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Tell it another way
Reading
Read Blackberry Blue in Session 7.7 of the Learner’s Book.
Then answer questions 1–5.
1 What narrative person is the extract in? How can you tell?
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2 What is meant by the words an heir to take the throne?
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3 What is the mood in paragraph 3 and how does the writer create
it?
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4 What do you call the words into her large apron pocket in
paragraph 10 and
what is its purpose?
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5 Write a sentence explaining whether you think the woodcutter’s
wife
should have taken the baby home and kept her. Give reasons.
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Read the recount of the Blackberry Blue tale in Session 7.9 of the
Learner’s Book.
Then answer questions 6–10.
6 Write three features that show the story is likely to be a fairy story.
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7 Write two ways that Blackberry Blue saved Prince Just’s life.
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8 Find a simile in the second paragraph and explain why the writer
chose to use
figurative language.
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9 Write a sentence describing how Prince Wolf feels towards Prince
Just,
using evidence from the text to support your answer.
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10 Explain whether you think Blackberry Blue deserves to marry
Prince Just.
Give reasons.
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Writing
Read the recount of the Blackberry Blue tale in Session 7.9 of the
Learner’s Book.
1 Imagine what happens after Prince Just suddenly appears at the
Autumn Ball.
How did the king feel?
What did his stepmother and stepbrother feel?
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How does he get rid of their evil influence?
How did Blackberry Blue’s brambly, thorny cloak help to keep
her safe?
How does the story end?
2 Plan an ending to the story based on what you have read and what
you know
about fairy tales. Use the planning box to make notes and choose
descriptive
words and phrases you want to use.
Write the ending in three paragraphs.
Show how the characters feel through what they say and do.
Include dialogue as well as narrative.
Include unlikely as well as likely events.
Use multi-clause sentences.
3 Write your ending below.
Choose descriptive words and language to reflect how the
characters
act and speak.
Write in standard English and pay special attention to your
spelling,
punctuation and grammar.
Proofread your ending carefully for sense as well as flow.
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