Starter quiz

  • What type of text is 'The Pebble in my Pocket'?
    • narrative fiction
    • narrative non-fiction  ✓
    • an information text
  • What does it mean to 'build comprehension' of a text?
    • to read the text again
    • to develop greater understanding of the text  ✓
    • to summarise what you have read
  • Which of these statements do you agree with about 'The Pebble in my Pocket'.
    • It teaches us about history, science and geography.  ✓
    • It tells the story of how a pebble is formed, beginning 480 million years ago.  ✓
    • The author uses simple and non-descriptive language.
    • The pebble's journey teaches us more about the history of the world we live in.  ✓
  • Match the vocabulary to the correct definition.
    • volcano
      ⇔
      a mountain or hill with a crater that can erupt lava ✓
    • mountain
      ⇔
      a large mass of land higher than the Earth's surface ✓
    • sea
      ⇔
      a large body of water covering most of the Earth's surface ✓
    • river
      ⇔
      a natural stream of water that flows ✓
    • glacier
      ⇔
      a slowly moving mass of ice ✓
    • valley
      ⇔
      a low area of land between hills or mountains ✓
  • What strategies can we use to understand the author's use of precise and descriptive vocabulary?
    • identifying word class  ✓
    • considering if we've heard the word before  ✓
    • using the illustrations  ✓
    • guessing what it means
  • How can we best summarise the pebble's journey?
    • It is an old pebble that changed a lot.
    • It existed in different forms, in different landscapes, over millions of years.  ✓
    • It had a long journey but always remained the same.
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