have drawn a story map. In the story the giraffe was taken from Africa on a boat down the river. The person looking after the giraffe named her Zeraffa and gave her an amulet to keep her safe. On the river, they went past a sphinx and pyramids. They arrived in France and an inventor said Zeraffa could go in a hot air balloon to Paris but they walked instead. Everyone in the town looks out of their windows because they had never seen a giraffe before and they were very excited and everyone loved the giraffe.
The giraffe was taken to the party at the kings house.
The boy snuck out into the garden at night with the kings granddaughter and Atir whispered stories to the giraffe about Africa, to make him feel like she was home.
My favourite part of the story was at the end when the granddaughter feeds Zefaffa apples and Atir tells her stories about her home. I think this makes the giraffe happy.
The story is also a bit sad because the giraffe was stolen from her home.
Well done Eden, excellent work!