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A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between: Non-fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
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Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘engulfed’?
Tick Me
Why might the author have told the story of Pompeii using a house instead of a person?
Tick one:
A) Houses with walls and mosaics are more interesting than people.
B) It makes the story more historically factual to use a house.
Check
C) The house is a character that is able to ‘survive’ the eruption.
Click if correct
D) The eruption happened too long ago to use a human character.
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
3) alignment
4) document
1) decreed
2) tolerant
A) a written record that contains important information
B) when things are lined up in a straight line
C) accepting of people who are different than you
D) gave an official order that must be followed
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each lesson from this unit with the sentence which best describes it:
A) This describes the life and empire of the universal ruler, Genghis Khan.
1) A Day in the Life of a Mongol Emperor
B) This tells how a piece of writing on animal skin protected citizens from an unfair king.
2) A Day in the Life of a Plague Carrier
Check
C) This provides information about how Romans in Pompeii lived and died.
3) A Day in the Life of a Dead Sheep
Click if correct
D) This describes how a deadly germ spread from rats to humans through flea bites.
4) The Secret Diary of a House in Pompeii
Speaking Spotlight
Newsreader
Explore
Newsreader
Formal language
Speak clearly
Vary your voice
Practise
Look at the camera
Calm & composed
Finish strong
Be confident
Report ontwo events from The Secret Diary of a House in Pompeii.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
navigator
voyage
lowly lookout
plunder
populated
natural resistance
From: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Funded by Spanish royalty, I – the Great Columbus – made my first voyage here in 1492 in search of a new route to China.
Circle the word which best completes the sentence.
The word ‘funded’ suggests that Spanish royalty gave Columbus…
money.
orders.
a ship.
land.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) What was the name of Columbus’s ship?
Acceptable Answer:
Reveal Answer
3) What was the purpose of Columbus’s voyages? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Text Mark Evidence I am on my third voyage…in search of gold and spices
Text Mark Evidence Columbus wanted the glory and the huge reward money on offer
to find valuable items
to gain fame / recognition and rewards / money
Text Mark Evidence - I…made my first voyage here…in search of a new route to China - the silk road had become very dangerous - I sailed…hoping to find a shortcut to China
Text Mark Evidence we brought local people horses, cattle, chickens, bees and Christianity
to find safer / new / quicker route to China
to bring goods / his religion to others
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
Click on each box to reveal acceptable answers
4) What effect does telling the story through a parrot have on the reader?
Practise & Apply
Click on each box to reveal acceptable answers
4) What effect does telling the story through a parrot have on the reader?
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
pair non-fiction with fiction.
Reveal
Read a story and then a fact book on the same topic.
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 and adapted for accessibility from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between: Non-fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘engulfed’?
Tick Me
Why might the author have told the story of Pompeii using a house instead of a person?
Tick one:
A) Houses with walls and mosaics are more interesting than people.
B) It makes the story more historically factual to use a house.
Check
C) The house is a character that is able to ‘survive’ the eruption.
Click if correct
D) The eruption happened too long ago to use a human character.
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
3) alignment
4) document
1) decreed
2) tolerant
A) a written record that contains important information
B) when things are lined up in a straight line
C) accepting of people who are different than you
D) gave an official order that must be followed
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each lesson from this unit with the sentence which best describes it:
A) This describes the life and empire of the universal ruler, Genghis Khan.
1) A Day in the Life of a Mongol Emperor
B) This tells how a piece of writing on animal skin protected citizens from an unfair king.
2) A Day in the Life of a Plague Carrier
Check
C) This provides information about how Romans in Pompeii lived and died.
3) A Day in the Life of a Dead Sheep
Click if correct
D) This describes how a deadly germ spread from rats to humans through flea bites.
4) The Secret Diary of a House in Pompeii
Speaking Spotlight
Newsreader
Explore
Newsreader
Formal language
Speak clearly
Vary your voice
Practise
Look at the camera
Calm & composed
Finish strong
Be confident
Report ontwo events from The Secret Diary of a House in Pompeii.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
navigator
voyage
lowly lookout
plunder
populated
natural resistance
From: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
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Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Funded by Spanish royalty, I – the Great Columbus – made my first voyage here in 1492 in search of a new route to China. Circle the word which best completes the sentence. The word ‘funded’ suggests that Spanish royalty gave Columbus…
money.
orders.
a ship.
land.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) What was the name of Columbus’s ship?
Acceptable Answer:
Reveal Answer
3) What was the purpose of Columbus’s voyages? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Text Mark Evidence I am on my third voyage…in search of gold and spices
Text Mark Evidence Columbus wanted the glory and the huge reward money on offer
to find valuable items
to gain fame / recognition and rewards / money
Text Mark Evidence - I…made my first voyage here…in search of a new route to China - the silk road had become very dangerous - I sailed…hoping to find a shortcut to China
Text Mark Evidence we brought local people horses, cattle, chickens, bees and Christianity
to find safer / new / quicker route to China
to bring goods / his religion to others
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
Click on each box to reveal acceptable answers
4) What effect does telling the story through a parrot have on the reader?
Practise & Apply
Click on each box to reveal acceptable answers
4) What effect does telling the story through a parrot have on the reader?
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
pair non-fiction with fiction.
Reveal
Read a story and then a fact book on the same topic.
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 and adapted for accessibility from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.