Reading - Level 3/level 4

Day 1: Pre-loading

Day 4: Comprehension

Questions - 1

1. How has the writer hooked the reader in?

2. What is Carly worried about as they reach the farm?

3. What is the significance of her sore throat?

4. What connection did you make when Carly saw the magpies?

5. What could the magpies mean?

6. Who is the pale faced girl?

7. What clues from the text lead you to think this?

Questions - 2 (page 47-48)

1. Why do Carly's teeth chatter and click?

2. Is this a good or bad ghost?

3. What might 100 years worth of secrets mean? How do you know this?

4. Why does she whisper them to Carly?

5. What clues tell you Carly has changed on page 48?

6. How does Carly feel at the end and why?

7. What do you think might happen next?

Questions - 3

1. What does the ghost girl want?

2. Why is the host girl drawn to Carly?

3. What might these two girls have in common?

4. In this story Carly’s thoughts are written as if she has spoken them, how did you work out which parts Carly speaks aloud and which are thoughts? (think about text features)

Extra for experts:

The story ends mysteriously. Write the next chapter and imagine what happens next.

Explain

Some rhymes such as ‘Ring a Ring o’ Rosies’, were about illnesses, and some were cautionary, telling what would happen to naughty children. Research nursery rhymes and give some examples that were actually about illness.

Story tell & Record

Do you have a ghost story of your own? Record yourself telling your spooky tale.