Good Morning Year 2!
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We’re going to have another look at The Day the Crayons Quit. We’ll be reading the same extract as last week, reading the letters from the red and purple crayons. Click here for the extract, printable The Day the Crayons Quit extract or use the QR code below to find it using a device.
1.grapes, wizard hats and dragons.
2. He is annoyed because the colour goes outside of the line.
3. Neat
4. Angry
5. Because he is wanting you to listen and is annoyed.
6. Gorgeous
7. Hats, football shirts and ties.
Brilliant answers Vincent, well done.
1. Dragon, grapes ? and wizard hats.
2. He is annoyed because he would completely lose his head if Duncan does not colour properly.
3. No because if Duncan colours in the lines he would still lose his head.
4. Crazy
5. Angry
6. It means purple crayon is serious.
7. Favourite, crazy, gorgeous and purple.
8. Aubergines, red cabbage and gems ?
Well done Madeleine. Have another look at question 3 – which word tells you this?
1. Why does purple crayon feel annoyed?
Purple crayon feels annoyed because he does not like drawing out of the lines.
2. Do you agree with the purple crayon? Give one answer.
I agree with the purple crayon because it will look messy and bad.
3. What word tells us that purple crayon does not like messy things?
The word is gorgeous.
4. What feeling or emotion would you say purple crayon?
The feeling would be upset and frustrated.
5. Why do you think purple crayon starts the letter with “All right, LISTEN.’’
I think that the purple starts the letter with all right listen because he is very angry with Duncan.
6. Can you find any adjectives that purple crayon uses in their letter?
I found the word gorgeous and favourite.
7. What three other things could Duncan use purple crayon for?
He could use purple crayon for bags, hairbrush, and lipstick.
Brilliant answers Marisa, well done.
1.?Grapes,?dragons and??♂️wizard’s?hats.
2. Because Duncan is not ✍coloring in the lines.
??No I don’t agree because it does not matter
if it is out of the lines.
3. Neat
4. He is angry.
5. He wants Duncan to know that he’s frustrated.
6. favourite, crazy, georgeous.
7. Purple part on the rainbow, storm clouds and flowers.
Well done Luisa! Check your spelling of gorgeous.
Would you not want to make sure your colouring is all in the lines?
Dear miss Carruthers,
. Duncan uses purple crayon for grapes, dragons and wizards’hats.
. Purple crayon feels annoyed because Duncan colours outside the lines.
. I disagree with purple crayon because I think the drawing looks neat.
. the word is “neat” friend.
. Purple crayon feels angry?.
. Purple crayon really wants Duncan to understand how he feels. He wants Duncan’s attention.
. Gorgeous, favourite
. lego brick
Great work Adrien! An interesting reason as well for why you disagree.
1. Purple crayon feels annoyed because Duncan colours outside the lines.
2. A. No, because it’s ok to colour outside the lines.
3. B. It is ok to colour outside the lines because one little mistake doesn’t change the whole drawing.
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3. Crazy
4. Frustrated
5. To get everyone’s attention with a command.
6.; favourite, gorgeous and neat are all adjectives.
7. Grapes, dragons and Wizards hats.
Albert
Great work Albert! I agree, one little mistake doesn’t change the whole drawing – sometimes it can actually make it better!
1. Grapes, Dragons and Wizard Hats.
2. Because he wants Duncan to colour inside the lines.
3. Yes. Do better.
4. Neat
5. Annoyed.
6. To get his attention.
7. Gorgeous.
8. Plums, flowers and sweets.
Great work Romey! Have another look at question 3 and see if you can find the word in the letter than shows purple crayon doesn’t like messy things.
1. Purple crayon was annoyed because Duncan did not colour in the lines.
2. I agree with purple crayon because I do not like it when people colour out of the lines.
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3. Neatly.
4. Mad, angry and sad.
5. Because she really wants to tell Duncan.
6. Shouting and not happy.
7. Teaching Duncan how to colour in the lines.
I thought you might agree with purple crayon Layla! Well done!
Dear Miss Carruthers,
1.Duncan uses purple crayon for dragons ?, grapes ? and wisard hat’s ?.
