Please answer these questions in your reading journals. These will be used to create discussion on your reading day.

Monday Group for 7th December

Read 8 and 9 of your booklet. 

1. How far into the forest did the stream become a considerable bog? (1 mark)

2. In the paragraph beginning, There were, as I say… Malone compares the iguanodons to different animals. How do these comparisons help the reader understand what the iguanodons look like? (2 marks)

3. Find and copy one word on page 9 that suggests Malone feels part of the team of explorers. (1 mark)

4. How can you tell that Professor Summerlee is an expert on dinosaurs? (1 mark)

5. The iguanodons are described as inoffensive brutes… Look at the paragraph beginning: I do not know how long… (page 8). Explain how the descriptions of the iguanodons in this paragraph support the idea that they were both inoffensive and brutes. Use evidence from the text to support your answer. (3 marks)

Tuesday Group for 10th December and Wednesday Group 11th December

1. How can you tell that Professor Summerlee is an expert on dinosaurs? (1 mark)

2. Look at the paragraph beginning: I had the same feeling of mystery and danger around us. Find and copy four different words from the rest of the paragraph that suggest danger. (2 marks)

3. Based on what you have read, what does the last paragraph suggest might happen to the explorers next? Use evidence from this paragraph to support your prediction. (2 marks)

4a. The mood of the characters changes throughout the extract. Find and copy the group of words on page 9 where Lord John’s mood changes. (1 mark)

4b. How does Lord John’s mood change? (1 mark)

Wednesday Group for 4th December

1. How does the first paragraph suggest that the characters are in a ‘lost world’? (1 mark)

2. In the paragraph beginning, There were, as I say… Malone compares the iguanodons to different animals. How do these comparisons help the reader understand what the iguanodons look like? (1 mark)

3. The iguanodons are described as inoffensive brutes… Look at the paragraph beginning: I do not know how long… (page 8). Explain how the descriptions of the iguanodons in this paragraph support the idea that they were both inoffensive and brutes. Use evidence from the text to support your answer. (3 marks)

4. Find and copy one word on page 9 that suggests Malone feels part of the team of explorers. (1 mark)

Thursday Group for 13th December

Read page 4 and 5 in your booklet. 

1. Look at page 4. According to the text, what could you do on your space holiday? Give two examples. (1 mark)

2. How can you tell that the International Space Station is very large? (1 mark)

3. Look at Anousheh’s blog entry for September 27th. Explain how Anousheh felt about being in space that day. (2 marks)

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