T1+Literacy

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**GET OUT OF MY HA** **IR**

Tamsin and Lashana seem to be quite different sorts of people. Contrast the two girls. Try to find five points of difference between them and write them in the table below


 * **Tamsin** || **Lashana** ||
 * **blonde** || **dark** ||
 * **adult** || **teen** ||
 * **child** || **childless** ||
 * **uni** || **school** ||
 * **stay-at-home-mum** || **basket ball player** ||

**Stories often have a key point - the turning point of the story, when we can see what will happen in the end. Some possible key moments in this story are listed below. Choose the one you think is the most important moment. Then write a short explanation of why you think it is.**
 * 1) Lashana makes a mess of streaking her hair
 * 2) Shay makes a mess on Lashana’s t-shirt
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Kids at school make smart cracks about Lashana’s hair
 * 4) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Lashana wakes the baby by playing her tapes loudly
 * 5) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Lashana hears Tamsin crying in the night
 * 6) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Shay grabs Lashana’s finger when she goes to poke him in the ribs
 * 7) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Tamsin says Shay must really like Lashana
 * 8) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Tamsin offers to do Lashana’s hair
 * 9) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Lashana offers to hold Shay

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I think that sentence 7 is the key moment because:**I think this is a turning point for Lashana,because she starts to feel sorry for her sister and care for Shay.**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Say when in the story Lashana shows each of these attitudes:**
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">sympathy **When she sees her sister crying from Shay wailing.**
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">disgust **When Shay farts while Lashana is holding him.**
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">anger **When she made a big blonde blob in her hair.**
 * 4) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">sullenness **When mum says: “come look at shay!”**
 * 5) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">helpfulness **When Lashana offers to hold Shay while Tamsin cuts Lashana’s hair.**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Complete the following sentences. Cross out any words which don’t apply.** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I do feel sorry for Tamsin because **She has to care for a baby on her own, without a boyfriend.** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I like Lashana //least// when:**she is mean to her sister and her baby.** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I like Lashana //most// when:**when she is nice to the baby and her sister.**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The title of this story is an expression which means “Stop annoying me”. In fact Lashana’s hair - and particularly the blonde blob - is referred to several times and helps to show what her feelings are towards Tamsin. Complete the table below which shows the links.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**gets angry.** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Still resentful - her feelings are not going away ||
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**When the reference is made** || <span style="color: #f30000; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**The reference itself** || <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**What is shows about Lashana’s attitudes** ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">When Lashana is trying to put a blonde streak in her hair || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Lashana’s attempted blonde streak turns into a blonde blob || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Lashana is very hostile - blames Tamsin and her baby ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The next day at school || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**She is made fun of.** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Lashana is mad and gets snotty at home.** ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Just before bed, after an earlier argument because Lashana woke the baby || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**She turns the volume up and wakes the sleeping baby, so Tamsin comes in and**
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">After Lashana hears Tamsin crying in the night || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**She feels sorry for Tamsin and what she is going through trying to raise i child on her own.** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> **She can be quite nice,deep down, but she feels angry at her sister at first because of her moving in and taking her room.** ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**When she is trying to add a blonde streak to her hair.** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The blonde bit of hair was sticking up at a weird angle || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Lashana is frustrated because she cant get her hair right.** ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**After she hears Tamsin cry.** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**She is nice to Tamsin** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Most of her differences with Tamsin have been resolved ||

<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;">_ <span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;">Poros of Malia

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Use the words below the passage to fill in the gaps in the passage itself**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The _ Olympics put great pressure on those taking part. Standards are extremely high because athletes are professionals, and work full-time at improving their __. It must be a real test of **nerve**__ to start a race in front of about 100,000 people, when you know that most of the other runners are going to be **faster** __than you. Some athletes end up using drugs to **boost** their speed and strength. It is clear, though, that nerves still get the of many athletes, and they under-perform. What this story shows is that none of this is new. Many **centuries**__ ago the pressures were just as **intense**.

<span style="color: #d90609; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**better boost centuries especially faster intense** <span style="color: #d90609; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**modern nerve now performance**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**It is clear from this story that while some things in the ancient Olympics were the same as in the modern ones, other things were different. Write at least 4 differences down based on what you’re told in the text and pictures on pages 34 and 35.**

<span style="color: #2840db; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**In the ancient Olympics, the competitors we naked, in these days, they are done in the appropriate clothing.E.g for running you would be in a track suit or a short sleeved shirt.** <span style="color: #2840db; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**The races were done out side, in the ancient Olympics, not in a stadium.** <span style="color: #2840db; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**The competitors would get whipped if they started to run before the starter signal.** <span style="color: #2840db; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**In ancient times, you were presented a palm leaf, a read band around your head and a crown with wild olive leaves on it.**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**One person who read this story said it ended too soon - it should have described the race itself. Say whether or not you agree, and why.** <span style="color: #3642ff; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**I do not agree, as i believe this text is about the ancient Olympics, not the races, but the pressure people were under in those times. It also explains how Poros won the race, by believing he could, and would, win the race.**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**State whether you agree or disagree with the following statements and why.** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Taking part is more important than winning <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We should put up statues of our Olympic gold medal winners **I agree. New Zealand doesn't** **win much gold medals, so it would be fine to construct some statues of the Gold medalists, because there would only be a few, unlike places who have hundreds, maybe thousands of gold medalists.** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Competing in the Olympics would not be enjoyable **I disagree. Of course it would be a huge honor to compete in the Olympics, and enjoyable too, because everyone would love to come first place in a race, and receive a gold medal of course! Who wouldn’t enjoy that?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Unscramble the following sentences from the story** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">athletes him now other the watching were <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">athletes line moving starting the the to were <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">all beat competitors he knew one that the the to was

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**The opening sentence in this story is a** **simile** **- a simile compares two things using the word ‘like’ or ‘as’. The idea is to draw on something familiar to the reader to help the reader imagine something else. Try coming up with your own comparisons to finish these statements.**
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">When the race started, the crowd roared like/as if
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Poros burst out of the starting holes like/as if
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">The tension pressed down on Poros like