Read chapter 1 of our class novel 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes.

A story full of mystery and intrigue, compassion and fear.

Listen carefully to Chapter 2.

Vocabulary Check

Use a resource to find the meaning of these words:

sheer, colossal, strides, wallowing, mound, lured

Questions:

  1. Why does Hogarth feel strange at the beginning of the beginning of Chapter 2?

  2. Hogarth's father believes him immediately. Why do you think this is so?

  3. What literary features does Ted Hughes use to 'paint a picture in the reader's mind'? e.g. 'black and towering in the twilight, with green headlight lamp eyes.' 'a clanging, clattering boom went up.' 'it sounded like a big lorry grinding its gears on a steep hill.'

In your own words, summarise (tell the main points) of what happens in Chapter 2, 'The Return of the Iron Man.'

Vocabulary Check

Use a resource to find the meanings of the following words:

brink, snag, clam, craned, wheeled, scuttling, torso, immense

Use the text above to answer these questions.

  1. Where had the Iron Man come from?

  2. What was the Iron Man taller than?

  3. What different colours do his eyes turn?

  4. Find 3 verbs that describe the fall off the cliff.

  5. What are the first creatures to find parts of the Iron Man?

Can you visualise this?

'But as soon as the eye and the hand got together the eye looked at the hand. Its light glowed blue. The hand stood up on three fingers and its thumb, and craned its forefinger like a long nose. It felt around. It touched the eye. Gleefully it picked up the eye, and tucked it under its middle finger.'

Draw a picture to show what you think this may look like.

Check out the Library page on our school website where you will find book blurbs and reviews for new books, links to some good read-aloud stories on Youtube and links to other useful websites for audio and ebooks as well as activities.

Please note that our Book Fair has been postponed and will now take place Week 7, 29 November - 3 December. The Book Character dress-up day and parade will take place on Friday 3 December.

More information can be found on the library website.

You can access a variety of reading material on Epic.

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