2. Chapter 1

Today we are going to consider what happened in Chapter 1 of “A Monster Calls”.

1.

Make a bookmark for “A Monster Calls”.

You need the following:

Print the images below and cut a piece of card to make the bookmark…

The text is to remind you of our focus for reading. (Stick this on the back of the card.)

The boxes are there for you to draw the monster in this novel as you imagine what it may look like. (Look again at the author’s description of the monster.)

Stick your drawing on the front of the card.

The bookmark is to keep your place in the book!

2.

So, let’s recap what we’ve read in Chapter 1…

3.

Do you know these words?

(We can use a dictionary if we get stuck…)

4.

This is how we will record our focus for reading:

5.

Here is an example of the Chapter 1 focus of reading record:

6.

Let’s make a”focus for reading” page. Divide a new page in your book into quadrants and add the following titles:

7.

Now stick these cards onto your “focus for reading” page, in the correct quadrant. (This is an example of how we can record our focus for reading.)

8.

And now for a few questions…

You need to use a new page in your book.

Write the headings as shown below.

(After this task you will also look at vocabulary.)

9.

The tasks in this section come from: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness – ppt download (slideplayer.com)

10.

Write down your ideas about what we have read as indicated below.

11.

Further Extension Tasks

Comprehension Questions (arkpriory.org)

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