Good Morning Year 2!
Click here for a printable version of this blog post: English Monday printable
I hope you all enjoyed listening to the Clever Cakes story on Friday. If you have read any other books this week, then make sure you write about them on our Class Reading Blog. This week we are starting a new book that I think you might be familiar with.
We’re only going to read an extract of the book, 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.
Now that you’ve read this extract, read the letter from the red crayon again and try to answer these questions in as much detail as you can.
*In question 1, it is meant to say red, not read!
See if you can answer these challenge questions as well:
3. What is red crayon trying to persuade Duncan to do?
4. What do you think ‘overworked’ means?
5. How does the red crayon try to get Duncan to change his colouring behaviour? (think about any words he might use, how the letter has been written or laid out)
6. If you were to give the red crayon a feeling or emotion, what would that be and why?
7. Do you think it is fair that red crayon has to work in the holidays? Explain why (remember, that means using because).
Can’t wait to read all your answers in the blog below.
The three things are :the Santas, fire engines and hearts.
He feels over worked because he works in holidays.
I think works harder than all the other crayons because he works all year.
3.Red crayon wants to persuade Duncan to use the other crayons.
4.I think it means because he works harder than all the other crayons.
5.He is trying to get their attention by putting it in capital letters you notice it more.
6.I think the red crayon is feeling angry, mad, furious and frustrated.
7.It is not fair because then he doesn’t get a break
Fantastic answers Jack!
Dear miss Carruthers,
The three things are : father Christmas, apples and fire engines.
The red crayon feel overworked because he does not have a break or holidays and he works more than the others all over the year.
Red crayon tries to persuade Ducan to use other colours.
Overworked means that he is working too much and too hard.
The red crayon might feel tired, unhappy, overwhelmed.
I think it is not fair that red crayon has to work in the holidays because everyone needs a break !
It is my birthday today. I am so excited !
Great work Adrien! Happy Birthday! I hope you manage to have a break today to celebrate!
1. Why does the crayon feel overworked?
The red crayon feels overworked because he has been doing work for a long time and tired.
2. Do you agree with the crayons opinion?
I agree with the crayons opinion because we do school for only 3 hours and then when we go home we have a little time to play and have fun with are family.
3. What is red crayon trying to persuade Duncan to do?
Red crayon is trying to tell Duncan that he needs a break because he is working too much even on holidays.
4. What do you think ‘overworked’ means? I think overworked means when you work much when you shouldn’t work and you feel frustrated and tired.
5. How does the red crayon try to get Duncan to change his colouring behavior?
He is trying to say that to have a break because he is overworking and he only wants to do the outside of the red things like the hearts on Valentines’ day and apples that are very juicy.
6. If you were to give the red crayon a feeling or emotion, what would that be and why?
Firstly, I would suggest to have a break and rest. After some time, I would ask red crayon to do the outlines of the red objects like Valentines’ heart, apples and strawberries.
7. Do you think that it is fair for the red crayon to work on the Holidays? Explain why.
I don’t think it’s fair because the red crayon works on holiday, weeks and weekends. Others don’t work on the holidays and they can have a rest.
Well done Marisa! Have another look at question 6: If you were to give the red crayon a feeling or emotion, what would that be and why? This question is asking you to describe what feeling the red crayon has and why you think that (not how to cheer him up!)
1. Red crayon colours in fire engines, apples and santas (not all of them though. Lucky for him!)
2. He felt overworked because Duncan used him A LOT!!! He even works on the holidays! He has to work hard because a lot of things are red, particularly things people want to draw and colour in!
3. I agree with the red crayon’s opinion because he has to do loads of colouring in. He wants Duncan to use the other crayons more often.
4. Overworked means you work when you are already tired.
5. Red crayon is trying to get Duncan to use him less.
6. Red crayon felt tired, overworked, sad and miserable.
7. It is not fair that red crayon has to work during the holidays because you are supposed to have a break in the holidays like everyone else.
Brilliant Rex
1. Santa.
2. Apples.
3. Strawberries.
1. Red crayon feels overworked because he has been doing it over the holiday.
2. Yes I agree with red crayon because he has worked on the holidays but never had a break.
3. Red crayon was trying persuade Duncan to give him a break.
4. Overworked means a lot of work.
5. Me purple crayon, I’M GOING TO BE SO MAD IF YOU DO NOT DRAW IN THE LINES OF A PICTURE.
7. No, because red crayon has to draw between the holidays.
Well done Layla, good work! Have another look at questions 5 & 6 . These questions are all about red crayon today, not purple crayon!
1. Hearts, Santa and fire engines
2. Because he works longer than all the other crayons.
3. No because all the crayons were used the same amount of time.
4. Have a rest
5. It means we worked but too much.
6. He is writing in big letters because he is shouting.
7. Angry because he thinks that he does more coloring than the other crayons.
8. No because holidays are days off but he does not have a day off.
Excellent answers Madeleine
1.Why does red crayon feel overworked?
Because he works all the time.
Do you agree? Yes, he seems very busy.
2. List three things the red crayon is used for.
Santa, fire engines and hearts.
3. What is red crayon trying to persuade Duncan to do?
To stop using him!
4. What do you think ‘overworked’ means?
He ha worked too much and is now feeling tired.
5. How does the red crayon try to get Duncan to change his colouring behaviour? (think about any words he might use, how the letter has been written or laid out)
To persuade Duncan to use other colours.
6. If you were to give the red crayon a feeling or emotion, what would that be and why?
Angry because he seems hot and angry and red is a ‘hot’ looking colour.
7. Do you think it is fair that red crayon has to work in the holidays? Explain why (remember, that means using because).
