Ready Steady Read Together
The Goldfish Boy: Fiction Lesson 2
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
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What do you know and think?
The bathroom caused me the most stress because every time I went in there it felt infested with germs.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How have Matthew’s cleaning habits have become extreme?
B) How have Matthew’s fear of germs affected his daily life?
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Let me read today's text
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The whole cleaning thing was a secret until quite recently.
My friend Tom leaned in to whisper.
“The toilet thing? You’ve been during every lesson today and at break. Are you OK?”
I’d been washing my hands. They were never clean enough so I had to keep going back to try and get the germs off. I pretty much stopped going to school after that. Now that I was at home I was much more in control and could clean pretty much whenever I liked. The bathroom caused me the most stress because every time I went in there it felt infested with germs. A couple of weeks before, I’d got really carried away while Mum was at work, and before I knew it the afternoon had passed and Mum was home, standing at the door staring open-mouthed as I wiped the insides of the taps with cotton-wool buds dipped in bleach.
“What on earth are you doing, Matthew?”
She looked around at the sparkling white tiles. You’d have thought I’d been scrawling graffiti everywhere, the face she was pulling.
“This isn’t right…Stop it now, enough is enough.”
She took a step forward. I moved away and felt the sink press into my back.
“Matthew, you need to talk to me about this. What’s wrong? And look at your poor hands…”
She reached out to me but I shook my head.
“Stay there, Mum. Don’t come any closer.”
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“But, Matty, I just want to have a look at your skin. Is it weeping? It looks like it’s weeping…” I tucked my hands into my armpits. “Are they burned, Matthew? Have you burned your hands? You can’t get bleach on your skin, darling. “It’s fine, just leave me alone.”
I quickly scooted past her and went into my room, kicking the door shut behind me. I lay on my bed, my hands throbbing as I tucked them under my arms. Mum stood outside the door. She knew better than to come in.
Darling, is there anything I can do for you? Tell me, please. Please, Matthew? Your dad and I can’t go on like this. The school rang again today. I can’t keep telling them that…that you’ve got a virus…”
She made a little choking sound like she’d suddenly forgotten how to breathe. I shut my eyes and shouted one word back at her.
“Gloves.”
Silence.
“I’m sorry?”
“Latex gloves. Disposable ones. That’s all I need, Mum. OK? Now can you leave me alone? Please!”
“OK. I’ll…I’ll see what I can do…”
And that was it.
That was my secret box that I keep under the bed. Not a dusty old box of treasure but a box of a hundred disposable latex gloves, which now held just fifteen pairs. A secret agreement between me and my mum: she’d supply me with gloves and I would stop burning my hands with bleach.
We didn’t need to tell Dad – he wouldn’t understand.
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
cotton-wool buds dipped in bleach
infested
scrawling
disposable latex gloves
weeping
throbbing
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From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
infested
Explore
Find Read Talk
Now that I was at home I was much more in control and could clean pretty much whenever I liked. The bathroom caused me the most stress because every time I went in there it felt infested with germs.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
infested
Your turn
cotton-wool buds dipped in bleach
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
scrawling
weeping
throbbing
disposable latex gloves
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
The whole cleaning thing was a secret until quite recently.
My friend Tom leaned in to whisper.
“The toilet thing? You’ve been during every lesson today and at break. Are you OK?”
I’d been washing my hands. They were never clean enough so I had to keep going back to try and get the germs off. I pretty much stopped going to school after that. Now that I was at home I was much more in control and could clean pretty much whenever I liked. The bathroom caused me the most stress because every time I went in there it felt infested with germs. A couple of weeks before, I’d got really carried away while Mum was at work, and before I knew it the afternoon had passed and Mum was home, standing at the door staring open-mouthed as I wiped the insides of the taps with cotton-wool buds dipped in bleach.
“What on earth are you doing, Matthew?”
She looked around at the sparkling white tiles. You’d have thought I’d been scrawling graffiti everywhere, the face she was pulling.
