ORT Stage 8 Egyptian Adventure

ORT Stage 8 Egyptian Adventure

1.Who wrote the book Egyptian Adventure and what year was it published?

2.Who came to play at Biff and Chips house?

3.On page 1 Nadim uses the word - isn’t – what two words is this short for?

4.What shape would the model picture on Nadim’s book make?

5.What was the hardest thing to make in the model?

6.How did Floppy annoy everyone?

7.Explain the picture on page 9 of the book?

8.What were the ancient pyramids made out of?

9.On page 14 there are a pair of glasses on the ground under the large stone s. Who do think these glasses belong to? Why?

10.Why did all the Egyptians start bowing?

11.Would you like to be worshipped as a great yellow dog or would you prefer to be an Egyptian slave?

12.Name 5 types of punctuation you can find in this book.

13. Find and list four different words used instead of ‘said’.

14.What is an Egyptian pharaoh?

15. Draw an Egyptian pyramid.

ORT Stage 8 – Flood!

1.Why did Biff and Chip not want to go for a walk?

2.What do you think the word ‘squelchy’ means?

3.What was underwater?

4.Why did Mum think it was a bad idea for Biff to wade across the bridge?

5.Why were the children not allowed to play football on the field?

6. How did the children find out there was more rain and storms coming?

7.Do you think the children were happy or sad the school was closed?

8.What did the family use to protect their house from the floods?

9.Where did the family go when they were rescued?

10.Who took them there?

11.What would do if there was so much rain in Qatar that your house flooded?

12.Do you think this will ever happen? Why?

13.If you could only take one thing from your house – what would it be?

14.Can you think of one main difference between this story and other Biff and Chip stories?

15.Write out 1 full sentence from the story that has speech in it. Include the correct punctuation.

16.What year was the book first published?

17.If our school closed because of a flood, what would you do?

ORT Pocket Money

1. Who are the authors of the book?

1. What was Dad’s idea?

1. Name three of the jobs on Dad’s chart.

1. On page 5 the word like is in italics. Why do think this is?

1. What is a fossil?

1. On page 10, how much are the postcards?

1. Why was Biff upset?

1. What did the camera crew leave behind on a rock?

1. How much did Biff get offered as a reward?

1. Have you ever been offered a reward?

1. How many pairs of glasses can you find in the book this time?

1. Do you think pocket money is a good idea? Why?

1. What jobs would you like to do to earn more pocket money?

ORT Stage 8 snap dragons

Jess and the Bean Root

1.Who are the authors of the book?

2.Did Jess prefer to read or play outside?

3.What story was Jess thinking about while she was eating her dinner?

4.Was Mum pleased Jess dropped the bean? Why?

5.What word on page 10 rhymes with ‘thump’? Can you think of any more words that rhyme with bump?

6.When the giant was talking to himself, what was he saying?

7.Why did the giant wake up?

8.Was Hugo a big scary monster that everyone was afraid of? How do you know?

9.This story had a happy ending. Can you think of any other stories that have happy endings? Write them down.

10.Can you think of a different name you could give this book instead of ‘Jess and the bean root’?

11.Look at page 20. Write down all the verbs (doing words) you can find.

12.What is your favourite part of this book? Why?

12.If you had to draw the pictures for this book instead of Barbara Vagnozzi, what would Hugo look like? Draw Hugo.

Mr Masterson 2012

ORT Stage 8 Snap Dragons

More Little Mouse Deer Tales

1.Why could the little Mouse Deer not get out of the pit?

2.How did Little Mouse deer trick the Elephant?

3.Do you think a Little Deer Mouse would be able to trick an Elephant and a Tiger in real life? Why?

4.Why did the Tiger think Little Deer Mouse looked ‘fierce’?

5.Did the Tiger really see another Tiger in the water?

6.What animal was smarter than the Little Deer Mouse?

7.How do you know the author uses speech on page 9?

8.List all the verbs (doing words) on page 3.

9.Think of 3 more verbs you think are interesting and write them down.

10.Was the Gecko a bad character or a good character in this story. Why do you think so?

11.Who was your favourite character in the story? Why?

12.Do you think Monica Hughes is a good author?

13. Why do you like or dislike John Clemenston’s pictures?

14.Which character would you be? Why?

15. Draw one of the characters from the story.

Mr Masterson 2012

ORT stage 8 Snap Dragons

Raju’s Ride

1.Who drew the pictures for the book ‘Raju’s Ride’?

2.What do you think the sound ‘PHUT – PHUT – PHUT’ is for, on page 2?

3.‘Raju and his baby sister were like the filling in a sandwich’ (page 2). Explain what this means. Do you know what type of sentence this is?

4.What country do you think this story might be set in?

5.Was Raju a kind boy? Why do you think so?

6.How did Raju keep away the birds?

7.What sound do birds make they are quarrelling?

8.What did the big children say to Raju, again and again?

9.What did Mrs Gupta put in a paper bag for Raju?

10.How did life suddenly get better for Raju?

11.Raju was very patient when he give away or lost all the things he had. Would you be as patient as Raju? Why?

12.Can you find two adjectives (describing words) on page 8? Write them down. Also, write 3 more good adjectives you can think of.

12.Draw a picture of Raju, the elephant and the mango tree.

Mr Masterson 2012

ORT Stage 8 Snapdragons

Big Liam, Little Liam

1.Who drew all the pictures for this book?

2.Why do you think that one side of the cover is blue and the other side is green?

3.What was Big Liam’s full name?

4.What would Little Liam and his Dad do every Saturday night?

5.Why do you think there is a hyphen ‘ – ‘ between each letter of the word love (L-o-v-e) on page 4?

6.What do you think Liam meant when he said ‘No ta!’? What do you think ‘ta’ means?

7.What competition did both Liams enter?

8.When you read the text on page 12 how do you know there is speech. Write down one sentence of speech from page 12 and punctuate it carefully.

9.How did the Liams use teamwork to help them paint better pictures?

10.Who won the cornflake competition?

11.What prize did they win?

12. What was particularly clever about the prize they choose?

13.Do you think there is a message in this story you could learn from?

14.Can you think of a time when you used teamwork to help you do something well? Write about it in 3 or 4 full sentences.

15.Can you find the flag of a country with a dragon on it? Use an atlas. Clue – it sounds a lot like the biggest mammal in the ocean!

16.Draw your picture of a dragon and I will judge the winner!

Mr Masterson 2012

Save Floppy ORT Stage 8

1.What went wrong on the last adventure?

2.What did Chip want to do?

3.Where did the magic key take Biff and Chip?

4.Who was Kamar’s father?

5.Did Kamar think it was a safe idea for Biff and Chip to go up to the mountain? Why?

6.What did the evil genie do to Biff and Chip?

7.What was inside the treasure chest?

8.How did Chip trick the Genie?

9.Who was your favourite character in this story? Why?

10.Name three other places Chip and Biff have been on an adventure in other books.

11.List three pages that you can find speech marks.

12.List two examples of where the author has used a different word for ‘said’.

Draw what you think the magic key should like.