UKS2 Christmas Reading Comprehension Learning Video Clip

UKS2 Christmas Reading Comprehension Learning Video Clip

Cleo is celebrating Christmas and the end of an eventful year with her friends, when a familiar face comes along to threaten Christmas…

Teaching note: Some vocabulary used in this learning video clip could be challenging for some children, therefore we recommend the availability of dictionaries or thesauri should the children require them.

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Discussion points for teachers

1. Find and copy a word that means the same as ‘emerging’.  emanating

2. Which word is closest in meaning to the word ‘dismayed’?  troubled

3. Explain why Cleo ‘hastily threw a blanket around her shoulders’.  She was going outside/it is snowing outside/it is cold outside.

4. The word ‘tearing’ suggests Cleo moved the bush:  furiously (accept hastily)

5. Find and copy a word that suggests the object in the bush was glowing.  glint (accept golden)

6. Suggest a reason why Rae does not want to enter the cellar.  It’s dark and she might be afraid of the dark/it makes her feel uncomfortable. Accept any reasonable answer.

7. What does Trig mean by ‘leave no stone unturned’?  Look everywhere. Accept any reasonable answer.

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