ORT Stage 8 Snapdragons
Big Liam, Little Liam
1.
Who drew all the pictures for this book?
2.
Why do you think that one side of the cover is blue and the other side is green?
3.
What was Big Liam’s full name?
4.
What would Little Liam and his Dad do every Saturday night?
5.
4?
Why do you think there is a hyphen ‘ – ‘ between each letter of the word love (L-o-v-e) on page
6.
What do you think Liam meant when he said ‘No ta!’? What do you think ‘ta’ means?
7.
What competition did both Liams enter?
8.
When you read the text on page 12 how do you know there is speech. Write down one sentence
of speech from page 12 and punctuate it carefully.
9.
How did the Liams use teamwork to help them paint better pictures?
10.
Who won the cornflake competition?
11.
What prize did they win?
12. What was particularly clever about the prize they choose?
13.
Do you think there is a message in this story you could learn from?
14.
Can you think of a time when you used teamwork to help you do something well? Write about it
in 3 or 4 full sentences.
15.
Can you find the flag of a country with a dragon on it? Use an atlas. Clue – it sounds a lot like the
biggest mammal in the ocean!
16.
Draw your picture of a dragon and I will judge the winner!
Mr Masterson 2012