“This isn’t right…Stop it now, enough is enough.”
She took a step forward. I moved away and felt the sink press into my back.
“Matthew, you need to talk to me about this. What’s wrong? And look at your poor hands…”
She reached out to me but I shook my head.
“Stay there, Mum. Don’t come any closer.”
“But, Matty, I just want to have a look at your skin. Is it weeping? It looks like it’s weeping…”
I tucked my hands into my armpits.
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
“Are they burned, Matthew? Have you burned your hands? You can’t get bleach on your skin, darling. “It’s fine, just leave me alone.”
I quickly scooted past her and went into my room, kicking the door shut behind me. I lay on my bed, my hands throbbing as I tucked them under my arms. Mum stood outside the door. She knew better than to come in.
Darling, is there anything I can do for you? Tell me, please. Please, Matthew? Your dad and I can’t go on like this. The school rang again today. I can’t keep telling them that… that you’ve got a virus…”
She made a little choking sound like she’d suddenly forgotten how to breathe. I shut my eyes and shouted one word back at her.
“Gloves.”
Silence.
“I’m sorry?”
“Latex gloves. Disposable ones. That’s all I need, Mum. OK? Now can you leave me alone? Please!”
“OK. I’ll…I’ll see what I can do…”
And that was it.
That was my secret box that I keep under the bed. Not a dusty old box of treasure but a box of a hundred disposable latex gloves, which now held just fifteen pairs. A secret agreement between me and my mum: she’d supply me with gloves and I would stop burning my hands with bleach.
We didn’t need to tell Dad – he wouldn’t understand.
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
“Stay there, Mum. Don’t come any closer.” “But, Matty, I just want to have a look at your skin.” “Is it weeping? It looks like it’s weeping…” I tucked my hands into my armpits. “Are they burned, Matthew? Have you burned your hands? “You can’t get bleach on your skin, darling.” “It’s fine, just leave me alone.”
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“Stay there, Mum. Don’t come any closer.”
“But, Matty, I just want to have a look at your skin.”
“Is it weeping? It looks like it’s weeping…”
I tucked my hands into my armpits.
“Are they burned, Matthew? Have you burned your hands?”
“You can’t get bleach on your skin, darling.”
“It’s fine, just leave me alone.”
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“Stay there, Mum. Don’t come any closer.” “But, Matty, I just want to have a look at your skin.” “Is it weeping? It looks like it’s weeping…” I tucked my hands into my armpits. “Are they burned, Matthew? Have you burned your hands? “You can’t get bleach on your skin, darling.” “It’s fine, just leave me alone.”
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How have Matthew’s cleaning habits have become extreme?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The whole cleaning thing was a secret until quite recently.
My friend Tom leaned in to whisper.
“The toilet thing? You’ve been during every lesson today and at break. Are you OK?”
Reveal Explainer
A) How have Matthew’s cleaning habits have become extreme?
Matthew uses the words ‘whole cleaning thing’ which suggest the cleaning has become a problem or an issue. The word ‘secret’ shows he felt the need to hide his cleaning behaviour. This suggests he knew it was unusual and perhaps unhealthy.
Teach
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) How have Matthew’s cleaning habits have become extreme?
B) How have Matthew’s fear of germs affected his daily life?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence I’d been washing my hands…they were never clean enough so I had to keep going back to try and get the germs off
hand washing more than necessary
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - (Matthew) could clean pretty much whenever I liked - I’d got really carried away (cleaning the bathroom)…before I knew it the afternoon had passed
spent a long time cleaning
A) How have Matthew’s cleaning habits have become extreme?
