Hello Year 4!

Here are your reading lessons for the week. First, I have put the answers from last weeks questions. Remember you needed to have written in full sentences, and some of your answers may be slightly different to what is written here. That does not mean they are wrong! As long as you have the same general idea as the example, you have got the answer correct.

Answers- Lesson 1

• Where did they take the Iron Man to? They took the Iron Man to a big scrap-metal yard.• List the items that were there. There was old cars, old trucks, old railway engines, old stoves, oldrefrigerators, old springs, bedsteads, bicycles, girders, gates, and pans.• What do you think ‘his eyes crackle with joy’ means?‘His eyes crackle with joy’ might mean his eyes crinkled shut because he wassmiling so much.• Why do you think The Iron Man’s eyes became blue after eating the metal?I think his eyes became blue because he is happy after eating the metal.

Answers- Lesson 2

• ‘And not just bigger. But bigger and Bigger and BIGger. Each night it was BIGGER’. Why does Ted Hughes use capital letters in strange places here?

I think he uses capital letters in strange places because when you use a capital letter the word gets bigger. • Write down one of the comparisons made about how big the star was.Bigger than the dog star. Bigger than Jupiter. • Write down one of the comparisons made about how fast the star was moving. Faster than a bullet. Faster than any rocket. • Why do you think this chapter is called ‘The Space-Being and the Iron Man’? I think it’s called ‘The Space-Being and the Iron Man’ because a Space-Being is going to arrive.

Answers- Lesson 3

• Who noticed the strange thing happen first? The astronomers noticed the strange thing happen first. • On what day could you see it without a telescope?On the third night you could see it without a telescope. • What metaphor is used to describe the shape?Bat-angel, like a great black swan. • What do you think is going to happen next?Various answers- tick it if you have written in full sentences!

Lesson 1

Read the extract, then answer the questions.

Questions- Lesson 1

‘Barrumph!’ This is an example of an onomatopoeia. An onomatopoeia is a word which sounds like the sound it describes. Examples include oink, roar, boom. Can you write down another example?

What reaction happened in other London, California and Russia because of the huge crash?

What do you know about what the ‘thing’ looked like from the description?

How did people feel about this ‘thing’ arriving?

Lesson 2

Read the extract, then answer the questions.

Questions-Lesson 2

Can you quote one example of a fronted adverbial in this extract?

What did the ‘thing’ announce to the world?

What did the people decide to do?

Why do you think the dragon was smiling?

Lesson 3

Read the extract, then answer the questions.

Questions-Lesson 3

What had the people been spending their money on?

What does ‘merely’ mean?

How long did the people have to prepare the dragon’s meal?

Why do you think Hogarth asked The Iron Man for help?