SLIDE 1 Activity 1 – Mystery Box – Page 2 Activity 2 – Mystery Bag – Page 14 Activity 3 – Inference from pictures – Page 21 Activity 4 – Inference from pictures – Page 27 Activity 5 – Feelings from pictures – Page 33 Activity 6 – Feelings from text – Page 39 Activity 7 – Inference from sentences – Page 45 Activity 8 – Inference from a piece of text – Page 52 Activity 9 – Inference from a piece of text – Page 59 Activity 10 – Inference from a piece of text – Page 65
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Mr Jones’ car seem a little old and rickety.
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Mr Jones’ car seem a little old and rickety. Definition: (adjective) A rickety structure or piece of furniture is not very strong or well made, and seems likely to collapse or break.
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- r piece of furniture is not very strong
- r well made, and seems likely to
collapse or break. Challenge – Use the word in a simile or metaphor
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When reading, you use clues from the text and read between the lines to help you make inferences. We are going to be developing this skill.
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I am going to give you 3 clues. Use the clues to guess what could be inside the box.
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- guesses. What could be inside the
box?
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Clue 2 – They wear a uniform. Make 3 guesses. What could be inside the box?
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- road. Make 1 more guess. What
could be inside the box?
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Use your skills to complete activity 1. Reading tasks document – page 1
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The twins duelled over the ball.
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The twins duelled over the ball. Definition: A duel is a formal fight between two people in which they use guns or swords in order to settle a quarrel.
SLIDE 18 Definition: A duel is a formal fight between two people in which they use guns or swords in order to settle a quarrel. Challenge – Use the word in a sentence
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Pete works at the airport, he is in charge of returning lost bags to the correct person. He has to use his inference skills to work out who it could belong to. Look at these items – What have you learnt about the owner? Who could the bag belong to?
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Use your skills to complete activity 2. Reading tasks document – page 2
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The teacher loomed over the children during the test.
SLIDE 24 The teacher loomed over the children during the test. Definition - If something looms
- ver you, it appears as a large or
unclear shape, often in a frightening way.
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unclear shape, often in a frightening way. Challenge – Use in a sentence in the past tense.
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afternoon? How do you know? How many people are having breakfast? How do you know? What other information did you use in the picture to help you? Use this to help you complete activity 3 – reading tasks page 3
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Ellie outsmarted Ollie, Which wasn’t hard.
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Ellie outsmarted Ollie, Which wasn’t hard. Definition: If you outsmart someone, you defeat them or gain an advantage over them in a clever and sometimes dishonest way.
SLIDE 31 Definition: If you outsmart someone, you defeat them or gain an advantage
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dishonest way. Challenge – Use in a sentence with the conjunction ‘but’
SLIDE 32 What inferences can you make from this photograph – there are no prompts this time. Use this to help you complete activity 4 – reading tasks page 4
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Paul was off school today because he had the lurgy.
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Paul was off school today because he had the lurgy. Definition: (noun) Informal or stand word for germs or unknown illness.
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Definition: (noun) Informal or stand word for germs or unknown illness. Challenge – think of some synonyms for the word.
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How do you know?
Use this to help you complete activity 5 – reading tasks page 5
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Mohammed tinkered with his pencil case.
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Mohammed tinkered with his pencil case. Definition: If you tinker with something, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to improve it or repair it.
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Definition: If you tinker with something, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to improve it or repair it. Challenge – Use it in a compound sentence.
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rie sat in the corner, arms over her head and tears rolling down her face. 2. 2.Jess’s face got redder and redder as she clenched her fists together and opened her mouth to scream. 3. 3.Tommy was laughing and giggling as he jumped up and down. 4. 4.Richard rd ripped his work into lots of pieces and stomped out of the room.
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mith stood with her arms folded and frowned across the classroom.
Use this to help you complete activity 6 – reading tasks page 6
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It has been yonks since pizza had been served for lunch.
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It has been yonks since pizza had been served for lunch. Definition: (noun) Yonks means a very long time.
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Definition: (noun) Yonks means a very long time. Challenge – Use in a sentence using ‘and’
SLIDE 50 What t is sugge geste sted d by the sente tence nce but not actually ally said? The man stepped
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What t is sugge geste sted d by the sente tence nce but not actually ally said? Sally put on her hat and her coat.
Use this to help you complete activity 7 – reading tasks page 7
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Tilly had a hankering for cake and custard
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Tilly had a hankering for cake and custard. Definition: A hankering for something is a desire or longing for it, often tasty food and drink.
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Definition: A hankering for something is a desire or longing for it, often tasty food and drink. Challenge – Use in a sentence
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What t image age do you see? Why? In a small, clean room, a lady, who is wearing a bib, is laid on a reclining chair with her mouth wide open. A man, who is wearing blue clothes, gloves and a face mask, is looking at an image and talking to the lady about what he can see.
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John’s goal was a total fluke.
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John’s goal was a total fluke. Definition: If you say that something good is a fluke, you mean that it happened accidentally rather than by being planned or arranged.
SLIDE 63 Definition: If you say that something good is a fluke, you mean that it happened accidentally rather than by being planned or arranged. Use the word in a sentence.
SLIDE 64 A fun day out “Let’s look at the lions first!” said Jack excitedly. He grabbed Sarah and they ran to the lions’ cage. A moment later, mum and dad came. “Keep still,” said mum. “Say cheese,” said dad happily. Flash! “That looks like a good one,” he said joyfully. After a while, the family decided to move on. They went into the reptile house where there were lots of colourful birds flying around and strange creatures in tanks. Sarah crept over to a huge glass tank. She couldn’t see anything in there but little did she know there was a huge snake camouflaged in with the green leaves. Suddenly, Sarah jumped back and ran over to give her mum a hug. Jack, who was watching this, found it hilarious! For the rest of the day he teased her. ”You should have seen your face!” he teased. After the family visited the elephants, they went to the gift shop. Jack ran around excitedly but Sarah slumped and looked at the ground. Mum turned to dad. “Maybe we should buy Sarah a teddy bear,” said mum.
1) Where do you think the family are and why do you think this? 2) Why did Mum tell the children to “Keep still” in the first paragraph? 3) Pretend you are Jack and you have just entered the reptile
4) Which word tells us the snake was hiding in Paragraph 2? Use this to help you complete activity 9 – reading tasks page 9
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Julia needed a quick kip after her lunch.
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Julia needed a quick kip after her lunch. Definition: Kip is sleep.
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Definition: Kip is sleep. Challenge – Think of some synonyms.
SLIDE 70 A fun day out “Let’s look at the lions first!” said Jack excitedly. He grabbed Sarah and they ran to the lions’ cage. A moment later, mum and dad came. “Keep still,” said mum. “Say cheese,” said dad happily. Flash! “That looks like a good one,” he said joyfully. After a while, the family decided to move on. They went into the reptile house where there were lots of colourful birds flying around and strange creatures in tanks. Sarah crept over to a huge glass tank. She couldn’t see anything in there but little did she know there was a huge snake camouflaged in with the green leaves. Suddenly, Sarah jumped back and ran over to give her mum a hug. Jack, who was watching this, found it hilarious! For the rest of the day he teased her. ”You should have seen your face!” he teased. After the family visited the elephants, they went to the gift shop. Jack ran around excitedly but Sarah slumped and looked at the ground. Mum turned to dad. “Maybe we should buy Sarah a teddy bear,” said mum. 1. Why do you think Sarah suddenly jumped back?
- 2. What do you think Jack found so funny at the end of the story?
- 3. What clues are there that Sarah was feeling upset in Paragraph
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teddy bear?
Use this to help you complete activity 10 – reading tasks page 10