Text Mark Evidence - you’d have thought I’d been scrawling graffiti everywhere, the face she was pulling (at his cleaning) - this (cleaning) isn’t right…stop it now, enough is enough
his mother’s concerned reaction
Text Mark Evidence - I wiped the insides of the taps with cotton-wool buds dipped in bleach - have you burned your hands…you can’t get bleach on your skin - I would stop burning my hands with bleach
cleaning in unnecessary ways/use of harmful chemicals
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - the toilet thing…you’ve been during every lesson today and at break - the school rang again today…I can’t keep telling them that...that you’ve got a virus - I pretty much stopped going to school after that
affects his learning
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the bathroom caused me the most stress because every time I went in there it felt infested with germs
causes anxiety
B) How have Matthew’s fear of germs affected his daily life?
Text Mark Evidence I’d got really carried away (cleaning) while mum was at work and before I knew it the afternoon had passed and Mum was home
spends his whole day cleaning
Text Mark Evidence - My friend Tom leaned in to whisper…the toilet thing…are you OK - your dad and I can’t go on like this - she (mum) made a little choking sound like she’d suddenly forgotten how to breathe
causes worry and strain for friends and family
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - I just want to look at your skin…is it weeping - have you burned your hands - I would stop burning my hands with bleach - my hands throbbing as I tucked them under my arms
causes pain and injury to himself
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘scrawling’?
True or False?
Matthew was cleaning off the graffiti he had scrawled on the white bathroom tiles.
True
False
Tick Me
Click here to reveal a paragraph from the text...
Tick the answer which best completes the sentence.
Matthew’s mother was staring open-mouthed because…
Tick two
A she was shocked by how much Matthew had been cleaning.
B she thought that Matthew was playing at a friend’s house.
Check
C she was worried about Matthew using bleach to clean inside the taps.
Click if correct
D she was pleasantly surprised that he had helped out with chores.
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) Matthew’s mum caught him cleaning with bleach.
B) Matthew’s school called about his attendance.
C) Matthew stopped going to school because his friend noticed he kept going to the toilet.
D) Matthew’s mum agreed to buy him latex gloves.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
turn the story into art.
Reveal
Draw scenes or characters from the book.
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: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
A couple of weeks before, I’d got really carried away while Mum was at work, and before I knew it the afternoon had passed and Mum was home, standing at the door staring open-mouthed as I wiped the insides of the taps with cotton-wool buds dipped in bleach.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Goldfish Boy: Fiction Lesson 2
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
The bathroom caused me the most stress because every time I went in there it felt infested with germs.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How have Matthew’s cleaning habits have become extreme?
B) How have Matthew’s fear of germs affected his daily life?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
The whole cleaning thing was a secret until quite recently. My friend Tom leaned in to whisper. “The toilet thing? You’ve been during every lesson today and at break. Are you OK?” I’d been washing my hands. They were never clean enough so I had to keep going back to try and get the germs off. I pretty much stopped going to school after that. Now that I was at home I was much more in control and could clean pretty much whenever I liked. The bathroom caused me the most stress because every time I went in there it felt infested with germs. A couple of weeks before, I’d got really carried away while Mum was at work, and before I knew it the afternoon had passed and Mum was home, standing at the door staring open-mouthed as I wiped the insides of the taps with cotton-wool buds dipped in bleach. “What on earth are you doing, Matthew?” She looked around at the sparkling white tiles. You’d have thought I’d been scrawling graffiti everywhere, the face she was pulling. “This isn’t right…Stop it now, enough is enough.” She took a step forward. I moved away and felt the sink press into my back. “Matthew, you need to talk to me about this. What’s wrong? And look at your poor hands…” She reached out to me but I shook my head. “Stay there, Mum. Don’t come any closer.”
