Ready Steady Read Together
The Last Bear: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘hull’?
Find Me
Find two words that mean ‘unpleasant or upsetting’:
With a choke, April figured out what it reminded her of: the time, three years ago, when one of the foxes had got its paw trapped in a rusted tin can and couldn’t get it off. It was the horrible gut-wrenching sound of an animal in pain.
2 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
horrible
gut-wrenching
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A shook fiercely
1 guttural
B a deep, rough, throaty sound
2 juddered
C deserted or left behind
Check
3 jutting
Click if correct
D extending out beyond
4 abandoned
Sequence Me
Put the events from the whole story in the correct order:
A) April heard a horrible noise which sounded like an animal in pain.
B) April preferred playing with the foxes in the bramble over children at school.
C) April’s mother died and she lived alone with her father.
D) An important letter arrived offering April’s dad a job in the Arctic.
Click if correct
Check
Speaking Spotlight
Conscience Alley
Explore
Conscience Alley
Should April and her dad have gone to Bear Island?
Yes
No
Encourage
Convince
Persuade
Coax
Warn
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
desperately / desperation
matted
inclined
horror
puzzlement
wound
Explore
From: The Last Bear by Hannah Gold © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
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What if he came closer? What if he attacked? There was something cautious about the way he was keeping to the other side of the beach. Of course, he would be just as wary about her as she was of him and she let out a deep, shaky breath of relief.
Picking up the binoculars once more, she chewed her lip in worry because he was desperately thin. She could even see his ribs poking through his fur. And surely his fur should look shinier and far less matted than that?
There was also a sharpness to his face. Not a horrible sharpness the way some people’s faces are sharp permanently. But a sharpness born of hunger and desperation.
“Oh, you poor thing,” she murmured. “You’re starving.”
He inclined his head, so slightly that April almost missed it.
“Are you hungry?” she asked. “You’re not going to eat me, are you?”
She scanned the rest of his face quickly through the binoculars. Even though he was a wild animal, he did look friendly – for a polar bear anyway. The tickly whiskers, the soft, wet black of his nose and his dark, chocolate-coloured eyes which, even from this distance, seemed gentle.
She cleared her throat and wondered what to say next.
From: The Last Bear by Hannah Gold © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“My name is April,” she offered at last. “April Wood. I’m eleven years old, I like hot chocolate, especially with marshmallows on top, and I’m here with my dad, who’s measuring the temperatures for six months. He said there were no bears left on the island, but I knew I’d seen you that first night. Why would you risk coming so close to the cabin? Maybe…” She stopped as the idea hit her. “Maybe you wanted to be seen? But why would that be?” She gazed at him in puzzlement and it wasn’t until she scanned her binoculars over his whole body that she finally saw it.
“Oh my!” she exclaimed in horror. “What have you done to yourself?”
His front left paw had something tightly wrapped around it – a blue plastic of some kind. He brought the paw up to his mouth and gnawed at it with long, sharp teeth, growling under his breath as he tried to bite it off. But it was no use. The paw had swollen to twice its size and the plastic had wound its way impossibly tight – there was no way it was coming off.
From: The Last Bear by Hannah Gold © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Find and copy two words from the first paragraph which shows the polar bear was ‘careful to avoid danger’.
What if he came closer? What if he attacked? There was something cautious about the way he was keeping to the other side of the beach. Of course, he would be just as wary about her as she was of him and she let out a deep, shaky breath of relief.
RevealExtract
RevealText Marks
Practise & Apply
2) Remembering the whole text, put the following events in order. Write a number 1-5 in each box.
The bear tilted his head slightly when April spoke to him.
April noticed that the bear was dangerously thin and matted.
The bear gnawed at the blue plastic wound around his paw.
April introduced herself to the bear, saying “My name is April. April Wood.”
Reveal Answer
April gazed in horror at the bear’s swollen paw.
Practise & Apply
3) Why might the polar bear have wanted to be seen at the cabin? Use evidence from the text to explain your answer.
Text Mark Evidence - his front left paw had something tightly wrapped around it - he tried to bit it off…but it was no use - the plastic had wound its way impossibly tight - there was no way it (the plastic) was coming off
to seek help to remove the plastic
Text Mark Evidence - he (bear) was desperately thin - she (April) could even see his ribs poking through his fur - a sharpness born of hunger and desperation - you’re starving
to find food / be fed / hungry
Text Mark Evidence - he was desperately thin - a sharpness born of hunter and desperation
the bear was desperate
Text Mark Evidence the paw had swollen to twice its size
to seek help for the swollen paw / bear was in pain
Also accept reference to being unable to hunt properly due to the injury to his paw with evidence to support either point.
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
4) 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
April realised both her and the bear were nervous of each other.
The bear was so thin, April could see his ribs through his fur.
April was used a telescope to find the bear’s injury.
The bear’s front right paw had swollen to twice its size.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
discover new worlds.
Reveal
Immerse yourself in imaginative settings and ideas.
