T1+Literacy

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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** ||
 * //blonde// || //brown// ||
 * //adult// || //teen// ||
 * //mum// || //childless// ||
 * //non basketball player// || //basket ball player// ||
 * //sad// || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">//angry// ||

<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 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="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> I think that when //Shay grabs Lashana’s finger when she goes to poke him in the ribs// is the key moment because //Lashana begins to like 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**
 * 8) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**Tamsin offers to do Lashana’s hair**
 * 9) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**Lashana offers to hold Shay**

<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **Say when in the story Lashana shows each of these attitudes:**

<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **Complete the following sentences. Cross out any words which don’t apply.**
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**sympathy** //page five//
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**disgust** //page three//
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**anger** //page two//
 * 4) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**sullenness** //page five//
 * 5) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**helpfulness** //page nine//
 * I do feel sorry for Tamsin because** //she can’t cope.//
 * I like Lashana** //least// when //she is angry.//
 * I like Lashana** //most// when //she is helpful.//

<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 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: 0px;">**When the reference is made** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**The reference itself** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**What is shows about Lashana’s attitudes** ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 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: 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: 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: 0px;">**The next day at school** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">//“Wish she’d stayed away”, Lashana thought at school that morning.// || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">//Lashana is resentful - angry about this// ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Just before bed, after an earlier argument because Lashana woke the baby** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">//“Oh Lashana! I told you he was asleep!”// || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 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: 0px;">**After Lashana hears Tamsin crying in the night** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">//For a moment Lashana felt wobbly inside.// || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">//Lashana feels a bit sad for Tamsin.// ||
 * || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 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: 0px;">**Most of her differences with Tamsin have been resolved** ||