Book Cover
Week 1 Monday Spoken Lang 1 / Comprehension 1 & Tuesday Spoken Lang 2 / Comprehension 1
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Simplified text of Sudden Hill
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Two cardboard boxes, big enough to sit inside.
Sometimes they’re kings, soldiers, astronauts.
Birt and Etho take them out each day, climb up Sudden
Sometimes they’re pirates sailing wild seas and skies.
Hill and sit on them.
But always, always they’re big friends.
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They sail, run, fly. They chatter and giggle, him and Etho.
And then one Monday they meet another box carrier
They watch small movements in the valley and feel as big who wants to join them.
as Giant Kings.
This tiny boy is called Shu.
Birt loves their two-by-two rhythm.
He has watched Birt and Etho every day and finally found
a big enough box and asked if he could play too.
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Etho smiles and says, “Sure!”
Sometimes they are dragon-slayers or sky-scraper
And so the three sit in their boxes and watch one bird
dancers.
and two lost clouds.
But Birt feels strange.
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Simplified text of Sudden Hill – continued …
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One night, Birt smashes his box, stamps on it, rips it to
Etho and Shu call round sometimes.
pieces.
Birt avoids them.
His Dad shouts something flat from the front room about
being quiet.
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Instead he stays at home mostly drawing pictures of two
One day, a knock on the door.
boxes, side-by-side.
He hears Shu’s voice.
He misses Etho. He misses their cardboard castles on
“We made you something. Please come out!”
Sudden Hill.
All Birt can see as he peeks from the curtain is a box.
But it’s much more than a box.
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It’s got bright, waving things attached to it like huge
The huge box on wheels, that they call Mr ClimbFierce, is
kites.
hauled up Sudden Hill.
It’s got colours. It’s got sounds.
It’s amazing!
It’s got, it’s got … WHEELS!
An incredible Monster Creature Box Thing!
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It’s a supersonic rocket blaster!
It’s even got boxes inside, one with biscuits and one with
A triple jet transformer!
lemonade.
A sparkling glitter king!
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Birt likes Shu.
Birt loves their time together.
Shu is kind.
Their Etho-Shu-Birt-iness.
Shu is funny.
He loves their three-by-three rhythm.
Shu is daring and brave.
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It’s new.
And it’s good.
Week 1 Monday Spoken Lang 1 / Comprehension 1 & Tuesday Spoken Lang 2 / Comprehension 1
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Q2. Why do you think Birt smashes up his box?
Q3. What happens to make Birt be happy again?
Q4. What do Shu and Etho make for Birt?
Q5. What is the name of the new box?
Q5. What different things can the new box be?
Cut down the middle of this page to create two sets of questions – LHS is easier.
Questions about Sudden Hill
Q1. Where is this story set?
Q1. Where is ‘Sudden Hill’ set? Describe the setting
in three words.
Q2. Why do you think Birt smashes up his box?
Q3. What does Birt do when he is alone all day at
home?
Q4. Which two of these words best describe Birt?
scared
sulking
sad
annoyed
shy
Q5. What do Shu and Etho make for Birt?
Q6. What different things can the new box be?
Q7. How does Birt describe Shu?
Q8. How would you describe Birt at the end of the
story?
Week 1 Monday Spoken Lang 1 / Comprehension 1 & Tuesday Spoken Lang 2 / Comprehension 1
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Proper noun page example 1
Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1
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Proper noun page example 2
Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1
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Proper noun page example 3
Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1
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Questions about The New Small Person
Q2. Why did Elmore Green not like the new small
person?
Q3. Where does Elmore Green want the new small
person to go to?
Q4. How did things get much worse?
Q5. What happened one night? How did things change?
Q5. What things did the new small person do that
Elmore Green liked?
Cut down the middle of this page to create two sets of questions – LHS is easier.
Q1. Where is this story set?
Q1. Where is this story set? Describe the setting in
three words.
Q2. Why do you think Elmore Green did not like the
new small person?
Q3. What does Elmore Green suggest to his parents?
Q4. Which two of these words best describe Elmore?
jealous
joyful
contented
annoyed lonely
Q5. What makes Elmore Green begin to like the new
small person?
Q6. Write three things that Elmore Green and his
brother do together that they enjoy?
Q7. What word does Elmore Green use to talk about
his brother at the start of the story? And at the end?
he
she
it
Week 2 Tuesday Comprehension 2 / Word Reading 2
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Pictures of favourite characters
Week 2 Wednesday Spelling 3/ Grammar 4/ Composition 3
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Spelling List
brother
sister
younger
little
Week 2 Wednesday Spelling 3/ Grammar 4/ Composition 3 and Thursday Grammar 4 / Composition 3
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Sentence starter
They live in a
Week 2 Friday Spoken Lang 4/ Composition 4
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