Reading - Group 2

Week 1

monday

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue by Laura Lee Hope

“Bunny! Bunny! Wake up! It’s time!”

“Wha—what’s matter?” sleepily mumbled little Bunny Brown, making his words all run together, like stringy, sticky toffee that has been out in the hot sun. “What’s the matter, Sue?” Bunny asked, now that he had his eyes open. He looked over the side of his small bed to see his sister standing beside it. She had left her own little room and had run into her brother’s.

“Why, it’s time to get up, Bunny,” and Sue opened her brown eyes more widely, as she tried to get the ‘sleepy feeling’ out of them. “It’s time to get up!”

“Time to get up—so early? Oh, Sue! It isn’t Christmas morning, is it, Sue?” and with that thought, Bunny sat up suddenly in his bed.

“Christmas? No, of course not!” said Sue, who, though only five years of age (a year younger than Bunny), sometimes acted as though she was older than him.

“Well, if it isn’t Christmas, and we don’t have to go to school, because it’s closed, why do I have to get up so early?” Bunny wanted to know.

Questions:

Tick the two things that Bunny knows are not the reason for getting up early.

▢ a sunny day ▢ breakfast

▢ going to school ▢ going on holiday

▢ Christmas ▢ seeing Grandma

Why do you think the author described Bunny Brown’s words as ‘like stringy, sticky toffee that has been left out in the hot sun’?
Who is the oldest: Bunny or Sue? Explain how you know.
What do you think is the real reason for Bunny and Sue getting up so early?

tuesday

The Star by Jane Taylor

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,

When he nothing shines upon,

Then you show your little light,

Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

Then the traveller in the dark,

Thanks you for your tiny spark,

He could not see which way to go,

If you did not twinkle so.

In the dark blue sky you keep,

And often through my curtains peep,

For you never shut your eye,

Till the sun is in the sky.

As your bright and tiny spark,

Lights the traveller in the dark –

Though I know not what you are,

Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

Questions:

Number the sentences below from 1 to 4 to show the order they happened.

⃞ The star peeps through the poet’s curtains.

⃞ The star looks like a diamond in the sky.

⃞ The traveller thanks the star for its light.

⃞ The star shows it’s light when the sun is gone.

Why does the traveller thank the star?
Find and copy two adjectives (describing words) that the poet uses to describe the star’s spark.
How do you think the poet feels about the star? Explain why you think this.

wednesday

Famous Pirates

Captain Blackbeard

Born: 1680

Died: 22nd November 1718

Blackbeard’s real name was Edward Teach. He married 14 times! It has been said that his favourite drink was rum mixed with gunpowder. Blackbeard was active in piracy for only 2 years before he was caught and killed. His head was chopped off and hung from his enemy’s ship as a trophy and warning to other pirates

Anne Bonny

Born: 8th March 1698

Died: 22nd April 1782

Anne was friends with another female pirate called Mary Read. Anne was the girlfriend of pirate Calico Jack, who she eventually ran away with! She acted and dressed just like a male pirate and was excellent at fighting.

Black Barty

Born: 17th May 1682

Died: 10th February 1722

He was born in South Wales as John Roberts and later adopted the name ‘Bartholomew’, or ‘Black Bart’ when he became a pirate. He was known to love expensive clothes and jewellery and was always well-dressed, even in battles! He was eventually killed by the British Government and his crew were put on trial in the biggest pirate trial in history.

Questions:

Which of these pirates was born first?
‘...that the American people became very intolerant of all pirates.’ What do you think the word intolerant means in this sentence?
How are Captain Blackbeard and Black Bart similar (the same)?
Do you think that male pirates respected Anne Bonny? Why?

Bonus Activity: Draw and label what would be in your treasure chest if you were a pirate.

thursday

A Rain Song

Tinkle, tinkle, lightly fall

On the peach buds, pink and small;

Tip the tiny grass and twinkle

On the clover, green and tall.

Tinkle, tinkle, faster now,

Little raindrops, smite and sprinkle,

Cherry-bloom and apple-bough,

Pelt the elms, and show them how

You can dash and splash, splash, splash!

While the thunder rolls and mutters,

With the lightning’s flash and flash.

Then twist into curls

Of a million misty swirls,

And thread the air with silver,

And embroider it with pearls!

And patter, patter, patter

To a quicker time and clatter

On the streaming window pane.

Rain, rain on the leaves and the eaves,

And the turning weather vane.

Questions:

Why do you think that the author repeats words like ‘tinkle’, ‘splash’ and ‘patter’ throughout the text?
What happens to the speed of the rain over the course of the poem?
Which two verbs (doing/action words) does the poet use to talk about the thunder’s actions?
‘On the clover, green and tall’

What might a clover be in this sentence?

friday

I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside

Now everybody likes to spend their summer holiday,

Down beside the side of the silvery sea.

I’m no exception to the rule, in fact, if I had my way,

I’d reside by the side of the silvery sea.

You save your money all the year until summer comes around.

Then away you go to a place you know, where the cockle shells are found.

Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside!

I do like to be beside the sea!

I do like to stroll along the prom, prom, prom!

Where the brass bands play,“Tiddely-om-pom-pom!”

Questions:

1. Which adjective (describing word) does the author use to describe the sea?

2. In the text, what type of shells are found at the seaside?

3. Why might someone need to save their money all year to go to the seaside?

4. How does the author feel about the seaside? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

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