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“But, Matty, I just want to have a look at your skin. Is it weeping? It looks like it’s weeping…” I tucked my hands into my armpits. “Are they burned, Matthew? Have you burned your hands? You can’t get bleach on your skin, darling. “It’s fine, just leave me alone.” I quickly scooted past her and went into my room, kicking the door shut behind me. I lay on my bed, my hands throbbing as I tucked them under my arms. Mum stood outside the door. She knew better than to come in. Darling, is there anything I can do for you? Tell me, please. Please, Matthew? Your dad and I can’t go on like this. The school rang again today. I can’t keep telling them that…that you’ve got a virus…” She made a little choking sound like she’d suddenly forgotten how to breathe. I shut my eyes and shouted one word back at her. “Gloves.” Silence. “I’m sorry?” “Latex gloves. Disposable ones. That’s all I need, Mum. OK? Now can you leave me alone? Please!” “OK. I’ll…I’ll see what I can do…” And that was it. That was my secret box that I keep under the bed. Not a dusty old box of treasure but a box of a hundred disposable latex gloves, which now held just fifteen pairs. A secret agreement between me and my mum: she’d supply me with gloves and I would stop burning my hands with bleach. We didn’t need to tell Dad – he wouldn’t understand.
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
cotton-wool buds dipped in bleach
infested
scrawling
disposable latex gloves
weeping
throbbing
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
infested
Explore
Find Read Talk
Now that I was at home I was much more in control and could clean pretty much whenever I liked. The bathroom caused me the most stress because every time I went in there it felt infested with germs.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
infested
Your turn
cotton-wool buds dipped in bleach
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
scrawling
weeping
throbbing
disposable latex gloves
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
The whole cleaning thing was a secret until quite recently. My friend Tom leaned in to whisper. “The toilet thing? You’ve been during every lesson today and at break. Are you OK?” I’d been washing my hands. They were never clean enough so I had to keep going back to try and get the germs off. I pretty much stopped going to school after that. Now that I was at home I was much more in control and could clean pretty much whenever I liked. The bathroom caused me the most stress because every time I went in there it felt infested with germs. A couple of weeks before, I’d got really carried away while Mum was at work, and before I knew it the afternoon had passed and Mum was home, standing at the door staring open-mouthed as I wiped the insides of the taps with cotton-wool buds dipped in bleach. “What on earth are you doing, Matthew?” She looked around at the sparkling white tiles. You’d have thought I’d been scrawling graffiti everywhere, the face she was pulling. “This isn’t right…Stop it now, enough is enough.” She took a step forward. I moved away and felt the sink press into my back. “Matthew, you need to talk to me about this. What’s wrong? And look at your poor hands…” She reached out to me but I shook my head. “Stay there, Mum. Don’t come any closer.” “But, Matty, I just want to have a look at your skin. Is it weeping? It looks like it’s weeping…” I tucked my hands into my armpits.
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
“Are they burned, Matthew? Have you burned your hands? You can’t get bleach on your skin, darling. “It’s fine, just leave me alone.” I quickly scooted past her and went into my room, kicking the door shut behind me. I lay on my bed, my hands throbbing as I tucked them under my arms. Mum stood outside the door. She knew better than to come in. Darling, is there anything I can do for you? Tell me, please. Please, Matthew? Your dad and I can’t go on like this. The school rang again today. I can’t keep telling them that… that you’ve got a virus…” She made a little choking sound like she’d suddenly forgotten how to breathe. I shut my eyes and shouted one word back at her. “Gloves.” Silence. “I’m sorry?” “Latex gloves. Disposable ones. That’s all I need, Mum. OK? Now can you leave me alone? Please!” “OK. I’ll…I’ll see what I can do…” And that was it. That was my secret box that I keep under the bed. Not a dusty old box of treasure but a box of a hundred disposable latex gloves, which now held just fifteen pairs. A secret agreement between me and my mum: she’d supply me with gloves and I would stop burning my hands with bleach. We didn’t need to tell Dad – he wouldn’t understand.
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“Stay there, Mum. Don’t come any closer.” “But, Matty, I just want to have a look at your skin.” “Is it weeping? It looks like it’s weeping…” I tucked my hands into my armpits. “Are they burned, Matthew? Have you burned your hands? “You can’t get bleach on your skin, darling.” “It’s fine, just leave me alone.”
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“Stay there, Mum. Don’t come any closer.”
“But, Matty, I just want to have a look at your skin.”
