Unit 10
4 “ Let him stay,” said one boy. Why did this boy keep ‘ well hidden ’ (line 51) when he said this? 5 What do you think Josh’s summer project was? 6 Why is Mrs. Anthony worried about what the Principal would think?
7 What sort of things do you think the cow has learnt to do? 8 What sort of person is Josh? Find evidence in the story. 9 What do you think will happen next in the story? 10 Would you like to read the rest of the book? Why or why not? Vocabulary Match each of the words on the left with its correct definition.
a few sentences summing up a book, usually printed on the back cover long work of fiction list at the beginning of a book giving the different sections of the book online diary – short for web log someone’s life story written by that person verse or set of lines of poetry someone’s life story written by another author alphabetical list of information
1 novel 2 autobiography 3 biography 4 blurb 5 contents 6 stanza 7 index 8 blog
Speaking and listening
Listen and make notes. 1 Listen to a talk about the author, C. Everard Palmer.
2 Read the questions and make notes to help you answer the questions.
1 Where was the author born? 2 What other jobs did he do? 3 What sort of childhood did he have? 4 Why was he ‘pointed in the direction of writing’?
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Read aloud the Listening text from page 178.
• Vocabulary: Ask students to find examples of as many of these types of texts as they can, either within this book or in other books in the classroom or school library. • Speaking and listening: Ask students to choose which form of writing they have listened to from the ‘vocabulary’ list above. • Extension: Encourage students to read the rest of ‘A Cow Called Boy’ and to read other books by C. Everard Palmer.
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