Ready Steady Read Together
Harry the Poisonous Centipede: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'segments'?
Tick Me
Why do centipedes usually stay underground?
Tick one
A They prefer cool and dark places.
B They need to stay moist to be able to breathe.
Check
C They hunt worms, slugs and beetles in underground tunnels.
Click if correct
D All of the above.
Which One's Right?
What message best fits the story?
B Loss
A Bravery and friendship
C Good and evil
D Forgiveness
Sequence Me
Put the events from Lesson 4 in the correct order:
A Belinda came out of the hole.
B The Hoo-Min tried to hit George with a stick.
C The Hoo-Min picked up sticks.
D The Hoo-Min dropped the stick.
Click if correct
Check
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Decide roles: 1 Journalist, 2 Harry, 3 George, 4 Belinda.Journalist interviews characters about their adventures up the Up-Pipe and interactions with the Hoo-Mins.
Vocabulary
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reckless
in case
centi-heroes
foolish
every once in a while
nudge
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From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Let me read today's text
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In case you’re wondering if Harry and George became centi-heroes because they’d actually climbed on a sleeping Hoo-Min and gone in its mouth – they didn’t.
They didn’t because they never told Belinda, and they never told any other centipedes about their adventure. They kept quiet because they knew they hadn’t been brave – only reckless and foolish.
But every once in a while, when they were alone together, they would nudge each other, and one of them would say…
“I wish we’d just had one good bite each, though – don’t you?”
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) How is Harry’s character different to George’s?
Acceptable Points
attitude towards adventure
attitude towards family
attitude towards friendship
personality
George is brave and reckless. Harry is cautious, worried and reluctant to join.
George lives and hunts alone. Harry likes sticking with his mother.
George calls Harry names to make him join adventures. Harry doesn’t like being teased but is still friends with George.
George liked to brag and show off. Harry didn’t brag, even when he saved George’s life.
RevealAnswer
2) Find and copy two words which show Harry and George realise their adventures were risky and silly:
They didn’t because they never told Belinda, and they never told any other centipedes about their adventure. They kept quiet because they knew they hadn’t been brave – only reckless and foolish.
RevealExtract
RevealAnswer
Practise & Apply
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
3) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false:
True
False
Harry and George became centi-heroes.
Both boys had a bite of the Hoo-Min.
They had climbed inside a Hoo-Min’s mouth.
Belinda was proud when the boys told her of their adventures.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) How has the author shown insects in a positive way, instead of something to be feared or disliked?
Acceptable Points
giving insectshuman traits
show braveryand cleverness
unique physical abilities
their fear of humans
names, languages, friendships, have family relationships, have emotions
overcome fears and challenges, strong and capable, not small and insignificant
(i.e. poison or many legs) described as useful, not creepy
small and vulnerable compared to humans
RevealAnswer
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Ready Steady Read Together
Harry the Poisonous Centipede: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'segments'?
Tick Me
Why do centipedes usually stay underground?
Tick one
A They prefer cool and dark places.
B They need to stay moist to be able to breathe.
Check
C They hunt worms, slugs and beetles in underground tunnels.
Click if correct
D All of the above.
Which One's Right?
What message best fits the story?
B Loss
A Bravery and friendship
C Good and evil
D Forgiveness
Sequence Me
Put the events from Lesson 4 in the correct order:
A Belinda came out of the hole.
B The Hoo-Min tried to hit George with a stick.
C The Hoo-Min picked up sticks.
D The Hoo-Min dropped the stick.
Click if correct
Check
Speaking Spotlight
TV Journalist
Explore
TV Journalist
Could you introduce yourself and explain...
Can you give us an example...
What would you say to someone that disagreed with you?
Explain more about what happened when...
How did you feel when...
Tell us more about this...
Decide roles: 1 Journalist, 2 Harry, 3 George, 4 Belinda.Journalist interviews characters about their adventures up the Up-Pipe and interactions with the Hoo-Mins.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
reckless
in case
centi-heroes
foolish
every once in a while
nudge
Explore
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
In case you’re wondering if Harry and George became centi-heroes because they’d actually climbed on a sleeping Hoo-Min and gone in its mouth – they didn’t. They didn’t because they never told Belinda, and they never told any other centipedes about their adventure. They kept quiet because they knew they hadn’t been brave – only reckless and foolish. But every once in a while, when they were alone together, they would nudge each other, and one of them would say… “I wish we’d just had one good bite each, though – don’t you?”
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) How is Harry’s character different to George’s?
Acceptable Points
attitude towards adventure
attitude towards family
attitude towards friendship
personality
George is brave and reckless. Harry is cautious, worried and reluctant to join.
George lives and hunts alone. Harry likes sticking with his mother.
George calls Harry names to make him join adventures. Harry doesn’t like being teased but is still friends with George.
George liked to brag and show off. Harry didn’t brag, even when he saved George’s life.
RevealAnswer
2) Find and copy two words which show Harry and George realise their adventures were risky and silly:
They didn’t because they never told Belinda, and they never told any other centipedes about their adventure. They kept quiet because they knew they hadn’t been brave – only reckless and foolish.
RevealExtract
RevealAnswer
Practise & Apply
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
3) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false:
True
False
Harry and George became centi-heroes.
Both boys had a bite of the Hoo-Min.
They had climbed inside a Hoo-Min’s mouth.
Belinda was proud when the boys told her of their adventures.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) How has the author shown insects in a positive way, instead of something to be feared or disliked?
Acceptable Points
giving insectshuman traits
show braveryand cleverness
unique physical abilities
their fear of humans
names, languages, friendships, have family relationships, have emotions
overcome fears and challenges, strong and capable, not small and insignificant
(i.e. poison or many legs) described as useful, not creepy
small and vulnerable compared to humans
RevealAnswer
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read classics.
Reveal
Try timeless stories that have inspired readers for generations.
If you like this book, you might like...
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced from: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.