1.Purple crayon is annoyed ? because Duncan goes out of the lines
when he is drawing ✍️ him.
2.No because purple crayon wants to show off.
3.Purple crayon doesn’t like messy things because he is a neat crayon.
4.I think ? purple crayon is feeling angry ? and frustrated.
5. Purple crayon starts his letter with “ All right, LISTEN.” because he thinks it is an effective way to get Duncan to listen.
6. The adjectives are favourite, crazy, gorgeous, neat and purple.
7. Duncan could use purple to draw lavender, plums and violets.
Well done Marie, you’ve worked hard on your answers.
3 things: grapes, dragons and wizard hats.
1. She does not like it when Duncan puts her gorgeous colour out of the lines.
2. Yes, I agree, because, colouring outside wastes a lot of colour.
3. Because she does not like if her colour goes outside the lines, neat.
4. in a bad mood, because she has a black cloud above her head in the picture. In the letter she says that she is going to completely lose it.
5. She wants Duncan to know that she is very angry with him and she wants to get his attention.
6. favourite, crazy, gorgeous, neat
7. rainbow, robot and a car.
Great work Sophia! I love how you used the pictures to get more information about purple crayon as well.
Duncan uses the purple crayon for colouring grapes, the wizard’s hat and dragons.
1. The purple crayon feels annoyed because so much of his gorgeous colour goes outside the lines.
2. No, it may not be perfect as Duncan could be trying his best to colour inside the lines.
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3. At the end of the letter, it says ‘your very neat friend purple crayon’. Neat is the opposite of messy.
4. The purple crayon is angry, frustrated, annoyed and irritated.
5. It starts with “All right, LISTEN” because the crayon wants to get Duncan’s attention.
6. I found crazy, favourite, and gorgeous.
7. He could use the purple crayon for a dress, blanket and a book mark.
Fantastic Catherine! You’re right, Duncan is just trying his best!
1. Dragons, grapes, wizards hats.
2. Duncan doesn’t stay in the line.
3. Yes because Duncan doesn’t stay in the line he is just scribbling.
3. Neat.
4. Purple crayon is angry.
5. Purple crayon wants Duncan to listen.
6. Gorgeous, crazy, completely, neat, purple.
7. A dressing gown, a cup, flowers and purple hair.
Well done Joshua!
Good afternoon!
I sent pictures of my homework.
?
.grapes
. dragon
. Wizard hats
1. The purple crayon feels annoyed because when Duncan uses him, he draws out of the line but the purple crayon likes to be neat.
2. I agree with the purple crayon because it’s personality to be neat and tidy so it has the right to feel annoyed at Duncan and tell him how he feels.
CHALLENGE QUESTIONS:
3. “ neat”
4. Annoyed and cross
5. The purple crayon starts the letter with “all right, LISTEN,” because he wants to show Duncan how annoyed he feels and wants him to know / listen to the crayon of how he feels.
6. Neat, favourite, purple and gorgeous
7. Egg plant, lavender and a plum
Excellent answers Sophie.
Duncan uses purple crayon to colour: wizard’s hat, grapes and purple dragons.
The crayons is tired of Duncan colouring outside the lines.
Yes, I agree with the purple crayon, because colouring inside the lines makes pictures look neater.
Challenge q. 3: “Your very NEAT friend” – the word ‘neat’ tells us that the crayon does not like mess.
4. The crayon feels angry and frustrated.
5. It starts the letter in this way because it had enough.
6. The adjectives are: favourite, crazy, gorgeous, neat, purple.
7. Purple flowers (irises), purple T-shirts, fish, a jumper, grape juice.
Fantastic work Klara! It’s great to hear from you 🙂
You definitely like having neat pictures, so I thought you might agree!
Well done.
1. grapes, hats, dragons.
2. Purple is annoyed because he’s going outside the lines. I agree. I would also be angry if I was going outside the lines.
3. Neat.
4. Crazy.
5. He wants to explain it carefully.
6. Favourite, neat, crazy, gorgeous.
7. Lamp, carpet, bouncy castle.
Great answers Finley, well done!