No, because it’s not fair! You need to have fun in the holidays and not work so much.
Well done Vincent! Have another look at question 5: think about how he has written his letter, rather than why.
Hi Miss,
Here are my sentences:
1.
– Colouring fire Engines ?
– Colouring Santa ? every Christmas .
– Colouring hearts ♥️ every valentine day.
2. -He works hard on the holiday.
– Yes because their are lots of red things Duncan wants to draw.
3. Give him a rest.
4. You work to much.
5.Use other crayons ?
6. Very tired ? and annoyed
7. No because it is not fair that the red crayon ? does not get a rest and the other crayons ? do get a rest.
Great work Bo! Have another look at question 5 – HOW does the red crayon try to get Duncan to change his mind, not why.
1. Fire engines, apples and strawberries
2. Because he works all year long, even on holidays. He says he needs a rest.
No, because there is another crayon which is called blue crayon and he is Duncan‘s favourite. That‘s why the the blue crayon works the hardest (I know the book).
3. He tries to persuade Duncan to give him a holiday.
4. It means that you have done far too much work and you fell tired.
5. He uses capital letters for “need a rest, everything red“ and underlines “holidays“.
6. He feels very tired and sleepy, because he says he needs a rest, he works on holidays and he wears himself out all year long.
7. No, because all the other crayons don‘t work on holidays.
Brilliant work Sophia. Do you like this book?
Apples, fire engines & strawberries.
Red crayon says that he works harder than anyone else.
I do think that has too much work because he draws on holidays.
To give him a rest.
It means to do too much work.
It has “!” marks & CAPITAL LETTERS.
Tired because of all of the work.
No because everyone deserves a rest.
Well done Finley
The red crayon is used for colouring the hearts, santa and the apple.
1. The red crayon feels overworked because Duncan uses him more than the other crayons and he even works on holidays.
2. I agree with the red crayon’s opinion. Everyone and everything has to have a break otherwise you might get tired and fall sick.
Challenge questions
3. The red crayon is persuading Duncan to let him have a rest.
4. Overworked means working too much and being tired.
5. The red crayon wrote words in capital letters EVERYTHING and RED. He underlined the word holidays. He wrote in capital letters ‘I NEED A REST’.
6. The feeling or emotion would be tired because he never gets holidays.
7. No, I think it’s not fair because everyone gets to relax on holidays and the red crayon should get some rest.
Fantastic work Catherine
Yes, I do ?
Me too!
Dear Miss Carruthers,
Fire engines , apples ? and strawberries ?.
1. Red crayons feels overworked because Duncan has used him too much.
2. Yes because it the text it says Duncan has used him for everything that is red and I think he needs a rest.
3. Red crayon is persuading Duncan to use him less.
4. Overworked means you work too much.
5. Red crayon tells Duncan that “ we need to talk” and he highlights what he wants with capital letters.
6. I think the red crayon is feeling: sad, tired, sleepy and upset.
7. I think it is not fair because on holidays you rest.
Wonderful answers Marie
1. Red crayon has to colour all the red fire engines, Santa’s & hearts. He is so tired.
2. I agree because he works every single day and needs a break so he can spend more time with his family.
3. To give him a break.
4. It means you’ve done to much.
5. He uses capital letters and explanation marks.
6. Love because red heart means love.
7. I think he deserves a rest during the holidays but only sometimes because we need to draw pictures of Santa and hearts.
Well done Romey. Have a think about question 6 again. When you re-read his letter, do you think red crayon is feeling very loving?
1. Apple strawberries and Santa
2. it is overwork because it hasn’t had a REST.
3. Yes because it work in the holiday.
4.Let him have a REST.
5.Wen you have a rest .
6. The crayon used BIG letters, underlined words and used “!” to tell Duncan how it felt.
7. The crayon is angry because it hasn’t had a rest, even in the holidays.
8. No because the holidays are meant for relaxing.
Well done Joshua, great answers!
Dear miss Carruthers,
. Santa
. Valentine hearts
. Fire engines
1. The red crayon feels overworked because it has to colour a lot of things, even in the holidays and it has the most to colour out of all the other crayons
2. I agree because he should be able to have a break especially in the holidays as he has worked so much.
CHALLENGE QUESTIONS:
3. The red crayon is trying to persuade Duncan that he should have a rest from all his hard work and colour less amount of drawings.
4. Overworked means having to work too hard that you become to feel stressed.
5. The red crayon tries to change Duncan’s colouring behaviour by writing a calm and polite letter instead of telling him in a rude and impolite way.
6. I would give the crayon a tired and stressed feeling/emotion because he has worked so hard and it should be able to have a rest and be treated equally like the rest of the crayons.
7. I think it is not fair that the red crayon has to work on holidays because holidays are moments where everyone can have a break and enjoy but it has to work the most and it deserves some rest.
Brilliant work Sophie, well done!
Dear Miss Carruthers,
we love this book so much that we have two copies!
We read “The day the crayons came home” and The day the crayons at Christmas “ . We sent file with our homework.
Oh amazing! I’m glad you enjoy this book so much! I haven’t read the Christmas one. You’ll have to show it to me when we’re back at school. Great answers girls, I like how you thought about Duncan using red paint rather than the red crayon.
Well done Madeleine, Sophia B and Nadine! You all clearly read the text well and focussed hard to answer all the questions.
Well done John and Rebecca! Excellent answers and I’m glad you worked hard on your comprehension. I hope you’re right and that Duncan does have another red crayon to use!
The red crayon is overworked because he is always colouring and he even works on the holidays, such as Christmas and Valentines day. I agree with the red crayon’s opinion as he does work almost everyday and colours lots of things.
Good work Gabi!