Friend or Foe

In the link below are some reading activities based around chapters two, three, four and five. Mrs Evans has filmed herself reading these chapters! Why not listen to the story and have a go at answering the questions or completing a writing task?

Hello Herons! Our topic this term is World War Two and we have a new class book - Friend or Foe. Below are links to the first chapter and several tasks. Have a go and please send me pictures and work you complete so I can upload it to the class website. If you need help please don't hesitate to contact me on the contact section on the website or email herons@archbishopcourtenay.kent.sch.uk

Mr Newman

Character study

Choose two characters from Chapter 1 and complete a character study.

1. Write the name of the character in the middle of a page
2. Choose adjectives and noun phrases to describe them and write these around the name - you must also add evidence to show how you know / why you infer this. For example, you might describe Miss Evers as cold-hearted: she picked on Tucky mercilessly (page 10) and she makes the children rush to say goodbye to their parents (page 7). Take 2 coloured pencils: underline the facts that you have found out from the text, for example, Miss Roberts is a huge lady (page 13) in one colour, and underline the facts you have inferred, for example, Miss Roberts is warm and kind towards the children but she is hiding the fact that she is worried. I know this because she doesn’t stop smoking (page 13) and this suggests that she is anxious