The purple crayon uses for colouring, grapes, dragons and wizards hats.
He feels annoyed because he has to draw everything purple and because he draws over the lines.
I don’t think the purple crayon should be annoyed.
Well done Jack. Why do you think that the purple crayon shouldn’t be annoyed?
Hi Miss,
Here are my sentences
1. Because he colours outside the lines.
2. Yes because otherwise it is not neat and really messy.
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3. Because he said ‘your very neat friend’.
4. Purple crayon is angry and annoyed with Duncan.
5. Because he is angry and wants Duncan to listen.
6. Gorgeous colour, favourite crayon, neat friend.
7. Grapes, wizard hats, dragons.
Bye, Bo
Well done Bo, brilliant answers
1. Duncan uses the purple crayon to draw grapes, dragons and wizards.
2. Yes, I agree with the purple crayon because he does colour outside the lines with the purple crayon. He is very neat with the red crayon. Duncan is less careful with the purple crayon than with the red crayon and this hurts his feelings.
3. Neat.
4. Stressed and overwhelmed. He says he is going to completely lose it. Mom told me that when somebody is using capitalized letters they are probably shouting.
5. He is mad at Duncan.
6. Gorgeous, neat, purple.
7. Plums, church decorations, purple tempera pain sticks, purple corals.
Well done Kristian. You gave a very detailed answer to the second question.
Well done for doing the comprehension Nadine, Sophia B and Emilia. Fantastic answers!
The three things Purple Crayon is used for are grapes, wizards and dragons.
1. Purple Crayon feels annoyed because Duncan is colouring outside the lines.
2. I don’t agree because it doesn’t matter if you’re colouring outside the lines.
3. He’s a very neat friend.
4. Purple Crayon feels very annoyed!
5. He wants to tell Duncan something.
6. He uses the adjectives favourite, neat, purple and gorgeous.
7. He could use Purple Crayon for plums, flowers and jewellery.
Excellent work Rebecca. You’re right, he really wants to tell Duncan his opinion.
1. Wizard hats, grapes and dragons
2. Purple crayon feels annoyed because he (or she) has to colour in all the things listed above and OUT OF THE LINES!!!!!!!
3. I agree with purple crayon because as I said, HE HAS TO COLOUR OUT OF THE LINES!!!!!!!!
4. ‘Neat’ or ‘I’m going to COMPLETELY LOSE IT’
5. Annoyed
6. Because he wants to get Duncan’s attention
7. ‘Neat’ and ‘gorgeous’
8. Dinosaurs, purple underwear and beachballs
FINISHED MISS!!!!!!!
Well done Rex! All your exclamation marks make you sound very excited! I hope that means you enjoyed this part of the story!
Three things Purple Crayon is used for are grapes, wizards and dragons.
1. Purple Crayon is annoyed because he is going outside the lines.
2. I don’t agree because if he doesn’t think about it he won’t worry about it.
3. Purple Crayon thinks he’s neat.
4. Purple Crayon’s emotion is anger.
5. I think he said all right because he is telling Duncan something important.
6. The adjectives are neat, purple and favourite.
7. Purple Crayon can also be used blankets, cars and Lego.
That’s good advice John to stop people worrying about things. Well done for answering all the questions.
1) the purple crayons were used to colour in grapes, wizards and dragons
2) the purple crayon is annoyed because his colour always goes outside of the lines
3) I agree with the purple crayon because it looks very messy and sometimes ruins the picture
Well done Gabi! See if you can have a go at some of the challenge questions as well.
Hello miss
1. Duncan used the purple crayon to colour in grapes, wizard’s hats and dragons
2. The purple crayon feels annoyed because Duncan won’t colour inside the lines.
3. Yes because I like to colour in neatly.
Challenge questions
1. The word crazy.
2. Purple crayon is feeling frustrated and a little bit upset.
3. Purpler crayon is angry and demanding Duncan
4. Crazy, gorgeous, , favourite and neat.
5. Duncan can use purple crayon for purple wisteria flowers, purple candy and purple dress.
Amazing work Mila. Well done!