“Is it weeping? It looks like it’s weeping…”
I tucked my hands into my armpits.
“Are they burned, Matthew? Have you burned your hands?”
“You can’t get bleach on your skin, darling.”
“It’s fine, just leave me alone.”
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“Stay there, Mum. Don’t come any closer.” “But, Matty, I just want to have a look at your skin.” “Is it weeping? It looks like it’s weeping…” I tucked my hands into my armpits. “Are they burned, Matthew? Have you burned your hands? “You can’t get bleach on your skin, darling.” “It’s fine, just leave me alone.”
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How have Matthew’s cleaning habits have become extreme?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The whole cleaning thing was a secret until quite recently. My friend Tom leaned in to whisper. “The toilet thing? You’ve been during every lesson today and at break. Are you OK?”
Reveal Explainer
A) How have Matthew’s cleaning habits have become extreme?
Matthew uses the words ‘whole cleaning thing’ which suggest the cleaning has become a problem or an issue. The word ‘secret’ shows he felt the need to hide his cleaning behaviour. This suggests he knew it was unusual and perhaps unhealthy.
Teach
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) How have Matthew’s cleaning habits have become extreme?
B) How have Matthew’s fear of germs affected his daily life?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence I’d been washing my hands…they were never clean enough so I had to keep going back to try and get the germs off
hand washing more than necessary
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - (Matthew) could clean pretty much whenever I liked - I’d got really carried away (cleaning the bathroom)…before I knew it the afternoon had passed
spent a long time cleaning
A) How have Matthew’s cleaning habits have become extreme?
Text Mark Evidence - you’d have thought I’d been scrawling graffiti everywhere, the face she was pulling (at his cleaning) - this (cleaning) isn’t right…stop it now, enough is enough
his mother’s concerned reaction
Text Mark Evidence - I wiped the insides of the taps with cotton-wool buds dipped in bleach - have you burned your hands…you can’t get bleach on your skin - I would stop burning my hands with bleach
cleaning in unnecessary ways/use of harmful chemicals
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - the toilet thing…you’ve been during every lesson today and at break - the school rang again today…I can’t keep telling them that...that you’ve got a virus - I pretty much stopped going to school after that
affects his learning
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the bathroom caused me the most stress because every time I went in there it felt infested with germs
causes anxiety
B) How have Matthew’s fear of germs affected his daily life?
Text Mark Evidence I’d got really carried away (cleaning) while mum was at work and before I knew it the afternoon had passed and Mum was home
spends his whole day cleaning
Text Mark Evidence - My friend Tom leaned in to whisper…the toilet thing…are you OK - your dad and I can’t go on like this - she (mum) made a little choking sound like she’d suddenly forgotten how to breathe
causes worry and strain for friends and family
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - I just want to look at your skin…is it weeping - have you burned your hands - I would stop burning my hands with bleach - my hands throbbing as I tucked them under my arms
causes pain and injury to himself
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘scrawling’?
True or False?
Matthew was cleaning off the graffiti he had scrawled on the white bathroom tiles.
True
False
Tick Me
Click here to reveal a paragraph from the text...
Tick the answer which best completes the sentence.
Matthew’s mother was staring open-mouthed because…
Tick two
A she was shocked by how much Matthew had been cleaning.
B she thought that Matthew was playing at a friend’s house.
Check
C she was worried about Matthew using bleach to clean inside the taps.
Click if correct
D she was pleasantly surprised that he had helped out with chores.
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) Matthew’s mum caught him cleaning with bleach.
B) Matthew’s school called about his attendance.
C) Matthew stopped going to school because his friend noticed he kept going to the toilet.
D) Matthew’s mum agreed to buy him latex gloves.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
turn the story into art.
Reveal
Draw scenes or characters from the book.
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: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
A couple of weeks before, I’d got really carried away while Mum was at work, and before I knew it the afternoon had passed and Mum was home, standing at the door staring open-mouthed as I wiped the insides of the taps with cotton-wool buds dipped in bleach.