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Welcome to summer term's Big Read

Looking at the front covers, what do you think this book might be about and where may it be set?

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Looking at the front covers, what do you think this book might be about and where may it be set? (Remember to justify (give reasons) for your ideas)

• Eg. I can see lots of tropical animals which suggests that the story may take place in a rainforest.

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My predictions with justifications:

I think that....The reason why is because... I predict that.....because I can see....

Questions I have about the book based

• n the front cover and blurb:

Who...? What...? Why...? How...? Where...? Will...? Is...? Does...?

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Day 1:

Chapter 1 Vocabulary ­ Definitions prized valued guardian a person who protected Maia's welfare in place of her parents hamlet a small settlement, smaller than a village prow the pointed front of a ship devastating causing severe shock and grief consul official responsible for looking after a country's citizens abroad engaged hired to do a job governess someone who taught children in their home macaws a type of parrot vowed promised faltered moved hesitantly dislocated put out of place dismissed sacked

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Day 1: Read the first chapter of this story... What sort of genre (type) of story do you think it is?

• Eg. comedy, detective story?

Briefly summarise the story so far. You can explain it to a parent, sibling or teddy bear ­ whoever is willing to listen. You can even record a voice note using the microphone tool

• n Seesaw and we will listen to your summaries.

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Summary of Chapter 1

• Maia, who is a clever and brave girl with a beautiful voice, lives at a girls' boarding

school in London as her parents have died.

• She is told by her guardian that she will be travelling to live with distant relatives,

the Carters, in Brazil.

• He hands her a letter written by the Carter twins ­ girls of about her own age ­

welcoming her, and Maia decides that everything will be OK.

• Her friends and teachers see her off, accompanied by a stern governess, Miss

Minton.

• Miss Minton tells Maia how she broke her umbrella beating a boy for mistreating a

puppy.

• As they board the ship for Brazil, Maia is pleased to see that Miss Minton is taking

a huge trunk full of books on the voyage.

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Day 2

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How is meaning enhanced through the author's choice of words and phrases?

Why do authors choose the language they use?

Day 2

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"..............looked more like a rake or a nutcracker than a human being. A hand in a black glove, bony and cold as a skeleton, was stretched out." Who is the author describing? Why has she chosen these words? What impression do these words give? How do they make you feel about Miss Minton?

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As we read this book, think how the author, Eva Ibbotson, chooses language to help us imagine the scenes and characters she is describing. For example, let's read the first page of chapter 2....

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Maia and Miss Minton sailed to Brazil in a ship like this. On the journey, the author tells us that .....

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Great green waves loomed up like mountains Why does the author describe the waves as being like something else? What effect does this create? What other words could she have used?

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