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CHIEFS READING WORK WEEK 10

**School Journal 2000 Part Four Number Two**

**GET OUT OF MY HA** **IR**

Tamsin and Lashana seem to be quite different sorts of people. Contrast the two girls. Try to find five points of difference between them and write them in the table below


 * **Tamsin** || **Lashana** ||
 * //Likes to help out around the house.// || //She likes to get on with her life and not worry about other things.// ||
 * //Gets concerned// || //Gets frustrated easily.// ||
 * //When people are negative she likes to be positive// || //Starts to get very negative after a while// ||
 * //Helps out others// || //Always feels like it’s not her fault// ||
 * //Very chirpy// || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">//Very understanding// ||

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Stories often have a key point - the turning point of the story, when we can see what will happen in the end. Some possible key moments in this story are listed below. Choose the one you think is the most important moment. Then write a short explanation of why you think it is.** <span style="color: #4f29ac; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> **//8. Tamsin offers to do Lashana’s hair//** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> 9. Lashana offers to hold Shay
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Lashana makes a mess of streaking her hair
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Shay makes a mess on Lashana’s t-shirt
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Kids at school make smart cracks about Lashana’s hair
 * 4) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Lashana wakes the baby by playing her tapes loudly
 * 5) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Lashana hears Tamsin crying in the night
 * 6) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Shay grabs Lashana’s finger when she goes to poke him in the ribs
 * 7) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Tamsin says Shay must really like Lashana:

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I think that sentence is the key moment because <span style="color: #39208e; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**//Lashana finally spends some time with Shay and gets to know her more,and then realizes that she is not much more important than her,and is just another person but much more smaller and needs more care. Lashana//** <span style="color: #39208e; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**//knows that she shouldn’t be jealous.//**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Say when in the story Lashana shows each of these attitudes:**
 * 1) <span style="color: #e81e14; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**sympathy**
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">disgust
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">anger
 * 4) <span style="color: #e81e14; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**sullenness**
 * 5) <span style="color: #e81e14; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**helpfulness**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Complete the following sentences. Cross out any words which don’t apply.** I do not feel sorry for Tamsin //because// **//she got on with her life too quick and it is not my fault,she messed up not me.//** I like Lashana //least when// **//she only cares about herself and not others,Lashana only likes herself and doesn’t help others when they need it.//** I like Lashana //most// when **//she finally realizes that Shay isn’t that bad and//**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The title of this story is an expression which means “Stop annoying me”. In fact Lashana’s hair - and particularly the blonde blob - is referred to several times and helps to show what her feelings are towards Tamsin. Complete the table below which shows the links.


 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**When the reference is made** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**The reference itself** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**What shows about Lashana’s attitudes** ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">When Lashana is trying to put a blonde streak in her hair || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Lashana’s attempted blonde streak turns into a blonde blob || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Lashana is very hostile - blames Tamsin and her baby ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The next day at school ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Just before bed, after an earlier argument because Lashana woke the baby ||  || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Still resentful - her feelings are not going away ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">After Lashana hears Tamsin crying in the night ||  ||   ||
 * || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The blonde bit of hair was sticking up at a weird angle ||  ||
 * ||  || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Most of her differences with Tamsin have been resolved ||

<span style="color: #053cf3; font: normal normal normal 17px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**POROS OF MALIA**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Use the words below the passage to fill in the gaps in the passage itself**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The _ Olympics put great pressure on those taking part. Standards are extremely high because athletes are professionals, and work full-time at improving their __. It must be a real test of__ to start a race in front of about 100,000 people, when you know that most of the other runners are going to be __than you. Some athletes end up using drugs to _ their speed and strength. It is clear, though, that nerves still get the of many athletes, and they under-perform. What this story shows is that none of this is new. Many__ ago the pressures were just as ___.

<span style="color: #d91711; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**better boost centuries especially faster intense** <span style="color: #d91711; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**modern nerve now performance**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**It is clear from this story that while some things in the ancient Olympics were the same as in the modern ones, other things were different. Write at least 4 differences down based on what you’re told in the text and pictures on pages 34 and 35.**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**One person who read this story said it ended too soon - it should have described the race itself. Say whether or not you agree, and why.**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**State whether you agree or disagree with the following statements and why.** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Taking part is more important than winning <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We should put up statues of our Olympic gold medal winners <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Competing in the Olympics would not be enjoyable

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Unscramble the following sentences from the story** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">athletes him now other the watching were <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">athletes line moving starting the the to were <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">all beat competitors he knew one that the the to was

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**The opening sentence in this story is a** **simile** **- a simile compares two things using the word ‘like’ or ‘as’. The idea is to draw on something familiar to the reader to help the reader imagine something else. Try coming up with your own comparisons to finish these statements.**
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">When the race started, the crowd roared like/as if
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Poros burst out of the starting holes like/as if
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">The tension pressed down on Poros like