Ready Steady Read Together
Viking Boy: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘glinted’?
Find Me
Find two words that mean adding detail or embellishing:
There were perhaps thirty of them, most wearing leather jerkins. All wore wolf’s helmets, and carried spears decorated with wolf tails and shields painted with pictures of snarling wolves.
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
decorated
painted
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A a dull, heavy sound
1 fate
Check
B something that is meant to happen
2 thunked
Click if correct
C something removed from a protective holder
3 savoured
D enjoying a feeling for a while
4 unsheathed
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Gunnar plans to travel to Valhalla to bring back Father.
B) The long house where Gunnar and his family lived was attacked.
C) Three evil Three Sisters set Gunnar's fate.
D) Gunnar's father is killed by the warrior Skuli.
Click if correct
Check
Speaking Spotlight
Conscience Alley
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Conscience Alley
Should Gunnar the Viking boy travel to Valhalla?
Yes
No
Encourage
Convince
Persuade
Coax
Warn
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
seeping
ceremony
ridge
resemble
sheen
threshold
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From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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Gunnar looked up. The sky was beginning to lighten, a pale glow seeping into the darkness. He thought quickly; he could pray to Odin here in the forest of course, but there was a better place, somewhere he had been for the midwinter ceremony, before the spring planting - the temple called the God House.
He rose to his feet, found the track once more, and headed into the gloom. By the time the sun had risen fully he was out of the forest and on the track towards the mountains. After a while he came to the top of a ridge and walked down into a valley. The track took him through a grove of ancient oak trees, scraps of morning mist clinging to their branches, and then into a broad clearing.
He shivered at the sight of the wooden building in front of him. The God House had always made him nervous. It looked like a dragon, its walls painted to resemble scales, its entrance a mouth with fangs carved into the curved doorposts, a pair of yellow eyes above. And to complete the picture, leading up to the door was a red stone path like a fiery tongue.
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Suddenly Gunnar heard squawking and he glanced up. Two crows were staring at him from the roof, heads tipped to one side and a sheen of the black feathers. They squawked again, and flapped their wings and hopped about, making Gunnar feel even more uneasy. He frowned at them, took a deep breath… then stepped over the temple’s threshold. The wooden floor was smooth, polished by the feet of those who came to worship here. Huge uprights – each one the trunk of an enormous tree – held up the roof and every surface was carved with pictures of Gods and Giants, elves and dwarves, man and strange beasts, scenes from all the old stories.
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) ‘A pale glow seeping into the darkness…’
What does the word ‘seeping’ mean in this sentence?
Acceptable Answers:
- Slowly spreading
- Sneaking in little by little
- Moving gently into something
- Light slowly filling the dark
Reveal Answer
2) Remembering the whole text, put the following events in order. Write a number 1-5 in each box.
Gunnar is greeted by crows that squawk at him as he approaches.
Gunnar travels over mountains to reach the God House.
Gunnar decides there is a better place to prey to Odin.
Gunnar shivers when he sees the God House.
Reveal Answer
He steps inside the God House.
Practise & Apply
3) How do we know Gunnar feels uneasy before entering the God House? Use evidence from the text to explain your answer.
Text Mark Evidence - he shivered at the sight of the wooden building - always made him nervous - took a deep breath
Text Mark Evidence - two crows were staring at him - they squawked again - flapped their wings and hopped about - making Gunnar feel even more uneasy - he frowned at them
the way his body reacts
the crows were uninviting and scaring him
Text Mark Evidence - looked like a dragon - walls painted to resemble scales - its entrance a mouth with fangs - a pair of yellow eyes above - a red stone path like a fiery tongue
the God House appearance
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
Gunnar wanted to find a special place to pray.
The track took him over mountains.
The God House made him feel excited.
The God House looked like a lizard.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
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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: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Viking Boy: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘glinted’?
Find Me
Find two words that mean adding detail or embellishing:
There were perhaps thirty of them, most wearing leather jerkins. All wore wolf’s helmets, and carried spears decorated with wolf tails and shields painted with pictures of snarling wolves.
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
decorated
painted
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A a dull, heavy sound
1 fate
Check
B something that is meant to happen
2 thunked
Click if correct
C something removed from a protective holder
3 savoured
D enjoying a feeling for a while
4 unsheathed
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Gunnar plans to travel to Valhalla to bring back Father.
B) The long house where Gunnar and his family lived was attacked.
C) Three evil Three Sisters set Gunnar's fate.
D) Gunnar's father is killed by the warrior Skuli.
Click if correct
Check
Speaking Spotlight
Conscience Alley
Explore
Conscience Alley
Should Gunnar the Viking boy travel to Valhalla?
Yes
No
Encourage
Convince
Persuade
Coax
Warn
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
seeping
ceremony
ridge
resemble
sheen
threshold
Explore
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
Gunnar looked up. The sky was beginning to lighten, a pale glow seeping into the darkness. He thought quickly; he could pray to Odin here in the forest of course, but there was a better place, somewhere he had been for the midwinter ceremony, before the spring planting - the temple called the God House. He rose to his feet, found the track once more, and headed into the gloom. By the time the sun had risen fully he was out of the forest and on the track towards the mountains. After a while he came to the top of a ridge and walked down into a valley. The track took him through a grove of ancient oak trees, scraps of morning mist clinging to their branches, and then into a broad clearing. He shivered at the sight of the wooden building in front of him. The God House had always made him nervous. It looked like a dragon, its walls painted to resemble scales, its entrance a mouth with fangs carved into the curved doorposts, a pair of yellow eyes above. And to complete the picture, leading up to the door was a red stone path like a fiery tongue.
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Suddenly Gunnar heard squawking and he glanced up. Two crows were staring at him from the roof, heads tipped to one side and a sheen of the black feathers. They squawked again, and flapped their wings and hopped about, making Gunnar feel even more uneasy. He frowned at them, took a deep breath… then stepped over the temple’s threshold. The wooden floor was smooth, polished by the feet of those who came to worship here. Huge uprights – each one the trunk of an enormous tree – held up the roof and every surface was carved with pictures of Gods and Giants, elves and dwarves, man and strange beasts, scenes from all the old stories.
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) ‘A pale glow seeping into the darkness…’ What does the word ‘seeping’ mean in this sentence?
Acceptable Answers:
Reveal Answer
2) Remembering the whole text, put the following events in order. Write a number 1-5 in each box.
Gunnar is greeted by crows that squawk at him as he approaches.
Gunnar travels over mountains to reach the God House.
Gunnar decides there is a better place to prey to Odin.
Gunnar shivers when he sees the God House.
Reveal Answer
He steps inside the God House.
Practise & Apply
3) How do we know Gunnar feels uneasy before entering the God House? Use evidence from the text to explain your answer.
Text Mark Evidence - he shivered at the sight of the wooden building - always made him nervous - took a deep breath
Text Mark Evidence - two crows were staring at him - they squawked again - flapped their wings and hopped about - making Gunnar feel even more uneasy - he frowned at them
the way his body reacts
the crows were uninviting and scaring him
Text Mark Evidence - looked like a dragon - walls painted to resemble scales - its entrance a mouth with fangs - a pair of yellow eyes above - a red stone path like a fiery tongue
the God House appearance
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
Gunnar wanted to find a special place to pray.
The track took him over mountains.
The God House made him feel excited.
The God House looked like a lizard.
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...
explore audiobooks.
Reveal
Listen to books during walks or while relaxing.
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: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.