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: The Last Bear by Hannah Gold © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Last Bear: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘hull’?
Find Me
Find two words that mean ‘unpleasant or upsetting’:
With a choke, April figured out what it reminded her of: the time, three years ago, when one of the foxes had got its paw trapped in a rusted tin can and couldn’t get it off. It was the horrible gut-wrenching sound of an animal in pain.
2 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
horrible
gut-wrenching
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A shook fiercely
1 guttural
B a deep, rough, throaty sound
2 juddered
C deserted or left behind
Check
3 jutting
Click if correct
D extending out beyond
4 abandoned
Sequence Me
Put the events from the whole story in the correct order:
A) April heard a horrible noise which sounded like an animal in pain.
B) April preferred playing with the foxes in the bramble over children at school.
C) April’s mother died and she lived alone with her father.
D) An important letter arrived offering April’s dad a job in the Arctic.
Click if correct
Check
Speaking Spotlight
Conscience Alley
Explore
Conscience Alley
Should April and her dad have gone to Bear Island?
Yes
No
Encourage
Convince
Persuade
Coax
Warn
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
desperately / desperation
matted
inclined
horror
puzzlement
wound
Explore
From: The Last Bear by Hannah Gold © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
What if he came closer? What if he attacked? There was something cautious about the way he was keeping to the other side of the beach. Of course, he would be just as wary about her as she was of him and she let out a deep, shaky breath of relief. Picking up the binoculars once more, she chewed her lip in worry because he was desperately thin. She could even see his ribs poking through his fur. And surely his fur should look shinier and far less matted than that? There was also a sharpness to his face. Not a horrible sharpness the way some people’s faces are sharp permanently. But a sharpness born of hunger and desperation. “Oh, you poor thing,” she murmured. “You’re starving.” He inclined his head, so slightly that April almost missed it. “Are you hungry?” she asked. “You’re not going to eat me, are you?” She scanned the rest of his face quickly through the binoculars. Even though he was a wild animal, he did look friendly – for a polar bear anyway. The tickly whiskers, the soft, wet black of his nose and his dark, chocolate-coloured eyes which, even from this distance, seemed gentle. She cleared her throat and wondered what to say next.
From: The Last Bear by Hannah Gold © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“My name is April,” she offered at last. “April Wood. I’m eleven years old, I like hot chocolate, especially with marshmallows on top, and I’m here with my dad, who’s measuring the temperatures for six months. He said there were no bears left on the island, but I knew I’d seen you that first night. Why would you risk coming so close to the cabin? Maybe…” She stopped as the idea hit her. “Maybe you wanted to be seen? But why would that be?” She gazed at him in puzzlement and it wasn’t until she scanned her binoculars over his whole body that she finally saw it. “Oh my!” she exclaimed in horror. “What have you done to yourself?” His front left paw had something tightly wrapped around it – a blue plastic of some kind. He brought the paw up to his mouth and gnawed at it with long, sharp teeth, growling under his breath as he tried to bite it off. But it was no use. The paw had swollen to twice its size and the plastic had wound its way impossibly tight – there was no way it was coming off.
From: The Last Bear by Hannah Gold © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Find and copy two words from the first paragraph which shows the polar bear was ‘careful to avoid danger’.
What if he came closer? What if he attacked? There was something cautious about the way he was keeping to the other side of the beach. Of course, he would be just as wary about her as she was of him and she let out a deep, shaky breath of relief.
RevealExtract
RevealText Marks
Practise & Apply
2) Remembering the whole text, put the following events in order. Write a number 1-5 in each box.
The bear tilted his head slightly when April spoke to him.
April noticed that the bear was dangerously thin and matted.
The bear gnawed at the blue plastic wound around his paw.
April introduced herself to the bear, saying “My name is April. April Wood.”
Reveal Answer
April gazed in horror at the bear’s swollen paw.
Practise & Apply
3) Why might the polar bear have wanted to be seen at the cabin? Use evidence from the text to explain your answer.
Text Mark Evidence - his front left paw had something tightly wrapped around it - he tried to bit it off…but it was no use - the plastic had wound its way impossibly tight - there was no way it (the plastic) was coming off
to seek help to remove the plastic
Text Mark Evidence - he (bear) was desperately thin - she (April) could even see his ribs poking through his fur - a sharpness born of hunger and desperation - you’re starving
to find food / be fed / hungry
Text Mark Evidence - he was desperately thin - a sharpness born of hunter and desperation
the bear was desperate
Text Mark Evidence the paw had swollen to twice its size
to seek help for the swollen paw / bear was in pain
Also accept reference to being unable to hunt properly due to the injury to his paw with evidence to support either point.
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
4) 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
April realised both her and the bear were nervous of each other.
The bear was so thin, April could see his ribs through his fur.
April was used a telescope to find the bear’s injury.
The bear’s front right paw had swollen to twice its size.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
discover new worlds.
Reveal
Immerse yourself in imaginative settings and ideas.
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: The Last Bear by Hannah Gold © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.